Literally wouldn’t change a thing. Whether I’m 245 or 220 I can still solo all the outdoor content with absolute ease and all my sub 220 toons do just fine too.
Even if Blizzard decided to hand out 259 gear for free it wouldn’t change the content that casuals choose to participate in, if anything, people would just quit sooner since there isn’t a carrot to chase anymore and they have no interest in Mythic+ or raiding.
You’ve never done LFR then.
To a nonexistent problem.
This game is about (gear) progression, and there are clearly defined paths to get there. Choose one and start stepping.
But to ask those who walked a path to suffer a nerf because others want the rewards without taking the walk is a clear example of entitlement.
I think what they can do is make timewalking weekly. And let that weekly quest for raid gear be up every week. Will make it feel like Wotlk again with frost badges, but instead its just do 5 heroics (timewalking). With timewalking dungeons rotating weekly.
Same could be said for those who don’t want the status quo to change.
If you force everyone to grind no one is going to play.