"Blizzard is no longer valuing player's time". You nailed it. That's exactly how i feel. And while i can understand this in a F2P game i absolutely won't tolerate it in a game where i pay for my time.
yup. As someone who has played this expansion very casually after looking at what I had to do to get my legendary raised past level 225 I just gave up on it. Torghast isn't interesting enough to do it that much. Grinding is not a substitue for end game content
Tho for it to be killed it needs a "successor", or everyone will sub again in the next patch/exp like nothing happened, or wait til ashes of creation, new world, lost ark released and hoping they are worth the swap. I dont see gw2, ESO or BDO exploding as FF is doing, and in terms of a traditional MMO experience, FF is probably the most similar to WoW
@@countdread6467 Legit question, once Wrath is out and then completed. Will you just stay in the classic games or leave? I've seen a few peeps say once Wrath classic is done, they are done. One last hoorah I guesss.
Same here. Even though i dont want to admit it, this game, and all the youtube channels covering it has been quite a big part of my life. I dont play the game right now, but its been following me for the past 15 years, so its sad to se everything crumble. SOO many memories, and friends. I remember when Swifty released his first video like it was yesterday, it was amazing :D
same here 30 years old started playing when it all started and its now been over 3 months since i logged in and i dont think i will resub ever again its been a good run
Remember WPVP? Remember active zones? Remember having fun? No honor decay, No world buffs in raids, No afk mage boosting, anti botting system, No goldsellers, vanilla done right! Darrowshire F R E S H 9:00 PM (CEST) 30.07.2021
I remember every time a new MMO came out it was dubbed 'The WoW Killer' but now it seems fitting that the thing that killed WoW, was Blizzard themselves.
It’s been killed since wrath, in my opinion. The game was never the same after wrath. The great expansion ever highest population ever. All down hill from there quite literally, I’m shocked people still play
Wow’s not dead yet how about we see the end of this investigation or see how this plays out then sees what happens it’s too early to say Wow is dead just because some controversy happened I mean how we can play in the more because it’s boring has nothing to do with this crap that’s going on now but they say it’s dead before his dad is kind of a little bit too early jumping the gun
As someone who grew up on wow since the launch, I'm heartbroken to see what it has become. Blizzard has become a hollow shell of what it once was.. I'm sad. Depressed. But we all knew this was coming. To my fellow wow players, I love yall ❤ its been one hell of a ride.
I'm sad and bitter. I left a game that went pay to win for wow because... I thought wow would never go pay to win. I thought I had a forever home, and I was mistaken. Playing Valheim now... it's relaxing.
What's sad is I never played vanilla WoW as I was only 2 when it came out, but when classic was released I was shocked at how much better the game was. Every little item felt so good to acquire, whereas Shadowlands all the items are exactly the same.
I remeber TotalBiscuit saying years ago that there will never be a "WoW Killer" and that only WoW can kill WoW. That dude was a smart man, wonder what he'd say about all this. RIP John.
best decision you have ever made. Wow is just boring. Elite player doing M+ (toxic and boring af), pvp (unbalanced af in wow right now) and only parasitic design left in wow. So boring to play. Its time consuming, repetitive and just boooooooorrrrrriiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg af. TIME TO MOVE ON!!!
When I started making videos I wanted to be the "Preach" of Classic. Retail WoW has since fallen off for me aswell, but I always kept coming back here to see where the game was at, truly the end of an era. Wishing all the best, looking fowards to what is in the next chapter for you and the team.
honestly, you did manage your goal in my opinion. i was super gratefull during the whole run of vanilla classic for all the information and preperation you shared with all of us ^^ i quit toward the end during naxx since my guild decided "last raid has no loot prios except for tanks."
I only found his channel recently and have actually liked a bit of his content about ff14 dawntrail. I dont play wow at all so i havent really subscribed because it is 95% wow. Interestingly enough I stumbled upon this video and knew something was fishy because his most recent content is wow. I dont care that he went back to wow or anything like that, but he definitely shouldve made a redaction statement or deleted this or SOMETHING. Either that or just stuck by it. Its really strange to me he would leave this up. But honestly i wish he would upload more than just wow content. He almost doesnt upload ff14 content on this main channel despite saying he loves the game.
Wow. A ton of big names are no longer playing. Even if the game wasn't dying before, seeing this will almost certainly be a self fulfilling prophecy. I respect your decision but I just feel really sad.
@@chrisj320ac3 Not covering the whole thing is literally a dream come true to all the corrupt exec isn't it. Just let the focus die out by not "covering" it. If all the big streamers leave and go play other shit this will all be forgotten in a few months and they win. One day you show support and the next day you just leave ? You don't win a fight by running away man. You need to think a few steps ahead here man.
Truly the end of an era, you know you've fucked up as a company when you drive someone like Mike away, someone that's been here since the beginning. It's been a damn great run mate. Thank you for all the great memories over the years.
@@joedemaggio8749 Hey its a blizzard simp. How can you simp for a game that just wants to milk you and is shit? This is what wow NEEDS. Hopefully they will get off their ass and fix the game with this backlash.
The game has been dead for years, people just needed to lose their emotional connection and nostalgia glasses to see it’s a hollow shell of its former glory days.
Well said. I’ve said for years the game is dead and I wasn’t having fun. The only reason I wouldn’t quit was because of all the time and money I’ve invested.
Yah. It's been predicted at the very least since I started playing in Wrath. There was probably someone saying it during vanilla too. Every game that could have been a competitor to WoW fell victim to some of the decisions that WoW was a victim of. Excessive monetization, depreciating assets, a loss of design vision, disregard for the community's opinions, etc. One or two would be enough to sink a game's casual playerbase. It was just a matter of time for Blizzard. RIP Warcraft.
Mike and Madseason ….feels like a huge part of my life is crumbling in front of me. Sad to see but I completely understand your reasons. Looking forward to what’s next on preach gaming
Agreed. With the 1 exception of allied races, I was so beat down by BFA. I saw Blizzcon 2018 and thought to myself, "they are learning lessons from classic and it looks like they've learned. This is great news!" Unfortunately I was right. They added micro transactions to TBCC
It's pretty gutting. Lots of people feel lost at the moment. I struggle to log in leaving my community down a raider and when I do come in I'll be behind... As someone who's worked in the industry... it needs this to evolve. Sadly its at the cost of a large community of players and some great people who worked on it.
I was already done with wow and blizzard at large, but was still watching your videos because I love your content. So I will be here for what's next !! Love you guys
@@joedemaggio8749 88 people did, Joe. Who cares about you? Clearly not enough people since you're on UA-cam making comments like these. Get a grip, get a life, get a personality.
Well said, I played wow more than 13 years and now I'm 39y old just last month decided to stop wow unfortunately due to the game system that's required a lot of grinding, class balancing and more.. and again well said.
@@Kalaki9996 Who spends the time in a game played from a company? Who has a say in what happens over the course of a game or its expansions? Players of these games don’t control anything but their wallets. Content Creators can only control what people see and not how people feel. Playing a game by yourself is different than recording 6 hours of content for Preach’s next show which is akin to making a television show skit in the 1950’s. Today, editors spend hundreds of hours working through scripts and fine tuning their craft for audiences if they want to have a significant following. Quality is not something measured by knowledge or science. If the time you spend in a game is not measuring up, you could pull back a little on your devotion until you get the calibration right. The easiest way to check whether something is an addiction is if you have a hard time sticking to your original plan. Most religious practices incorporate some form of fasting in addition to prayer and almsgiving for the purpose of amendment.
