World of Warcraft's been making a lot of positive changes, recently—a more alt-friendly warband system, a bigger focus on character-driven story, and an overall ease-up on the grind. I mean, there still is a grind. This is World of Warcraft after all, but it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be. The future's looking bright, and—what's that? There's a $90 dinosaur mount? People are mad about balance patches? Ah, crud.
In what looks like an effort to not let players get too excited about the overall positive direction of the game, World of Warcraft's had a bit of a time lately, starting with a patch that, aside from having a bug that meant Outlaw Rogues did obscene damage, seems so unilaterally unpopular that some players have been protesting in Mythic+. I'm not gonna get into the nitty-gritty here, since Blizzard has already started applying hotfixes, but it's had a clunky entry into the atmosphere.
