I’ve noticed. Not only did he not read the post he made that disjointed poorly thought out reply to, but flying was never either a source of inflation nor an unanticipated source of craft materials. They knew exactly what they were doing in TBC and Wrath, the gold influx and resulting inflation were from quests - both dailies and regular, that could be completed at the same relative pace by any given player. And the materials gathering process was largely unchanged, so they already had metrics to work with and plan around.
Honestly no one really has a leg to stand on with their hatred for flight. Not even gankers/WPVP players. You know what really helped gank people in TBC? Coming in from high above and raining death upon them before they could figure out what happened. No one but no one can keep an eye on everything within a 3 dimensional space at all times and be fully prepared to mount up and fly away at the first hint of danger.
I’m describing %90 of my playing experience in WoD, Legion, and so far - BFA. Feel free to check my armory. If my level 88 Paladin has 400 item level, I will start a Twitch account and livestream myself cooking and eating my work boot.
We’ll go one step further - how many people take a year to reach 400 iLevel? No one? It takes maybe 2 weeks or so after hitting max level to play the game exactly as I am now? But we’re gating this for a year to preserve that same gameplay that’s blown out of the water within weeks of hitting level cap?
But you keep telling yourself that pretty little lie if it helps you sleep better at night.