This man essentially gave Blizzard ideas and ways to fix their game for years FOR FREE, all they had to do is listen. . . At this point unless 10.0 is a complete reset of game mechanics it will beyond repair and its freaking sad.
Iirc they gave a reason that the playerbase didn't want tiersets because it locked your gear into certain slots... Of course the obvious solution blizzard took was make azerite armor which... Locked your gear into slots
@@bored4428 honestly even the legendaries kinda count. There are so many they could have -if they truelly wanted us to have absolute freedom over gearslots- allowed us to put it on any gear piece we had.
I did not think you would quit the game because its basically a big part of your business... However you did and you have big mad respect from me for that. I wish you only the best going forward I will always watch your content WoW or not.
This did age well because like all the virtue signallers that stopped playing wow because of the sexual harassment stuff a lot of the content creators have gone crawling back even after it come out blizzard had allowed rape/sexual assault custom game modes on overwatch and overwatch 2. The company hasn’t learnt.
@@ConnorCoultrup Yeah , it kind of sucks. For now the new m+ seasonal is keeping me entertained. Hopefully blizz gets their shit togheter and find a way to crank out content. I doubt the same 8 dungeons will keep being fun for 8-10 months
Cata was amazing for arena/PVP I don’t get why people say this- Raids were fun in it too even though I’ve always thought pve content was repetitive once BIS was achieved. (I started playing end of retail Vanilla) Wrath was my favorite expansion but Cata was a close second. I hated the MoP theme, but arena balancing/play was excellent in that expac too. (TBC sucked to me because RMP cakewalked to glad- I was a gladiator mage in it while knowing next to nothing outside basic setups/ 1 shots ) .Blizzard should’ve put PVP/Arena on the pedestal over pve, it’d still be thriving today. Look at the numbers, every top game played on twitch/active player counts are all competitive PVP games
@@ZyXx3l what killed the whole MMO/RPG experience for me was when they started releasing XP boosts/max level boosts and LFD’s. They broke away from their firm hardcore roots to please the younger next generation. If they focused on Arena/pvp they could’ve atleast savored that side of it and made it to where the game actually competed for top 5 active twitch streams
This is how the empire finally dies. After so many years of "wow is dead because..." it turns out it was not because of some new games, or because people just decided to move on. It was long, internal, dirty, filthy process of slow decay and rot from the inside that finally did it.
It's because the game has been shit and everyone is fed up and moving on. The lawsuit thing is very bad but I don't think it's the major reason people are moving on
@@mothafuckajones It's a combination. The game sucks right now, there's no 'goodwill' for Blizzard to fall back on, then all this comes up and they screw themselves. When the Blizzchung stuff came up they had a bit of goodwill built up with SL on the horizon, but now? There's nothing.
you know he is internally on the edge of boiling rage when he is talking about teir set and dominataion sockets and you see his eyes blinking so rapidly :D
So a bunch of women gather and make accusations, 4-5 of the accusations were about something particular, for a 20+ years period and we forget about the great company which changed gaming forever? WHY DIDN'T THESE WOMEN QUIT?
@@MnMEminem no. this is the result of a multi-year investigation by the state of California into the systemic abuses perpetrated by this formerly great company. it’s not “a bunch of women getting together”. Also, nobody is forgetting the great games that Blizzard put out. But that Blizzard is dead and gone. If you think current WoW and disasters like Warcraft III Reforged and the Classic BC boosts and leaked WoW token is the heights of gaming, I feel for you.
@@MnMEminem have you never done a sexual harassment training at work? It’s a lot more complicated than that, and these women are constantly pressured and retaliated against for speaking out. It’s a small industry with few women in it - it’s never going to be simple for them to jUsT qUiT
Blizzard always comes out with "cool" statements when the game is declining and the players are mad, then the months pass and the promises changes are ignored, until the next problem and the cycle is repeated. The "it will improve" excuse reached the end line
@@Lancun I guess congrats are in order for you to reach this stage of personal development that you have in fact a preference now. Welcome to the club. As for your disdain towards those who enjoy WoW *in addition* to other games, I see you still have some more growing up to do. So yeah, good luck with that 😁
@@bemindful924 Nah. I don't have disdain towards them. More towards douchebags who have a tendency to take the piss out of people for zero reason much like you've done. So yeah.
massive respects dude. im shocked. for the last 2 weeks i was thinking he turned into a blizzard slave, since he didnt want to talk about the streamers moving to ffxiv. feel bad now for thinking that...
It's heartbreaking because after 14 years of playing, I quit the game and the main reason is the game is horrible for players like myself, there is next to nothing to do outside of raid or m+. Blizzard have just made the entire game a chore full of systems that are there to stretch the games length, it's not fun. I don't enjoy been restricted by my covenant, I hate the soulbind system it's so fucking boring and doesn't feel like it does anything. I also strongly dislike how disconnected all the zones are. I hate the maw, it's hands down the worst zone Blizzard have ever created and I absolutely hate what they've done to World Quests. I really miss what they did in legion with mage tower, WQs rep box with unique mounts, and artifact weapon talents + appearances, It gave me so much to work towards on all my characters and I had a fun time. Now is just barebones and restrictive, it's horrible, I'm just done.
There is no world in world of warcraft anymore. It's couple of disconnected zones and instanced content which is done mostly with randoms and you don't even know who the fuck plays on your realm. On the contrast, I know who is on my new world beta servers, which communities are there and I join discord even the faction which is against me to speak and communicate with guys. Way different experience of an MMO game and Solo-instanced Wow
I was so excited to get my Auras back as a pally , then they give us 4 back we had as passives already, it started there for me, SO Lazy, they could have made them Fun, it is a game , FUN
@@wacktastic1 ret main too. Left at the end of cata/start of panda. After all that time I wanted to try shadowlands and was horrified. I felt like I had less "stuff" and was worse than I was 10 years ago. I still remembered my abilities at macros I used and was so underwhelmed it was insane. "Maybe when I get max level it will feel better" nope. Character felt so so much weaker. And that's the exact opposite what a character should feel like after however many expansions and years.
@@anannoyedpanda I really wish they went all out on classes, we had no new race or class then they gave us Lazy Nothing, ya my SOR stayed in the spellbook :)
Yeah I quit the other day, with everything coming out and their rotten internal reaction to us players I think it's time to say goodbye. Always great watching your content mike, hope you make videos about other games we all appreciate your intake.
dont be dumb. he doesnt wanna make wow content because he doesnt have anything positive to say. if things look good, fun and exciting. what would be wrong with returning to making content if they wanted to
This is sad "You killed my passion for this game" I hear you bro, been feeling the same since the previous expansion. I tried to see the positives in this one, but nope. I'm spending the last drops of fun on TBC classic but even that is running out. Can't wait to get access to Ashes of Creation or New World betas.
As a certain friend once said: "You stand where you stand by virtue of the road you walked to get there" Really excited to see new stuff on the channel since i havent been following anything wow related in years.
It hurts. It feels like someone died. So many sweet memories encased in what was an amazing game that you could tell had so much passion behind it. Turned to crap and the company became drunk on power, and of course Activision didn't help.
All good things come to an end and for YEARS you have been an essential part of WOW for me. I’m so grateful for the times I had and the time you put in, so glad drama time is staying. Thank you.
From the Transmog contests you and Ghosty did, to the coverage of various betas like Legion, and everything in between, your channel was always one I loved watching. So many good informative, and also hilarious videos. Thanks for everything dude.
It is getting very strange that the moment OG gamers leave wow or even venture off to try another game they get hair transplants or their hair just naturally grows back. Thank you WOW for curing male pattern baldness.
I unsubbed from Preach a very long time ago as I stopped playing WoW. And here I am, randomly wondering how Preach is doing. What a bombshell, this video was published 29 minutes ago.
Them nerfing the Domination shards reminds me of when my Mistweaver monk finally got a really fun and powerful fistweaving/haste build in 8.3. I pushed and farmed for haste gear and only got to enjoy the build in it's glory for a week before they nerfed it into the ground. Meanwhile glimmer paladins were broken all expansion, it pissed me off so much.
I was happy to play Sub rogue at the start of this expansion after playing Assassination all of BFA. They nerfed it before it hit live and it was basically worthless after the first 2 weeks. Meanwhile, fire mage and boomie on top of the meta for the whole time of Shadowlands. I see nerfs to classes that barely get played while others get a slap on the wrist. Balance happens so slow as well, you'd think they were busy creating contect for 9.1. Then 9.1 was a massive dissapointment...
@@EssenceOfTrance yea, seriously. They are very inconsistent in how often they balance classes. DH tank was the best tank by far for dungeons the whole way through 9.0, took em forever to fix that. Survival hunter is the lowest played spec in the game for like 3 expansions now, and they don't touch its design at all in shadowlands. If they won't fix it, or give it some unique asset that they bring to a group the other hunter specs don't, why not bump up the numbers to make them more competitive in a raid or dungeon environment? Boomkins and mages have had the thrones so long, not only in their crazy damage numbers, but also their utility, of which brez and lust is almost a must in a 5-man environment. I just don't get blizz.
Early in Cataclysm they did a very similar thing with Discipline priests. Very fun kind of OP playstyle and instead of fixing it with a nerf/tuneup, they completely changed or removed the functionalities. No player was complaining about it, but i guess it didn't fit the grand vision or whatever.
@@Ditronus. Yeah. Back when wow was in its early days, this was not. Nowadays, this shit should not be possible. It's not like balance is that hard if you just apply small changes weekly.
"Blizzard's Vision" ... there IS no "vision" for WoW any more. They left or were pushed out. What is left are systems and treadmills to keep 'engagement time' up... as opposed to playtime.
The part where he said he doesnt recognize the game resonates the most with me. I've been gone since MoP, came back for my glorious return in shadowlands, quit after a couple days. It's a different game.
Same. I played TBC, WOTLK, CATA,MOP then left. Returned to shadowlands as it somehow reminded me the good day. Good that i bought only 1 month sub. I was done a week before my sub expired.
I've watched your videos from time to time but I've now subbed because you've shown integrity by doing this. What has happened at Blizzard is horrific and I hope this forces a change throughout the industry
They could have kept making videos. This was a choice. Personally I feel like this choice isn't thinking of it's a viewer base the people whom have made them famous and I've built something. In the end it's their choice and I'm sure that their audience will respect their choice no matter what it is.
Now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. The End of an Era really hurts. Not just Preach, all the other awesome Content Creators who did the same. And all we Players that made all of this possible. Some of us played this game for half of their live. It's hard to digest!
Hypocrites those who say quit wow cuz of this lawsuit, but still buying stuff made by childreen slavery work and bad work conditions in other countries. Put a hand in your conscience.
So he should keep playing WoW because sweatshops. Can I get some of what you’re smoking? And the other guy… you’re gonna play Wow til you die? You’re not gonna get bored of it?
You were, and still are, an inspiration to me ever since i started raiding many years ago. Thank you for everything you have done for me and the WoW community. You have my support wherever your passion leads!
Damn its really sad to see this as someone that has played wow every since i was a kid and that motage at the end hit really hard like the Madseason one.But i'm here for Preach and i am excited to see what games you are going to play and your thoughts on them
This must have been a really terrifying decision to make. Good on you guys for sticking up for your values, looking forward to whatever it is that comes next.
Jesus I've been watching this channel for 11 years. This honestly feels like someone I love died. Hurts. I'm sticking with the channel. I quit a few months ago for similar reasons. Looking forward to the new content you bring, but I feel sad
Y'all might enjoy eso. Pvp is really fun but just don't go into the main server for pvp at prime time. And pve is awesome too. All content is relevant pretty much and the gear is lateral not constantly vertical like destiny
Good luck with everything - personally in the same boat with wow and I am sure a lot of others are in the same boat. Looking forward to what you and your team do moving forwards!
I will always hold the moment Ion saying they took inspiration from manapearls and mike just face palming immediately as one of my favorite moments in WoW history.
Manapearl gear for non-raiders = fine. Manapearl gear problem was sockets and tertiary stat procs that made some pieces better than Mythic raid drops. The latter problem doesn't exist on the new gear, thus it isn't some stupid grind all raiders are forced into.
@@NurseNickLoL it was a currency u would acquire in one of the bfa zones where you essentially play the lottery in order to get these pieces of gear that had bonus effects in the raid tier. high end raiders needed it to be socketed and have a specific effect which when taking into account how many there were in the game it was absolutely ridiculous and a clear sign of blizz just trying to drag out peoples playtime.
as a female wow player who's recently resigned from my first CE guild after these allegations, huge respect to you here mike. no longer believe in blizzard, but i believe in your content, and i'll happily keep following PG wherever you go. X
You got me into wow in 4.2 when UA-cam recommend me one of your class guides can't remember which one. I went to the the first stark industries meet up and the first 2 preach cons. Thanks for the memories mate.
"Blizzard is no longer valuing player's time". You nailed it. That's exactly how i feel. And while i can understand this in a F2P game i absolutely won't tolerate it in a game where i pay for my time.
This is exactly why i am done as well with WoW.
yup. As someone who has played this expansion very casually after looking at what I had to do to get my legendary raised past level 225 I just gave up on it. Torghast isn't interesting enough to do it that much. Grinding is not a substitue for end game content
Funny because blizzard promised that shadow lands was going to be all about valuing players time ..
dont forget that shadowlands was the most expensive expansion of them all, going for a full game price
@@stoves5877 what you had to do? 30 minutes of torghast a week for like 3 weeks? Maybe MMOs are just not your thing.
Blizzard: "Ok we'll budge. We're removing conduit energy."
The court: "???"
Don't give them ideas 💀
The court : So regarding those sexual harrasment inside your organisation . blizzard : we removed a npc in the game . The court : uh ok .
"Ok, we lied, but you can have two conduit energy every time you get renown, up from one.
