every time I get into (retail) world of warcraft, I'm reminded once more that blizzard intentionally gimps classes/specs every few months so that people are obligated to level up new characters and I immediately remember why I never bother with it. learning the game is a frustrating experience of being hurried through the leveling process while you watch 20 years of content fly past you at breakneck pace, which you can't interact with in any meaningful capacity. you level so insanely fast that even if you went back to an old expansion via chromie time you'll easily be max level before you're even halfway through an expansion story. content which bridges the gap between expansions is routinely deleted meaning that if you have any interest in actually learning about the WORLD of warcraft, you're going to have to watch hours upon hours of lore videos and probably read a few books too while you're at it.
when you're done leveling (which is generously 20-30 hours of gameplay if you're new) you're thrown into the endgame of the most recent patch cycle and you're told to kind of just figure it out. you probably won't know how to properly play your character (again, because you level at breakneck pace) nor will you know how group play works (because you can skip all leveling dungeons because it's faster to level via questing, and.... you level at a breakneck pace). not knowing how to play your character or interact in group content means you're at risk of being kicked from any group content you attempt because the game never gave you an opportunity to learn in any real capacity and the playerbase does NOT want their time wasted.
the game has no interest in taking on new players aside from having popular developers from 10 years ago come on stage during blizzcon saying "Now is the BEST time to get into the game!" meanwhile nothing new is done to accommodate new players save for a "social contract" that everyone has to agree to, which I promise you has not been read by more than 100 people. there's absolutely no reasonable onboarding experience for anyone who hasn't been playing for several years
maybe some day they'll make this game worth trying for new players, but that time won't come for several more years. and surely by then we'll get a worthy successor to this game.....right?

easily my favorite roguelite of all time. the rain formerly known as purple is probably in the top 5 songs ever composed for a game

game itself is super fun, but if there was one big downside it'd be the fact that you don't really specialize in a build here compared to other roguelites. it's more just a matter of "get generally stronger" rather than focusing on certain things. playstyle varies a lot by character and there's certainly a small amount of variance in what items you prioritize depending on who you play but the difference is usually at most one or two items being swapped out in favor of others
(also the fact that loader and railgunner are so disgustingly over the top that it feels like you're handicapping yourself by playing anything else)