First, ‘player agency in SL’. I’ve seen enough streams from various players to cast doubts in that subject.
As for Blizzard’s war  on flight: I agree.  This was never a problem until blizzard made  it  one.
It used to be : level cap and pay some gold.  That’s  it.
Funny  how those expacs prospered, bringing Blizzard’s subs base to its heights.
(Well, not Cata but  it had other problems).
THEN SOMEONE HAD A BRIGHT IDEA.
…which caused Blizzard to lose over 60% of its then-current playerbase.
YES I  was there.
YES I remember the old forums and the constant stream of  posts from long-time players for whom the final straw was broken!
Flying, wpvp, professions, guilds.
Blizzard, tell me please…
WHY do you keep  breaking the  oldest rule  in Engineering i.e., ‘if it aint broke don’t fix it.’?
Looking forward to new troll posts; TRY to come up with some new arguments: if thats too much trouble then keep your insults clever k?
Skäl

Sees the avatars lining up: rubs hands gleefully
…escellent…