With vanilla World of Warcraft on the brain so much lately, I thought it would be fun to take stock of just what people consider the best version of WoW — particularly our audience, which is likely to have played WoW over the years but isn’t necessarily made up of die-hard fans of the game at all, let alone partisans for a particular era. For this weekend’s Leaderboard, let’s put it to a vote: Which expansion or version was the best version of WoW?

What was the best expansion for WoW? (You can choose up to three options.) Beta, kickin' it old-school (1%, 127 Votes)

Vanilla (15%, 2,829 Votes)

The Burning Crusade (22%, 4,142 Votes)

Wrath of the Lich King (34%, 6,492 Votes)

Cataclysm (4%, 742 Votes)

Mists of Pandaria (11%, 2,044 Votes)

Warlords of Draenor (1%, 267 Votes)

It'll be Legion for sure (5%, 849 Votes)

I've never played WoW and/or have no opinion (1%, 207 Votes)

Elf butts (6%, 1,144 Votes) Total Voters: 11,355