LogFAQs > #958049598

Mostly nostalgia and people that conflate tedium with difficulty. Things were generally a lot more streamlined in subsequent expansions, which many players frowned upon as "casualization" because it made the game more accessible, but I personally welcomed the shift toward being less of a chore to play and not taking as long to unlock playstyle-defining abilities.

Granted, I say this as somebody who got bored and quit in WotLK, which was like 5-6 expansions ago, so I can't really comment on how well more recent changes worked. Regardless, Vanilla just wasn't that fun. It kept me entertained for long enough, but it's not an experience I'm particularly interested in reliving.

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