Why was Cataclysm so poorly received?
General Discussion Oct 26, 2018 Also, and take this with a grain of salt, Cata was the first expansion that can be argued to be created on the fly. TBC had a bunch of content they were planning on adding to Vanilla and didn't - so they had the groundwork to build off of as well as some areas (Kara, Hellfire Penninsula, etc) already completely. WoTLK was also something they had planned and actually started toying with some areas before TBC even launched (which is why it has one of the shortest lulls between expansion packs)Cata they had nothing done before and worked on it during WoTLK's life cycle. And it honestly shows.