Nope. Not at all.
“Projection is the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal, or object. The term is most commonly used to describe defensive projection—attributing one’s own unacceptable urges to another.” - PsychologyToday
Since I’m not inserting my emotions in to your text, but you are in to mine, that is you projecting.
So I’ll say it again, desire, not need, and need isn’t necessary to implement it.
But the concept of making new forms with the same rig exists, and has been used repeatedly (by others) in this very thread. You seem to be slow on that point, actually.
In fact, aside from the Claws Talent in WoD, Feral hasn’t really had a new rig for a form that hasn’t been applied generally. The only thing that has really changed is mesh and skin.
But that is more my point about how much you are against the idea.
Intended when? They didn’t announce its exclusivity until after it was launched. And it’s not like they haven’t changed their minds on things before. But that’s something else you are slow on the uptake on.
Quoting a few other people in this thread doesn’t mean its Blizzard saying it, any more then you do. Odd that you ignored the others who said otherwise.
Forum goers are a small portion of the player community, and hardly represent all the players at large, even proportionally.