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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s prelaunch battery of content, including a new launch cinematic, the pre-expansion release of the new Dracthyr class, and especially the allure of being able to party up with my Horde buddies, is doing a lot to get me to come back to WoW. (To say nothing of the serendipitous brand synergy between this latest expansion and the recent Game of Thrones spinoff.)
Like a lot of players, I felt burned by the developments of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. The expansion’s story was wildly unpopular, with a character celebrated for making the best out of a bad situation turning to full-on war crimes. Left with that bad taste in my mouth, that “Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV…”…