Is the dev team lost?

[Draelius-kul-tiras (Draelius)]

You know what the sad part is? We pay that 15 dollars a month to play more past expansions then the current one.

Quoted for truth.

Quoted for agreement and to add my perspective: I pay monthly for everything in the game. Due to work/life balance, most of my time is spent on past content. The rate at which content is created exceeds the rate at which I can experience said content; and there’s nothing wrong with that.

[Wuzeh-wyrmrest-accord]

Picture if you would, a stranded boat in the middle of the ocean, and there’s a hole in the boat that needs to be plugged.

Rather than plug the hole and fortify the boat so that no more leaks like that occur and endanger the entire crew, they decide to puncture many holes indiscriminately around the hull in order to reward everyone with random amounts of water.

[Draelius-kul-tiras (Draelius)]

Picture if you would, a stranded boat in the middle of the ocean, and there’s a hole in the boat that needs to be plugged.

Rather than plug the hole and fortify the boat so that no more leaks like that occur and endanger the entire crew, they decide to puncture many holes indiscriminately around the hull in order to reward everyone with random amounts of water.

My mentality aside, I found humour in the imagery
Unfortunately, a well-fortified boat doesn’t capture an audience nearly as well as a sinking ship.

What do the developers want? A fortified boat? Chaotic busywork? Improved water physics (I’m ok with this one too)? And how much say to the developers get these days?