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Although World of Warcraft is extremely successful, many criticisms have been directed at the game since its launch in 2004. This article is an attempt to summarize and provide a place to describe these criticisms.

Classic

• Servers could not handle the load when lots of people tried to play at the same time in the same area (this was at its worst during world events).^{[citation needed]}
• Graphical quality could be better (the disparity has gotten worse over time, also).^{[citation needed]}
• Group play often is primarily experienced in instances and fails at immersion.^[1]
• If you drop an item it gets destroyed.^[2]
• A boss with a quest item can despawn before you loot it.^[2]
• Unnecessary competition for boss spawns.^[2]
• Monsters can spawn right next to you.^[2]
• Level disparity diminishes the social gaming experience.^[2]

Burning Crusade

• Not enough new content and too much of it seems repetitive.^[3]
• By the time you had sufficient reputation built up to buy reputation gear, you usually had passed the level where it was useful.^[4]

Wrath of the Lich King

• Raids too easy. Rise of the faceroll term.^{[citation needed]}

Cataclysm

• Harder for casual players than previous expansion, especially trying to PUG heroic mode dungeons.^[5]