Players Are Leaving SoD: Huge Decline in Active Users
With Phase 3 being the least popular among the community, more and more players are leaving SoD. The number of active users is at its lowest ever since the mode’s release.
In recent times, various iterations of World of Warcraft have provided a wide range of activities to cater to players’ preferences. From Cata Classic to MoP Remix, there’s something for everyone. However, some versions are witnessing a decline in user engagement. Notably, WoW Classic Season of Discovery has experienced a significant drop.
Players Are Leaving SoD Because of Various Reasons
Recently, Redditor Conscious_Surround_9 shared a graph depicting SoD population:
The data was sourced from the Ironforge portal, which tracks active players by analyzing raid logs uploaded to WarcraftLogs. While it doesn’t provide a comprehensive view, it closely approximates the reality. After all, raiding has always been the most popular activity among WoW Classic fans.
According to the data, SoD currently has the lowest player numbers ever recorded. As of May 22, 2024, the total active player count stands at 74,384, a stark contrast to the peak of 496,004 back on January 17, 2024. Several factors contribute to this decline, including:
- Controversial decisions by developers regarding Phase 3 activities and rewards
- Delays in the release of Phase 4
- The simultaneous launch of Cataclysm Classic and WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria.
Consequently, player sentiment has turned pessimistic. Many have decided not to spend their precious time logging into SoD and instead invest gaming hours in other WoW versions or entirely different games.
It remains to be seen if Blizzard will be able to recapture players’ interest in SoD. What about you? Are you still enjoying what Season of Discovery has to offer? Or are you tired of chasing after Runes? Let us know in the comments!
Comments
I loved SOD period. My favorite of all of the games blizz has put out with the possible exception of Starcraft 2. Loved getting the runes, empowering our characters with fixes to all the shortcomings our chars had in original vanilla. Favorite of all was getting to tank on my shaman, favorite wow experience of all time. It’s always seemed so broken to be the only character that can carry a shield but not tank, and now it’s fixed. However, the quest for 0.5 did me in. Did it on my shammy, and pally, but lost interest in my drood because literally no one is playing that questline for meh gear. Such an impossibly long/arduous/impossible(to solo) task should be rewarded with tier 1.5, all purp instead of a 0.5 mix of blue and purp. Was nice to have three sets for each of the newly playable spec’s… but impossible to complete now that no one is leveling alts anymore. Retail has a learning curve I haven’t mastered, prolly dropping that too.
SoD has much to offer players, but the developers have lost their way/ For instance, the comfy sleeping bag has marginal value. One of my alts has used it, only to see the blue ribbon turn purple regardless of the sleeping bag’s use. What good is it? The same is true of other runes. I put lots of effort into getting the runes and then find out that they don’t really don’t much to favor the player. I’ll dump SoD unless the runes show marked improvement in the player’s favor.
Classic brought me back, my interest died midway thru wotlk, just like in original. Cata has nothing for me (our guild activity has significantly dropped as well), mop remix the same, and zero interest in retail, I’ve tried… So, looking forward P4, but it feels like wow is slipping away. I will look around the next retail expansion, but maybe with the dying of classic, I am just done.
Hi Mike! 😊 Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience with us. WoW has been through quite rough patches, but with all the changes happening, there’s a chance the game will see better days ahead. The War Within seems really promising, so let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best! ⭐️