LOL.
What design philosophy is that? To have half the ‘players’ be bots, and the other half buy gold from those bots to buy gear in GDKPs?
There is no philosophy. Their Pillars were a complete lie. They toss in Retail-like systems like Mythic Lite dungeons that brought toxic gatekeeping to unseen levels in the history of the game.
If you want a good design philosophy then leave the damn game alone. Old Blizzard made good, fun games. New Blizzard just screws them up.
Maybe some of these clowns on the Classic team were part of the 1900 just layed off. Get some people in there who actually respect the old game.