Here are some things I have done in the 25 hours I have played of World of Warcraft: Forever so far:

Sound awful? Well…maybe. When I think about how I could be spending that time finally weeding my garden, or doing all the real-life chores I keep putting off, yeah. Bit of a waste of time. Such a waste of time, in fact, that I have hardly even touched most of the new content in WoW: Forever. I did play the Skyborne in beta: their starting island is fine. A bit too modern-feeling for me, but fine. I’ve definitely encountered a few new quests mixed in here and there, and the aforementioned torch and sleeping bag missions were new as well (though I did the former in beta and the latter in Season of Discovery already). But I haven’t even touched the new dungeons. I’m months away (at my current pace) from the new raids. I’m not even a high enough level to check out the Riverlands yet. May as well be playing Classic, right?

But as I hike back and forth and up and down Azeroth, I tilt my camera around. That draw distance! I see Mt. Hyjal, misty, looming in the distance, waiting for me at max level. The sun rises and sets over plains and swamps. It filters through trees and fog. I /wave at the other travelers I meet on the road. I sit at campfires and chat with others who gather around. People buff me with their class’ spells when they see me, or resurrect me if they see my dead body so that I don’t have to struggle all the way back to it.

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