Mythic+ is suddenly unpopular in World of Warcraft. At least that’s what the numbers say. But is that really the truth? – No, it is not.
Season 4 has started in World of Warcraft. A week has already passed since then, allowing for some initial conclusions to be drawn about the success. After all, it can be evaluated how many dungeons were visited within a certain period and what kind of performance was achieved by the players there.
At first glance, this looks bad, as the dungeon visits in “Mythic+” have drastically collapsed.
Where do the numbers come from? The website raider.io has leaderboards for the best runs in the “Mythic+” category. It also counts how many dungeon runs are actually completed per week at this difficulty. In direct comparison of the seasons, the current one looks really bad.
The numbers for the first week of the current seasons were:
- Season 1: 3,212,000 M+-Runs
- Season 2: 2,270,000 M+-Runs
- Season 3: 2,948,000 M+-Runs
- Season 4: 1,486,000 M+-Runs
At first glance, it appears that participation in dungeons has dropped by a whopping 50% compared to the last season.
Some say mockingly: “Look, Season 4 of Dragonflight is failing, a lot fewer people are playing it.”
What is really behind the numbers? What seems obvious at first glance is misleading. Because World of Warcraft has significantly revamped the dungeon system with Season 4 and revamped the difficulties. All dungeon variants (except normal) are now significantly harder. A heroic dungeon is now as challenging as a prior mythic one, and a mythic dungeon now has the difficulty of a former “Mythic+10”.
This means, by extension, that the counts for “Mythic+” visits this season actually start only at “Mythic+12”. Because everything that used to be Mythic+2 to Mythic+11 is now consolidated within the realm of heroic and mythic dungeons.
At the same time, this also means that second characters can equip themselves solidly in heroic and mythic dungeons – for which previously low-level “Mythic+” dungeons were necessary.
In summary, it can be said: Yes, there are significantly fewer visits in the “Mythic+” category. However, the reason is not player disinterest, but rather the fact that Mythic+ starts only at a much higher difficulty, and therefore fewer runs count.
How do you like Season 4 of Dragonflight? Are you enjoying the renewal of the difficulty?
Not surprisingly, many read the numbers wrong – after all, many players did not notice the change.