Man that was hard." -ion, probably
the removal of the npc was the dev teams decision and really the only thing the dec team can do in that situation
@@pXmTS Never fails to amaze me how tone deaf the devs truly are.
It turns out the only real WoW killer there could ever be was WoW.
you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
Tho for it to be killed it needs a "successor", or everyone will sub again in the next patch/exp like nothing happened, or wait til ashes of creation, new world, lost ark released and hoping they are worth the swap. I dont see gw2, ESO or BDO exploding as FF is doing, and in terms of a traditional MMO experience, FF is probably the most similar to WoW
The WOW killer isn't actually WOW, it's Blizzard. But yep, WOW is stone dead now, I'll be surprised if it gets another expansion.
We’ve been saying this for years.
What killed WoW was Activision buying Blizzard Entertainment and having horrific leadership roles.
I quit in March.. all I did was collect mounts. Game just wasn’t fun anymore. Felt like a chore.
it does feel like a chore.. and if you can't get into a good group of people... your playing the worst single player game ever....
@@262Purity totally! My guild run days ended in wrath. I’m amazed I made it as long as I did!
I quit at the beginning of July this year. I agree the game wasn't fun anymore.
@@jantonio55 I quit retail awhile ago. I still play TBC Classic. Only reason i still keep my account open.
@@countdread6467 Legit question, once Wrath is out and then completed. Will you just stay in the classic games or leave? I've seen a few peeps say once Wrath classic is done, they are done. One last hoorah I guesss.
As a 30 year old man whos been playing the game for 15 years...it was a wild ride while it lasted boys! Take care everyone
Same here man
i feel the same way but i dont know what else to do
Same here. Even though i dont want to admit it, this game, and all the youtube channels covering it has been quite a big part of my life. I dont play the game right now, but its been following me for the past 15 years, so its sad to se everything crumble. SOO many memories, and friends. I remember when Swifty released his first video like it was yesterday, it was amazing :D
same here 30 years old started playing when it all started and its now been over 3 months since i logged in and i dont think i will resub ever again its been a good run
@@Proranis FF14 is wild, and the team is passionate about its future
Came here for WoW, stayed for the man. Can't wait to see what comes next!
Remember WPVP? Remember active zones? Remember having fun? No honor decay, No world buffs in raids, No afk mage boosting, anti botting system, No goldsellers, vanilla done right!
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More WoW is what comes next.
I remember every time a new MMO came out it was dubbed 'The WoW Killer' but now it seems fitting that the thing that killed WoW, was Blizzard themselves.
indeed
People always said that the only thing that could kill WoW was Blizzard and well…they were right.
It’s been killed since wrath, in my opinion. The game was never the same after wrath. The great expansion ever highest population ever. All down hill from there quite literally, I’m shocked people still play
All story was hyping lich king winter came nothing else had happen
Wow’s not dead yet how about we see the end of this investigation or see how this plays out then sees what happens it’s too early to say Wow is dead just because some controversy happened I mean how we can play in the more because it’s boring has nothing to do with this crap that’s going on now but they say it’s dead before his dad is kind of a little bit too early jumping the gun
As someone who grew up on wow since the launch, I'm heartbroken to see what it has become. Blizzard has become a hollow shell of what it once was.. I'm sad. Depressed. But we all knew this was coming. To my fellow wow players, I love yall ❤ its been one hell of a ride.
❤️💪🏿🖖🏿. For Aiur & Adun! Light bless you.
I'm sad and bitter. I left a game that went pay to win for wow because... I thought wow would never go pay to win. I thought I had a forever home, and I was mistaken. Playing Valheim now... it's relaxing.
What's sad is I never played vanilla WoW as I was only 2 when it came out, but when classic was released I was shocked at how much better the game was. Every little item felt so good to acquire, whereas Shadowlands all the items are exactly the same.
I can't imagine the choice words TB would have about Blizzard were he still alive.
if TB were alive i doubt it would have gone this far :(
Come on. Tb was as toxic as they came. Nothing wouldve changed. Still may he rest in peace.
@@BestWafflesEUW it absolutely would have. I loved TB, but he didn't have that kind of influence.
@@ManoloRibera070 I mean sure he could be a bit toxic at times, but that man had integrity.
Right after he finished beating his wife for disagreeing with him.
I remeber TotalBiscuit saying years ago that there will never be a "WoW Killer" and that only WoW can kill WoW. That dude was a smart man, wonder what he'd say about all this. RIP John.
He's probably somewhere out there shouting... "I FUCKING TOLD YOU!" :')
Ugh a ton of people have always said wow will kill wow lol
That man was a treasure. I miss his videos.
@@innorruck1 I'd like to think so. Miss the bastard.
Painful that the world is now Bainless
Hey bud, this community is Preach Gaming, not Preach plays WoW. It’s all good lol.
maybe on twitch, but on YT its mostly WoW. But I agree with Preach, WoW is in the shitter.
@@setmason1510 indeed. I’ve not played since January and just can’t be asked to anymore. It’s like he said, I don’t even recognize it.
i like this comment! but you have 69 likes already and i dont want to ruin the NICEness.
It's 100% career suicide. He's already lost so many viewers as is. Dudes content hasn't been good for a long time.
@@joedemaggio8749 yes, almost half a mil subscribers definitely screams 'career suicide' and 'bad content'.
“No king rules forever, my son.”
They’ve not been a king for quite a while now
One does start to wonder if they were a king or a tyrant.
They were King, Activision was the evil vizier that led to their downfall.
@@v_styx sounds more like garrosh...its their wow now not our wow
best decision you have ever made. Wow is just boring. Elite player doing M+ (toxic and boring af), pvp (unbalanced af in wow right now) and only parasitic design left in wow. So boring to play. Its time consuming, repetitive and just boooooooorrrrrriiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg af. TIME TO MOVE ON!!!
I will follow and support whatever content you do 💜
Truth
STOP STEALING THE COWS MILK!
@@jockofocker59 THere's nothing wrong with content creators supporting each other.
@@sulex90 🙄 has nothing to do with that
@@sulex90 WOOOSH
Hate seeing a sad Mike. He'slike the papa bear of content creators, it's like watching your dad cry.
No
:’(
I'm not crying, you're crying
(cries in the corner)
Got me right in the feels
Nailed it. Great words.
When I started making videos I wanted to be the "Preach" of Classic.
Retail WoW has since fallen off for me aswell, but I always kept coming back here to see where the game was at, truly the end of an era.
Wishing all the best, looking fowards to what is in the next chapter for you and the team.
not gonna lie, i read this in your voice xD
Well said
Preach and Madseason man this is sad times. But I also look forward to future content
Watched your videos a lot during classic, and while I was able to stomach Blizzards new TBC.
Just quit too, but I loved your videos WillE.
honestly, you did manage your goal in my opinion.
i was super gratefull during the whole run of vanilla classic for all the information and preperation you shared with all of us ^^
i quit toward the end during naxx since my guild decided "last raid has no loot prios except for tanks."
"i don't speak for everyone..."
You are speaking for me. On every point.
