Players feel duped twice, he says, with Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands promising meaningful changes and improvements but delivering the same frustrating experience that World of Warcraft players are used to. The “truth” is that World of Warcraft players are “tired of being fooled,” according to Asmongold. The implication is that Dragonflight’s announcement will be met with far less fanfare than World of Warcraft’s previous two heavily panned expansions.
After seven days, the cinematic trailer for Battle for Azeroth had 6.5 million views, Shadowlands had 4.7 million, and now Dragonflight is just shy of 2 million. Asmongold, a Twitch streamer, recently expressed these concerns, explaining why he believes Dragonflight is struggling to gain traction in a way that previous World of Warcraft expansions haven’t.ĭuring a recent stream, Asmongold became interested in the YouTube views for World of Warcraft’s previous three expansion announcement trailers. While the Dragonflight announcement event went well, World of Warcraft players still have questions about storytelling and design from previous expansions. Asmongold of Twitch discusses why he believes the Dragonflight expansion for World of Warcraft is less anticipated than previous expansions.īlizzard has officially announced Dragonflight as the next expansion for World of Warcraft, and the response from the MMO community has been mixed.