LogFAQs > #961078109

The current state of WoW, it's presence in the MMO community, and it's patent company is so terrible that it's in the lowest state it's ever been from a public opinion standpoint even though people openly agree the game has been worst on multiple occasions.

Meanwhile, nearly all well known WoW players have moved to XIV or elsewhere. It was experiencing its highest influx of players in history during an EXTENDED content droubt which, if you're specifically talking adding new content, was XIV's most barren stretch since it's release. Word of mouth has never been higher. The game quite literally can't handle how popular its become at this time. The review average for Endwalker has surpassed Vanilla WoW as the highest rated MMO in history, for people who care about that kind of thing.

I don't think we're far from Blizz hitting the WoW 2 panic button, if they haven't already and have just yet to announce. They did so for Overwatch for far less.