💪🏿👍🏿
I'm actually more excited to see what comes out of your channel when it isn't 95% WoW content. Good luck, brother!
hows that going? lol
Ya this did not age well lol
I only found his channel recently and have actually liked a bit of his content about ff14 dawntrail. I dont play wow at all so i havent really subscribed because it is 95% wow. Interestingly enough I stumbled upon this video and knew something was fishy because his most recent content is wow. I dont care that he went back to wow or anything like that, but he definitely shouldve made a redaction statement or deleted this or SOMETHING. Either that or just stuck by it. Its really strange to me he would leave this up.
But honestly i wish he would upload more than just wow content. He almost doesnt upload ff14 content on this main channel despite saying he loves the game.
MadSeasonShow quit a few days ago and now Preach, truly the end of an era. Going to miss the times when WoW was good.
Don’t forget about Pint too.
@@jmanjman2685 Pint quit too? When?
@@Goujiki about a week ago in his latest video. Watch it, its pretty good.
Ofc they quit, the game is good atm but the company is not. This is their livelyhood and expanding their content is the best move for their careers
Wow. A ton of big names are no longer playing. Even if the game wasn't dying before, seeing this will almost certainly be a self fulfilling prophecy. I respect your decision but I just feel really sad.
I hope they turn it around. I’m unsubscribed but this being the end is becoming more real.
@@jaanisk606 ..... /s?
@@chrisj320ac3 Must be, right? Nobody is THAT stupid ... right?
@@chrisj320ac3 Not covering the whole thing is literally a dream come true to all the corrupt exec isn't it. Just let the focus die out by not "covering" it. If all the big streamers leave and go play other shit this will all be forgotten in a few months and they win. One day you show support and the next day you just leave ? You don't win a fight by running away man. You need to think a few steps ahead here man.
As a lot of people said it in the past ... only Blizz can kill WoW... But I had never tought like this :-(
After so many years of "This game is dying!" ... this might actually be it. As a fan since WC3, it is sad but ultimately inevitable.
If Preach is leaving WoW, it means the game is in a really sorry state.
Oh really
The title says no longer "covering" wow, that does not mean he won't be playing.
@@skarsik he literally says he won't be playing WoW anymore in the video
Has been a really sorry state for a long while now
@@hushpuppi3 He actually said "likely pretty soon." That isn't a definite my friend.
Truly the end of an era, you know you've fucked up as a company when you drive someone like Mike away, someone that's been here since the beginning. It's been a damn great run mate. Thank you for all the great memories over the years.
Except for the last 3 years, where Mike spiraled into hating the game more and more :)
Servers are packed though? Keep feeding that misinformation kid.
@@joedemaggio8749 if you truly believe that you are a muppet.
@@joedemaggio8749 Hey its a blizzard simp. How can you simp for a game that just wants to milk you and is shit? This is what wow NEEDS. Hopefully they will get off their ass and fix the game with this backlash.
@@ThenaarDerNoble Look the baby is crying.
The sad part for me is that Preach was the voice of reason and authority on the subject of WoW.
No he wasn't lmao. He's been bleeding subs and his content hasn't been good in years.
@@joedemaggio8749 aight, so why are you here.
@@joedemaggio8749 You’re a weird guy, Demaggio.
@@joedemaggio8749 Imagine being a weird enough person to watch content you seemingly don't enjoy.
@@joedemaggio8749 you try too hard on every comment on this post kid. :P
The game has been dead for years, people just needed to lose their emotional connection and nostalgia glasses to see it’s a hollow shell of its former glory days.
Well said. I’ve said for years the game is dead and I wasn’t having fun. The only reason I wouldn’t quit was because of all the time and money I’ve invested.
Damn well said.
Thats I went from wow to ff14
@@Bullnye sunk costs is one hell of a drug
destruction of guild levels with perks and flying handicap hurts many.
After 17 years of supposed WoW-killers, the real WoW killer was WoW all along.
That's the response I've always heard from content creators whenever someone mentions a game being the "WoW-Killer". "Only Wow can kill WoW"
Blizzard killed it, not WoW itself. But you're on the right track.
Yah. It's been predicted at the very least since I started playing in Wrath. There was probably someone saying it during vanilla too. Every game that could have been a competitor to WoW fell victim to some of the decisions that WoW was a victim of. Excessive monetization, depreciating assets, a loss of design vision, disregard for the community's opinions, etc. One or two would be enough to sink a game's casual playerbase. It was just a matter of time for Blizzard. RIP Warcraft.
My guy blizzard is wow 😐
Blizzard had the too big to fail attitude...
Mike and Madseason ….feels like a huge part of my life is crumbling in front of me. Sad to see but I completely understand your reasons. Looking forward to what’s next on preach gaming
Yeah, the man of retail and the man of classic have both left the room. That's when you know things are real.
@@Ryan_hey Damn, you're right. Both sides of the rotten coin
Pint isn't playing too i think
I came here for Wow AND stayed for the man himself.
Same last wow I played was legion, but always listen to drama time
Well said, 100% agree
man he taught me to play all specs of not just a class but any class. Been watching him since 4.1, what a journey it's been!
Same.
**Cue Curb Your Enthusiasm theme**
lol
Just the amount of sadness in his voice and on his face just shows how much love and passion he had for the game. It almost killed me just watching.
No it didn't
@@ascatraz almost
@@ascatraz damn I bet you are fun to be around
The defeat in Preach's voice is just sad. Worse is that it reminds me of my own experience, except it happened in BfA.
Agreed. With the 1 exception of allied races, I was so beat down by BFA. I saw Blizzcon 2018 and thought to myself, "they are learning lessons from classic and it looks like they've learned. This is great news!" Unfortunately I was right. They added micro transactions to TBCC
I really enjoyed Legion. Few tweaks that we got towards the end there made that xpac a great experience. Going from that to BfA killed me.
It's pretty gutting. Lots of people feel lost at the moment. I struggle to log in leaving my community down a raider and when I do come in I'll be behind...
As someone who's worked in the industry... it needs this to evolve.
Sadly its at the cost of a large community of players and some great people who worked on it.
Dude's been defeated ever since that interview a few months ago. Completely understandable though.
WoD defeated me.
Blizzard: “You’ve turned them against me!”
Content Creators: “You have done that yourself.”
Feminists: Actually it was us.
ah prequel memes always find their place in any situation
Blizzard: Our employees aren't all sexual harassers.
Employees: Yes we are, how dare you say otherwise!
“You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villian.”
I was already done with wow and blizzard at large, but was still watching your videos because I love your content. So I will be here for what's next !! Love you guys
Yeah......no one cares bud.
Amen
@@joedemaggio8749 88 people did, Joe. Who cares about you? Clearly not enough people since you're on UA-cam making comments like these. Get a grip, get a life, get a personality.
I do. He is not casual like you
@@joedemaggio8749 300+ people cared. Back to your cave little man.
You’re not giving up on WoW, It’s Blizzard that gave up on you.
That's the best way to put that. 👍
Bliz gave up on being decent humans, working hard, and telling the truth too.
W take
They gave up on all of us
You dropped this “W” boss man
Well said, I played wow more than 13 years and now I'm 39y old just last month decided to stop wow unfortunately due to the game system that's required a lot of grinding, class balancing and more.. and again well said.
same here getting tired ..
