Garrisons

I was having a grand time yesterday doing my usual set of garrison errands and jumped into an impromptu conga line courtesy of the recently discovered and ridiculously entertaining Mesmerizing Fruit Hat, when I came to the sudden realization that my rollicking good time was being had with...a bunch of NPCs.

One of the hopes for garrisons when Warlords of Draenor was announced was that they would act, in a way, like the player housing that players have been craving since the game was launched.

I had such high hopes for garrisons when they were first introduced.

This week's earnings call revealed that WoW had dropped to slightly above five million subscribers, a rather precipitous decline from its 10 million subs at the start of Warlords of Draenor. No matter what you say about how that doesn't really mean much (and it doesn't, honestly), it's still a startling drop.

So, it's official.

It recently occurred to me that I had more or less forgotten that garrison invasions were a feature of Warlords of Draenor.

Update: The latest version of Master Plan is here and compatible with patch 6.2, though it does not yet apply its handy featureset to your shipyard missions.

I may be in the minority, but I'd happily trade in some of the rewards from Garrisons just to have a Garrison that felt a little more distinct for me...

Much like I feel daily quests were unfairly poo-pooed in Mists of Pandaria -- ignoring the root of the problem and laying blame at the feet of what one saw on the surface -- I think the Command Table in Warlords of Draenor is getting a bad rap.

At this stage in Warlords of Draenor, it’s no secret that garrisons generate enormous amounts of gold for their players.