Conjecture, this is just what you want.
Are we aiming for new questing zones with activities? Because we already get these.
Legion:
EN - all the current zones and wq
NH - sarumar
ToS - broken shore
Ant - Argus 3 islands, probably similar size to korthia individually
Bfa
Uldir - all the current zones + general first tier world content
Dazaralor - nothing (I think?)
Palace - Nazjatar & mechagon
Nyalotha - redone cata and mop zones
SL looks like it will continue this.
Or are we just aiming for throwing a crap load of slot machines (rares) in a small zone and running from one to the next hoping for a winning pull? Because after enough wins, participation will drop.
You’re getting pretty close to 1:1 for new zones to major raids.
I don’t think you know why a lot of hardcore are unhappy with the game, but you seem very content to state that it’s your very specific reasons that the game is dying without having any way to prove that.