@@Kalaki9996 Who spends the time in a game played from a company? Who has a say in what happens over the course of a game or its expansions? Players of these games don’t control anything but their wallets. Content Creators can only control what people see and not how people feel. Playing a game by yourself is different than recording 6 hours of content for Preach’s next show which is akin to making a television show skit in the 1950’s. Today, editors spend hundreds of hours working through scripts and fine tuning their craft for audiences if they want to have a significant following. Quality is not something measured by knowledge or science. If the time you spend in a game is not measuring up, you could pull back a little on your devotion until you get the calibration right. The easiest way to check whether something is an addiction is if you have a hard time sticking to your original plan. Most religious practices incorporate some form of fasting in addition to prayer and almsgiving for the purpose of amendment.
This man essentially gave Blizzard ideas and ways to fix their game for years FOR FREE, all they had to do is listen. . . At this point unless 10.0 is a complete reset of game mechanics it will beyond repair and its freaking sad.
Blizzard listening to their playerbase, hah.
Looks like there is a chance they have...
When they took tier sets out, they were basically saying they want to be lazier designing new stuff
That was the entire purpose of the flying shit too
Compared to the shit they're trying to cook up tier sets are far simpler, lol.
Iirc they gave a reason that the playerbase didn't want tiersets because it locked your gear into certain slots...
Of course the obvious solution blizzard took was make azerite armor which... Locked your gear into slots
@@bartvercauteren5969 And now domination gear of course... locks your gear into certain slots...
@@bored4428 honestly even the legendaries kinda count. There are so many they could have -if they truelly wanted us to have absolute freedom over gearslots- allowed us to put it on any gear piece we had.
I did not think you would quit the game because its basically a big part of your business...
However you did and you have big mad respect from me for that.
I wish you only the best going forward I will always watch your content WoW or not.
Integrity. Too little of it these days. Awesome decision.
This did age well because like all the virtue signallers that stopped playing wow because of the sexual harassment stuff a lot of the content creators have gone crawling back even after it come out blizzard had allowed rape/sexual assault custom game modes on overwatch and overwatch 2. The company hasn’t learnt.
I mean this didn’t age well
Genuinly upset to see this, been watching since mists, but completely understandable, will be supporting either way!
And now he's eating chip with Ion at Irvine 🗿
"I have been supporting a game that has been working against me" that is a perfect way to put it.
Agree Sir Nuts
Damn that reminds of when dunkey quit league and talked about riot.
I came here for wow, I’m staying for Mike.
Came here for wow, going to other wow stuff. It's the only game I play =-/
@@PopyAz May have to reevaluate in the future. With all the assault accusations and company misconduct there is 0 work being done on the game.
@@ConnorCoultrup Yeah , it kind of sucks. For now the new m+ seasonal is keeping me entertained. Hopefully blizz gets their shit togheter and find a way to crank out content. I doubt the same 8 dungeons will keep being fun for 8-10 months
Amen
Wait you don't love grinding for ash, souls, anima, virgin blood, stygia, rubies, eye of newt, renown and unicorn ass hairs?
Eye of newt lmao
Herblore anyone???
@@TheCrispyTwinkies Any OSRS'ers???
You forgot Shards
UAH is super rare, though…
You forgot conduits
"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead and WoW died with him" 🤷♂️
Sure feels that way. WoW for me ended in Wrath.
Cata was amazing for arena/PVP I don’t get why people say this- Raids were fun in it too even though I’ve always thought pve content was repetitive once BIS was achieved. (I started playing end of retail Vanilla) Wrath was my favorite expansion but Cata was a close second. I hated the MoP theme, but arena balancing/play was excellent in that expac too. (TBC sucked to me because RMP cakewalked to glad- I was a gladiator mage in it while knowing next to nothing outside basic setups/ 1 shots ) .Blizzard should’ve put PVP/Arena on the pedestal over pve, it’d still be thriving today. Look at the numbers, every top game played on twitch/active player counts are all competitive PVP games
Wrath was the best by far
@@Deepblue417 Cata was ok, but it was the beginning of the end for me
@@ZyXx3l what killed the whole MMO/RPG experience for me was when they started releasing XP boosts/max level boosts and LFD’s. They broke away from their firm hardcore roots to please the younger next generation. If they focused on Arena/pvp they could’ve atleast savored that side of it and made it to where the game actually competed for top 5 active twitch streams
Fitting that wow ends its self in the land of death.
ANNOUNCING WORLD OF WARCRAFT: EMERALD DREAM! LAND OF LIFE, PEOPLE! COME BACK AND PLAY, WHELPS!
@@TheMegalusDoomslayer I’d give blizz big money if they made those horse dragon guys playable xD
@NuBz MadSeasonShow also left. 😥
@@gabrielefried3853 it will be beluar next
@@itsnay7382
Hasn't Bellular already left? Like, a while ago?
This is how the empire finally dies. After so many years of "wow is dead because..." it turns out it was not because of some new games, or because people just decided to move on. It was long, internal, dirty, filthy process of slow decay and rot from the inside that finally did it.
It's because the game has been shit and everyone is fed up and moving on. The lawsuit thing is very bad but I don't think it's the major reason people are moving on
@@mothafuckajones It's a combination. The game sucks right now, there's no 'goodwill' for Blizzard to fall back on, then all this comes up and they screw themselves. When the Blizzchung stuff came up they had a bit of goodwill built up with SL on the horizon, but now? There's nothing.
and he's back again ofc.
Money talks afterall
@@BIGSLOW. Both games have big companies that pay well. He just clearly finds WoW more fun.
you know he is internally on the edge of boiling rage when he is talking about teir set and dominataion sockets and you see his eyes blinking so rapidly :D
This was hard to watch. thank you for everything Mike ❤️ can’t wait to see what you do next!
So a bunch of women gather and make accusations, 4-5 of the accusations were about something particular, for a 20+ years period and we forget about the great company which changed gaming forever? WHY DIDN'T THESE WOMEN QUIT?
@@MnMEminem Are you just going to casually ignore that a women was driven to suicide by this harassment?
@@MnMEminem no. this is the result of a multi-year investigation by the state of California into the systemic abuses perpetrated by this formerly great company. it’s not “a bunch of women getting together”. Also, nobody is forgetting the great games that Blizzard put out. But that Blizzard is dead and gone. If you think current WoW and disasters like Warcraft III Reforged and the Classic BC boosts and leaked WoW token is the heights of gaming, I feel for you.
@@MnMEminem have you never done a sexual harassment training at work? It’s a lot more complicated than that, and these women are constantly pressured and retaliated against for speaking out. It’s a small industry with few women in it - it’s never going to be simple for them to jUsT qUiT
@@MnMEminem That's not how abusive relationships work. At all.
Blizzard always comes out with "cool" statements when the game is declining and the players are mad, then the months pass and the promises changes are ignored, until the next problem and the cycle is repeated. The "it will improve" excuse reached the end line
Yeap. I'm tired of this bullcrap.
I'm constantly mad playing retail nowadays... It's just endless chores, broken promises and tonedeaf devs. Nothing more.
@@Finish303 Quit.
Like an abusive relationship.
