I've been playing quite casually since launch. This is ridiculous. I don't even want to engage with the latest patch because there's just too much to keep track of. Achievements don't have valuable or interesting rewards. I'm feeling super overwhelmed by the game at this point. I'll get AotC as always, but this just feels... too much. Combined with the horrible pacing of a story that was hyped as "reuniting the elven tribes" and ended up falling completely flat and unearned for me, I'm just feeling super disenchanted with WoW at the moment.
I don't know, I can't be the only one that feels like so much of the game is empty at this point? What am I even grinding anything for? There's no reason to keep gearing because it's all going to be obsolete come 12.1. And the .7 patch is already on the PTR. Blizzard, SLOW DOWN.
Edit: Wow, I did not expect this post to blow up the way it did. There do seem to be a number of people who think I should just ignore the currencies, who can't seem to fathom that I want this game that I care about to be better. A few got outright hostile about it. Gotta love online disinhibition syndrome.
I did not post this just to complain and whine, but I see now that I should have provided my ideas for alternatives to the currency and system bloat. I've posted some of my ideas in the comments already, but figured I should put them here since there are way too many comments to sift through.
I think having a single currency (or 1-3 core currencies) for open world stuff would help immensely. It would open up open world content in a way that would not limit what people do in order to collect cosmetics. For example, voidlight marl feels like a solid currency that should be able to be used at every reputation vendor, for every cosmetic set.
Another issue I'm finding is having multiple steps for currencies, like collecting key shards that then get rolled into keys for delves. Why not just let us collect keys? And why is undercoin even a thing? Just let us spend voidlight marl on delve cosmetics instead.
Finally, removing crest cap earlier in the season would help immensely with crest bloat--though I do think crests are the least bloated out of all the systems. Getting rid of valorstones was a huge W. But there's absolutely nothing I can do with my adventurer or champ crests right now. I cap heroic crests in a single vault run of delves and hc clear, so I cannot trade them up. I think we are at a point in the season where most everyone has gotten aotc or is close to it. Combat gearing is obviously a more sensitive topic than cosmetic.
I should also point out that I am not actually physically tracking any currencies other than crests. You can see the checkmarks next to the respective currencies I am currently tracking. As someone with autism, I can see how my words were probably taken too literally.
And for all of you who commented saying maybe this game isn't for me, I love WoW immensely as a world and I want it to be the best it can be--despite the corporate overlords and penny pinchers making decisions for it that often don't feel good. As players who pay money for this game, we are entitled to be able to speak out about systems that are starting to feel overwhelming and bloated. When FFXIV comes out and announces they are doing away with alt gearing altogether with the release of Evercold, I expect WoW to continue pushing itself to match that level of respect for my time and energy. Housing is a great example of that. FF housing is abysmal in comparison to what WoW has given us, if that's your slice of cake.
I've always been of the mind that just because something is a certain way now doesn't mean it has to stay that way. I just wanted to share this post because I firmly believe that the game doesn't have to be this way and I want its devs to do better.