Maybe its just me, but I like BFA

I'm a lurker most of the time on this sub. But with all the negativity I decided that its worth it for me to share how I feel as a returning player about the new expansion.

First some background. I'm not a super hardcore wow player. I've played since BC, through WotLK, and part of Cata, I skipped MoP, and WoD, Bought Legion but forgot to play it, and have returned for BFA. I play Ret Pally (Soloing/Questing), then Holy pally for all Instances. So its fair that my view is a bit skewed since it appears that Paladins are strong this expansion.

Whenever I come back to wow, like most returning players, I'm behind the loop. I also am very behind, since I did a lot of vacation trips around launch and missed out on the whole "take a week off work to hit 120". So at the moment I am still level 117. Hitting about a level each day, so for me the progress still seems....well progressing.

I can understand most of the gripes, if you were end game, with more gold than you know what to do with in regards to the new professions, but as someone who is an Enchanter/Miner, I'm still having fun working on my professions (you might run out of stuff to do quickly). In fact for me though, between that trying to game the AH, I'm having a lot of fun making a few 1000 gold almost every day. For me thats a ton of gold, and it feels good. The enchants are simple, but are expensive, and it just makes me want to work up to the point where I can produce those 'chants for a profit for the whole realm. And I can't wait to have enough time to level my druid so I can work on alchemy too.

I also have been enjoying the questing. Sure its a bit grindy, but to me it still is what I expected from wow in terms of quest quality. I get some decent gold and consistent experience that pushes me closer to 120. I'm also woefully behind on gear, and the questing is a pretty consistent method for me to upgrade my 2 sets of gear.

Granted, I don't play as much wow as most people. I'm not already 120 with 300+ iLvl doing mythics and ready for raiding. I'm having fun taking my time, enjoying the world, the music, and the amount of extra polish I'm used to from previous expansions (cut scenes were a rarity back in WotLK). I also like the harbortown feel of BFA. It reminds me of WotLK with the many coastal areas. I also like fishing, and I find the fishing in BFA easier to grasp than WoDs crazyness. Plus its easy money, about 20-40g per fish in my server.

My point is, even if some people don't like this expansion, There are some who do still like it, and are having plenty of fun with it. But thats also with the lens of I'm a returning player, and don't live in Azeroth.