I think the difference is how they’ve taken gates that existed and put it into absolutely every aspect of the game. And I do understand why. That happens when you have no new dungeons, battlegrounds, no Brawler’s Guild, nothing else to add.
In Wrath there was like 9 raids. Here there will be three. Which puts it on par with WoD.
The troubled year really caused a lot of content to just not happen. And it’s sad, but frustrating too.