@@Finish303 stop playing asap lol only way to show blizz anything is to stop giving them money
The meme still rings true:
Person 1: That's it, I'm quitting WoW!
Person 2: Yeah ok, see you next expansion, fam.
I'm proud to say that I fucked off in early BfA and never came back, probably still won't for DF because it looks so unpolished and lackluster.
@@Lancun It fills you with pride to make such a trivial decision? Damn, son.
@@bemindful924 I'm proud that I stuck to my guns and above a stupid meme like the addicts who can't, so yeah
@@Lancun I guess congrats are in order for you to reach this stage of personal development that you have in fact a preference now. Welcome to the club. As for your disdain towards those who enjoy WoW *in addition* to other games, I see you still have some more growing up to do. So yeah, good luck with that 😁
@@bemindful924 Nah. I don't have disdain towards them. More towards douchebags who have a tendency to take the piss out of people for zero reason much like you've done. So yeah.
You have my respect Mike! I’ll be sticking with you wherever you go!
Same. I think that goes for every other Wow related channel. I hope they keep making content, specially something other than WoW right now.
Ditto
massive respects dude. im shocked. for the last 2 weeks i was thinking he turned into a blizzard slave, since he didnt want to talk about the streamers moving to ffxiv. feel bad now for thinking that...
Now it's time for him to join us, the clash royale community
Same, mad respect from me. I quit a year ago too; just couldn't handle the disrespect from blizzard.
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." GG Blizz, RIP WoW
It's heartbreaking because after 14 years of playing, I quit the game and the main reason is the game is horrible for players like myself, there is next to nothing to do outside of raid or m+. Blizzard have just made the entire game a chore full of systems that are there to stretch the games length, it's not fun.
I don't enjoy been restricted by my covenant, I hate the soulbind system it's so fucking boring and doesn't feel like it does anything. I also strongly dislike how disconnected all the zones are. I hate the maw, it's hands down the worst zone Blizzard have ever created and I absolutely hate what they've done to World Quests.
I really miss what they did in legion with mage tower, WQs rep box with unique mounts, and artifact weapon talents + appearances, It gave me so much to work towards on all my characters and I had a fun time. Now is just barebones and restrictive, it's horrible, I'm just done.
Boring
There is no world in world of warcraft anymore. It's couple of disconnected zones and instanced content which is done mostly with randoms and you don't even know who the fuck plays on your realm. On the contrast, I know who is on my new world beta servers, which communities are there and I join discord even the faction which is against me to speak and communicate with guys. Way different experience of an MMO game and Solo-instanced Wow
8 Months and he's back to making WoW videos. That didn't take long.
I was so excited to get my Auras back as a pally , then they give us 4 back we had as passives already, it started there for me, SO Lazy, they could have made them Fun, it is a game , FUN
As a ret main, I fully agree with this. They gave us the most boring auras too. They should have brought back seals but with an added flare
@@wacktastic1 ret main too. Left at the end of cata/start of panda. After all that time I wanted to try shadowlands and was horrified. I felt like I had less "stuff" and was worse than I was 10 years ago. I still remembered my abilities at macros I used and was so underwhelmed it was insane. "Maybe when I get max level it will feel better" nope. Character felt so so much weaker. And that's the exact opposite what a character should feel like after however many expansions and years.
"Un-pruning"
Don't forget shield of the righteous for whatever reason on ret. Still don't understand it.
@@anannoyedpanda I really wish they went all out on classes, we had no new race or class then they gave us Lazy Nothing, ya my SOR stayed in the spellbook :)
Blizzard be like : We have listened to our players and therefore, we removed /spit.
lol xD
good comment -just so US
Yeah I quit the other day, with everything coming out and their rotten internal reaction to us players I think it's time to say goodbye. Always great watching your content mike, hope you make videos about other games we all appreciate your intake.
Can’t wait for you to still make WoW videos
dont be dumb. he doesnt wanna make wow content because he doesnt have anything positive to say. if things look good, fun and exciting. what would be wrong with returning to making content if they wanted to
@@Imorteus except he's on Twitch playing dragonfly right now my dude
@@Imorteus Lol. Lmao even.
@@Nami ok
@@Imorteus Wanna check his video feed real quick, kiddo?
This is sad "You killed my passion for this game" I hear you bro, been feeling the same since the previous expansion. I tried to see the positives in this one, but nope. I'm spending the last drops of fun on TBC classic but even that is running out. Can't wait to get access to Ashes of Creation or New World betas.
Many of us are moving onto other games, Preach, so some of us would at least be interested if your channel shines light on some new decent game.
There are plenty of MMO games for him to try, even new ones like New World. Hell, he could make a review on both old and new MMO games.
How many times he stopped himself from saying f***ing shows how frustrating it really is...
See you next expansion!
it's happening lmaooo
Blizzard put the steak in the microweave and call it done
For half a minute on half power LOL
“Bbbbbbut its edible guys! Dont you have tastebuds??”
And seasoned with whatever came off the bottoms of their shoes.
They put a steak in the microwave, took it out half way through, then put moldy grape jelly on it and then got confused as to why no one wants it.
And then they want you to grind 100 hours to get the steak or you can pay 100 euros to get it instantly.
As a certain friend once said: "You stand where you stand by virtue of the road you walked to get there"
Really excited to see new stuff on the channel since i havent been following anything wow related in years.
I see what you did there... :D
Tis a good friend you have, im sure he looks up to you as his hero lol
It hurts. It feels like someone died. So many sweet memories encased in what was an amazing game that you could tell had so much passion behind it. Turned to crap and the company became drunk on power, and of course Activision didn't help.
Activision is what started the entire domino effect.
Servers are packed though? Keep feeding that misinformation kid.
Still got private servers
Something did die. WoW just died.
Wow died.
All good things come to an end and for YEARS you have been an essential part of WOW for me. I’m so grateful for the times I had and the time you put in, so glad drama time is staying. Thank you.
From the Transmog contests you and Ghosty did, to the coverage of various betas like Legion, and everything in between, your channel was always one I loved watching. So many good informative, and also hilarious videos.
Thanks for everything dude.
Blizzard made him so angry he grew his hair back
its the unmalding
It is getting very strange that the moment OG gamers leave wow or even venture off to try another game they get hair transplants or their hair just naturally grows back. Thank you WOW for curing male pattern baldness.
damn I quit last night, here is hoping my hairline un recedes
This is why asmongold sticks around
Asmon’s not balding, he’s growing taller than his hair.
I unsubbed from Preach a very long time ago as I stopped playing WoW. And here I am, randomly wondering how Preach is doing. What a bombshell, this video was published 29 minutes ago.
what a coincidence huh
When I feel nostalgic I listen to Octale and Hordac. I wouldnt go back just shows me what a small percentage acually does it right.
Mike you are a good, decent person and I will continue to support your work!
"I didn't find Anything better, you've run this game to the fucking ground" That's just sad
TBH Ghosty's "cmon big guy" got me tearing up a bit.
More than a bit for me. I miss those boys.
Yeah I miss those days.
Ghosty left because he was treated like shit 🤦♂️
I really miss ghosty, used to never miss a single webshow and was so sad when ghosty decided to leave :/
@@aphoxx8685 the gimpy dudes who try ride the wave forced him out, ghosty was a chad though
This video/statement took massive balls to make. Sadly, it was empty and meaningless. Hoped on the blizz bad bandwagon as fast as fallen off.
