He very well may be.
If i had heard this testerday, I would have said that I was shocked at this travesty.
Given that they have once again chosen to “go back on their word” with regards to sharding and extend it throughout the entire world (calling it layering doesn’t change what it really is), I really am not surprised, though.
How long will it before the cries of “my CE pets carried over. Why can’t that shiny I got in Classic carry over to retail for collection unlock?” or “Why can’t I bring this other item from retail to Classic?” start?
It seems that Blizzard really is bending over backwards to give the finger to those that for over a decade have requested that ;blizzard provide a truer Classic experience.
At this point, it seems that really is not a “labor of love” as they claim, but simply a way go say that they are still providing “vanilla”, even though it is, at best, a very poor imitation vanilla.