The fun is to get to end of legion and reach 999 trait.
there is no point in playing this game just like there is on point in playing retail.
What is retail gear going to do ? It gives you a solid position to secure and get you in prepared content with that gear and into midnight. Realistically anyone doing turbo boost right now has significantly secured their gear spot atleast few levels into midnight.
Other than that there is no benefit. But have they experienced how uber powerful one is in legion remix.
It’s just a different level of grind and we know that when rematch hits another grind will begin to get us into retail gear.