I wish the game was more flexible too. Honestly, I think Blizzard is trying to do less development for more sub time. This expac, in my opinion, is the worst one of all time. Time gating everything is a clear indicator of how little they have done, and reducing loot to gate player power, is just sad.
Hopefully enough of us cancel our subs to force changes from blizzard and the worst game director wow has ever seen.