We look at the most popular news in 2016. What interested users the most in World of Warcraft?
For World of Warcraft, 2016 was a big year. Not only was there the latest expansion “Legion,” which was well received by fans and critics alike, but also the release of the long-awaited Warcraft movie.
The most popular World of Warcraft articles in 2016
With a new addon come numerous changes. Many fans wanted to know early on in Legion which class deals the most damage in endgame. Although such values change after every small patch and are often just a snapshot, we still had to satisfy the players’ thirst for knowledge.
Also highly popular was the question of how to fly in the Broken Isles – the new area of Legion. Although flying mounts are not yet available (they will only come with Patch 7.2), some toys allowed for a simulation of flight. Unfortunately, many of these options have since been nerfed, so “flying” remains a dream – for now.
With the new addon, WoW’s PvP was also significantly overhauled. There is no longer honor as a currency, but just an “experience bar” that fills up in PvP skirmishes. However, there are honor badges – for what these are useful, we have already explained in this article.
Our favorite articles about WoW: Legion
If one were to strictly go by clicks, the article “World First! Puzzle solved around the long-lost Hippogriff!” would have actually landed in first place – however, the post was often used as a source on foreign language sites, which does not really reflect its relevance for German-speaking readers. Nevertheless, it was cool for me to be significantly involved in such a “World First” matter.
Also important for the year was the debate around the pirate server Nostalrius. This was abruptly closed by Blizzard, leading to a media-driven discussion about classic servers. Not much has fundamentally changed since then. Nostalrius continues under a different name, and Blizzard does not speak about classic servers.
Finally, my three “story columns” that I wrote about World of Warcraft were personally important to me. The little stories are told from the perspective of NPCs and were meant to encourage some self-reflection. Who am I actually in the game? What do we as players do all the time? Are we just slaughtering nameless characters from the perspective of the game world?
Unfortunately, the columns did not resonate as well with readers as we had hoped – so it will remain an experiment for the time being.
The team at Mein-MMO.de reflects on the last days of 2016. We have also already written the following retrospectives:
