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Shadowlands Arrives in 1 Week, BfA Day 826 and All Expansion Durations

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The next World of Warcraft expansion is only 1 week away, as excitement rises with the launch cinematic having come out yesterday. Blizzard is still doing some tuning on the beta, so it's a really good thing that the delay happened, although whether it needed/needs a longer one remains to be seen. Tuesday/Wednesday next week will begin answering that question.

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We've known for a long time Battle for Azeroth would be the longest piece of WoW content ever, and it's been that for over a month now, with it entering its 826th day today. When Shadowlands launches, BfA will beat Vanilla WoW's duration by 47 days, ending up at 832 total days.

The expansion was/is definitely not among the more popular ones, both in terms of story and mechanics, which makes it  slightly sad that it's the one that holds the longevity title (and probably will for quite a long time). And while some are already predicting gloom for Shadowlands for various reasons, it's very unlikely it will be as... controversial as BfA.

And now let's take a look at the actual standings in the WoW content duration olympics!

1. Battle for Azeroth

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2 Years, 3 Months, 9 Days (832 Days Total)

Not much more can be said about BfA, other than we hope this wasn't the last of the Black Empire storyline.

2. Vanilla WoW

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2 Years, 1 Month, 24 Days (785 Days Total)

The one that started it all, and was even remade as WoW Classic.

3. Mists of Pandaria

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2 Years, 1 Month, 19 Days (780 Days Total)

A somewhat controversial expansion, as some players deemed it to be too childish, but it turned out to be one of WoW's best to date.

4. Wrath of the Lich King

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2 Years, 25 Days (755 Days Total)

Many players' favorite period in WoW, WotLK was the first expansion to push a very strong story narrative and focus on the final villain throughout the entire expansion, giving the final confrontation atop Icecrown Citadel a lot more weight.

5. Legion

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1 Year, 11 Months, 15 Days (715 Days Total)

Standing alongside Wrath of the Lich King, this is most players' favorite WoW expansion, as we saw the culmination of the Burning Legion storyline unfold.

6. The Burning Crusade

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1 Year, 9 Months, 29 Days (668 Days Total)

The first ever expansion, it opened up so many new avenues for the game to go in, and showed us how to fly in World of Warcraft.

7. Cataclysm

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1 Year, 9 Months, 19 Days (659 Days Total)

While revamping the old world was a brilliant move, the expansion itself wasn't that popular, with a rather anticlimactic ending in the Dragon Soul raid.

8. Warlords of Draenor

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1 Year, 9 Months, 17 Days (657 Days Total)

As a large part of WoD was scrapped, we never got to see the expansion as it was intended, but the introduction to player housing through garrisons was very welcome, and is definitely one of the ideas that should be iterated on come future expansions.

9. Shadowlands

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And so we're about to enter into World of Warcraft's 8th expansion, with the hype and concern levels for this one being perhaps the highest they've ever been. From the delay to the growing controversy about Covenants and "meaningful choice", we'll be hearing a lot more differing opinions even after release, but hopefully the expansion will be one of WoW's better entries, so let's all at least give it a fair chance!

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9 minutes ago, Starym said:

 

And so we're about to enter into World of Warcraft's 8th expansion, with the hype and concern levels for this one being perhaps the highest they've ever been. From the delay to the growing controversy about Covenants and "meaningful choice", we'll be hearing a lot more differing opinions even after release, but hopefully the expansion will be one of WoW's better entries, so let's all at least give it a fair chance!

Well, I already know it's gonna be crap, I already know people will complain, and I already know i'm gonna be mad about it and quit the game. But I already bought it so I have no choice but try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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8 minutes ago, Mugendai said:

Well, I already know it's gonna be crap, I already know people will complain, and I already know i'm gonna be mad about it and quit the game. But I already bought it so I have no choice but try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That's... the most depressing thing I've ever read. I'm actually hyped about it, which is a direct consequence of skipping most of BfA. I know I'm gonna enjoy it for a while and then when I don't anymore? I'll stop and then come back later.

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My favourite expansions so far have been those that introduced new classes, because obviously that is the easiest and safest way to offer new and exciting experiences. With Shadowlands not having one, I am leaning a bit on the pessimistic side and I am putting probably far too much hope in Torghast being mad fun...

The cynic inside me warns me about that though and says that it will just be island Expeditions all over again, which sounded amazing to me at first as well. :/

Maybe the satisfying experience of (hopefully) finally being able to kill Sylvanas will make it all worth it in the end though. Remains to be seen. :I

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2 hours ago, Mugendai said:

Well, I already know it's gonna be crap, I already know people will complain, and I already know i'm gonna be mad about it and quit the game. But I already bought it so I have no choice but try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the same feeling over and over with each expansion...the only one i didnt played was BfA

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