Show us that you care about combating boosting and RMTing by screwing over boosters in Season 4. Show us you care about more than just token sales.
The only reason you would even pretend to care about someone getting it through LFR is if you stand to make money off selling boosts. I don’t believe anyone actually truly cares about people getting Slime Cat through LFR who doesn’t have a financial incentive to care.
I feel like they thought the design of shadowlands was going to encourage casuals to buy boosts to get gear to get into mythic+, raiding, and especially PvP. Actually, casuals didn’t buy that many boosts. They aren’t invested in the game and in winning like those who did, who were people who were partway there and could see exactly what boosts could get them, and of course, alts of boosters. What booster would grind up gear on an alt when they could just do a few more boosts to pay for them? And what noob would pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for boosts when quitting to find a game that didn’t require that is a clear option?
This change is designed to get casuals to buy boosts to get the mount.