Maybe Blizzard devs aren't the problem but the player base is

[Cauchy-heartseeker]

I wrote this a while ago

Do you like Retail? Keep following the metas

Since the announcement of Classic, there’s been a lot of buzz about #NoChanges and “authenticity.” Many of the same folks will follow guides and “metas” to the letter. In the end, I feel they’re shooting themselves in the foot. Large groups of players following metas has lead to many unpopular changes. There’s a strange sense of irony here, though… folks really should have seen all this coming. After all, anyone who’s been playing since before Cataclysm should recall some of the big shake-…