It’s still developmental laziness that has put us in this situation. It’s not something fun you achieve to grab once you hit max level in an expansion anymore because it’s not even developed by then.
Someone(s) high up decided that they didn’t want flying in the game anymore and now they’re using it almost as a tool to punish us and allow their time played metrics to flourish.
It’s like your partner who found that button to push. Blizz realized just how much the public loved it and now they’re using it against us. Flying feels like a weird ultimatum to me too it’s like oh yeah, if you really want it you’ll do this this this this this and this for it. Where “this” is no small feat either.
Getting flight half way through an expansion and making this awful grind to get it is not okay, nor is taking flying out.
I played from Vanilla till MOP and came back half way through Legion. I haven’t done a single pathfinder to completion because it’s not worth the effort and it feels bad.
They are not making this game for their customers anymore and it’s not in the name of fun either.
You’re right in the fact that they’re trying to condition us into things though. Here’s a good example
Back in December they pulled this…
Received backlash and instead of letting it go, they further waste more development time figuring out how to get the same effect they want without pissing us off quite as much. 6 months later we have this.
Instead of turning into a fine wine over the years…
WoW has turned into an unruly teenager who doesn’t care what anyone wants anymore that keeps acting upon what ultimately ends up being fail ideas. All while hitting you up for more money.