缘起缘灭 — Understanding Impermanence Through Azeroth's Seasons

The Last Raid of the Expansion It’s the final week before the new expansion drops. Your guild raids together one last time before everything changes. You’re wearing gear you spent months farming. Running mechanics you’ve practiced hundreds of times. With people you’ve played with all expansion. And you know: This is the last time it will ever feel like this. Next week: Your perfectly optimized gear becomes vendor trash Your raid tier becomes “legacy content” Some of your teammates won’t return for the new expansion Azeroth itself will transform into something new The Buddhist term for this is anicca — impermanence. ...

January 20, 2025 · 8 min · 1661 words · Reyneese Lee