I feel like by this logic that challenge modes and their associated rewards should return. Tuning and such aside, challenge modes were often Carried as well in MoP or WoD so why not have those come back when they aren’t prestigious due to carries? I am not sure about “free” runs, but I am sure it happened.
Even though I want those Challenge Mode appearances, that’s not the overarching point. When we nitpick and decide what is or is not prestigious/an accomplishment then we get nowhere. Currently for me, AoTC is a drop in the bucket and will happen in week 1 or 2; 10 years ago AoTC was the hardest raid content I would do and felt like quite the feat when I accomplished it after a few months. In Wrath I was happy with clearing even 30% of a raid!
Different people hold different things as an accomplishment. So, to be frank, it’s a real (I have never used this!!!) slap in the face to be told what I did wasn’t an accomplishment and is reintroduced, but something else arbitrarily isn’t? AOTC mounts and the Mage Tower were time limited, yet one comes back and the other doesn’t? That’s not right at all, regardless of one’s stance on the MT appearances.