Well, my original argument about this topic was that pvp templates allow for easier access to playing rated pvp, and that casual BG’s would become much less popular if gear templates were a thing, using FFXIV and GW2 as examples, Legions gear template was still influenced by gear, but since Hirav argued for 3 hours in a circle in the last thread and could only end it with
I figured i’d entertain him here as well 
More context, according to Hirav most people on the forums disliked Legion, but most people from my personal experience loved legion.