"So far each expansion has been leagues better than the last and I don't see that changing in the future either."

And I'll disagree with you on this one.

I don't feel that wrath is "leagues" better than BC.

I can still remember when BC came out. Had the rep system added, another class added, flying mounts. What do you think is a huge update in wrath? We have the rep system (tweaked, but still the same concept), a new class, and flying mounts which was continued from BC.

Wrath has just been a tweaked version of BC expansion. All I've seen added is vehicles that carry people and achievements (which 99% of them get you absolutely nothing). Nothing about wrath has been ground breaking and new. To say it is "leagues" ahead of other expansions is a huge opinion, and no where near the truth. Unless you call achievements and some class changes "leagues ahead".

I have at least 3 people that played as much as me if not more that are 80 now and barely play. We've seen all the content and now its just back to the grind of gear and nothing new besides wintersgrasp (which is every 3 hours and you usually end up missing it or its completely lop sided with the amount of people that show up) . And we had wintersgrasp in BC, just not dedicated to one zone. There was halaa and terakar forrest along with hellfire pvp objectives that people loved.

I still don't understand why they can make an interactive changing map (when wintersgrasp is under attack or a faction controls it) but can't post on the map when the next battle is. You have to make a trip to dalaran or to wg just to find out.

I'm not trying to down the game, but to say "leagues" ahead of another expansion is pretty insane.

It would be pretty hard to top the BC release. Like I stated earlier: Had the rep system introduced, another class added, flying mounts, faction against faction objectives in lands every so often, raid changed from 40 to 25. That was the epic release.

@ infection

Aren't you forgetting something? How about the continuation and hopefully after a few major patches the ending of the story of Arthas and the Lich King? That's kind of a big thing, at least for people who pay attention to the story and enjoy the lore.

Realistically the story for BC wasn't even really a HUGE part of the original lore of Azeroth-it was something extra added to give people a reason (in the story) to goto Outlands, and even then they screwed up some of the original lore (not on purpose, or so I'm told).

@infection

The 'rep system' was introduced in vanilla wow with the Thorium Brotherhood, Cenarion Circle, and the Timbermaw Furbolgs. BC just expanded on it.

As for being leaps and bounds ahead of previous (BC or vanilla) I would say that, yes, this expansion is definately leaps and bounds over what has come before. You don't HAVE to dream up something absolutely brand new for dreaming something absolutely brand new' sake.

This expansion shines because it's lore and experience are a much more cohesive and engaging execution than BC or Vanilla ever were. The zones have a lot of detail and it's obvious that a lot of planning and effort went into them. The rep systems and mechanics are much more polished and the improvement shows.

I will agree that this hasn't been a revolutionary expansion, it HAS been an evolutionary expansion, and sometimes, that's the best way to go.