Cope.
Them nerfing the Domination shards reminds me of when my Mistweaver monk finally got a really fun and powerful fistweaving/haste build in 8.3. I pushed and farmed for haste gear and only got to enjoy the build in it's glory for a week before they nerfed it into the ground. Meanwhile glimmer paladins were broken all expansion, it pissed me off so much.
Who knows why Blizzard does what they do. They have no time to offer explanations.
I was happy to play Sub rogue at the start of this expansion after playing Assassination all of BFA. They nerfed it before it hit live and it was basically worthless after the first 2 weeks. Meanwhile, fire mage and boomie on top of the meta for the whole time of Shadowlands. I see nerfs to classes that barely get played while others get a slap on the wrist. Balance happens so slow as well, you'd think they were busy creating contect for 9.1. Then 9.1 was a massive dissapointment...
@@EssenceOfTrance yea, seriously. They are very inconsistent in how often they balance classes. DH tank was the best tank by far for dungeons the whole way through 9.0, took em forever to fix that. Survival hunter is the lowest played spec in the game for like 3 expansions now, and they don't touch its design at all in shadowlands. If they won't fix it, or give it some unique asset that they bring to a group the other hunter specs don't, why not bump up the numbers to make them more competitive in a raid or dungeon environment?
Boomkins and mages have had the thrones so long, not only in their crazy damage numbers, but also their utility, of which brez and lust is almost a must in a 5-man environment. I just don't get blizz.
Early in Cataclysm they did a very similar thing with Discipline priests. Very fun kind of OP playstyle and instead of fixing it with a nerf/tuneup, they completely changed or removed the functionalities. No player was complaining about it, but i guess it didn't fit the grand vision or whatever.
@@Ditronus. Yeah. Back when wow was in its early days, this was not. Nowadays, this shit should not be possible. It's not like balance is that hard if you just apply small changes weekly.
"Blizzard's Vision" ... there IS no "vision" for WoW any more. They left or were pushed out. What is left are systems and treadmills to keep 'engagement time' up... as opposed to playtime.
I quit wow years ago. I'm here for u as a person you do u and ill watch and enjoy
Ok, see you next expansion
I’m gonna be real. Blizzard broke my heart and I feel like I am breaking up with it.
same 💔
Same here :(
Same
Yep.
The part where he said he doesnt recognize the game resonates the most with me. I've been gone since MoP, came back for my glorious return in shadowlands, quit after a couple days. It's a different game.
Best expac since legion amazing
Same. I played TBC, WOTLK, CATA,MOP then left. Returned to shadowlands as it somehow reminded me the good day. Good that i bought only 1 month sub. I was done a week before my sub expired.
Jason lol yeah, the spot of “best expac since Legion” sure is highly contested
Its clear head devs do not listen to feedback, in the community or in their workplace. There is no coherent vision.
They do listen. They're just terrible at it.
I've watched your videos from time to time but I've now subbed because you've shown integrity by doing this. What has happened at Blizzard is horrific and I hope this forces a change throughout the industry
holyyyyy... that ending montage hit me in the feels.... i just realized how long i've followed you on this journey
The reality is that as studios corporatize, the truly creative and talented individuals get pushed out. They don't fit in that world; they never did
They could have kept making videos. This was a choice. Personally I feel like this choice isn't thinking of it's a viewer base the people whom have made them famous and I've built something. In the end it's their choice and I'm sure that their audience will respect their choice no matter what it is.
@@kylelogan8375 he meant blizz not preach
Now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. The End of an Era really hurts. Not just Preach, all the other awesome Content Creators who did the same. And all we Players that made all of this possible. Some of us played this game for half of their live. It's hard to digest!
You think im gonna stop playing it and paying for it after playing it all my life? Fuuck outta here WoW till i die. Sad about the girls though
Hypocrites those who say quit wow cuz of this lawsuit, but still buying stuff made by childreen slavery work and bad work conditions in other countries. Put a hand in your conscience.
So he should keep playing WoW because sweatshops. Can I get some of what you’re smoking? And the other guy… you’re gonna play Wow til you die? You’re not gonna get bored of it?
hiverhythm “we should improve society somewhat” etc.
For years the most accurate statement about next WoW killer was "WoW will be it's on killer", and after all these years it's happening.
You were, and still are, an inspiration to me ever since i started raiding many years ago. Thank you for everything you have done for me and the WoW community. You have my support wherever your passion leads!
if you ever feel like wow isnt for you no more, feel invited to come to eorzea, we are having a blast
but take your time, you cant miss out.
Freaking hell, that montage made me miss "Holla Ballers" so much.
So much this!
Damn its really sad to see this as someone that has played wow every since i was a kid and that motage at the end hit really hard like the Madseason one.But i'm here for Preach and i am excited to see what games you are going to play and your thoughts on them
heh, couldn't even make it one expansion without coming back
Vahahahah
This must have been a really terrifying decision to make. Good on you guys for sticking up for your values, looking forward to whatever it is that comes next.
lol
Jesus I've been watching this channel for 11 years. This honestly feels like someone I love died. Hurts. I'm sticking with the channel. I quit a few months ago for similar reasons. Looking forward to the new content you bring, but I feel sad
I can't wait till you find a game you're passionate about again.
Y'all might enjoy eso. Pvp is really fun but just don't go into the main server for pvp at prime time. And pve is awesome too. All content is relevant pretty much and the gear is lateral not constantly vertical like destiny
Good luck with everything - personally in the same boat with wow and I am sure a lot of others are in the same boat. Looking forward to what you and your team do moving forwards!
I will always hold the moment Ion saying they took inspiration from manapearls and mike just face palming immediately as one of my favorite moments in WoW history.
Manapearl gear for non-raiders = fine. Manapearl gear problem was sockets and tertiary stat procs that made some pieces better than Mythic raid drops. The latter problem doesn't exist on the new gear, thus it isn't some stupid grind all raiders are forced into.
@@aigwyn excuse my ignorance, but what are mana pearls?
@@NurseNickLoL it was a currency u would acquire in one of the bfa zones where you essentially play the lottery in order to get these pieces of gear that had bonus effects in the raid tier. high end raiders needed it to be socketed and have a specific effect which when taking into account how many there were in the game it was absolutely ridiculous and a clear sign of blizz just trying to drag out peoples playtime.
as a female wow player who's recently resigned from my first CE guild after these allegations, huge respect to you here mike. no longer believe in blizzard, but i believe in your content, and i'll happily keep following PG wherever you go. X
It’s a video game
@@BluRaise made by humans
@@BluRaise and?
@@Arcad1010 it's a video game
@@BluRaise and?
You got me into wow in 4.2 when UA-cam recommend me one of your class guides can't remember which one. I went to the the first stark industries meet up and the first 2 preach cons. Thanks for the memories mate.
Mine was Class guide for Holy Paladin in Cataclysm. Been following his channel since then.
The montage at the end is also the history of Preach's "hair journey"
They tried to cut ties with him over the XP Potion, but Mike got the last laugh and cut ties now.