Maybe if the item level was the only thing alts had to farm for? Not borrowed power system on top of system on top of system on top of system.
I dont think ive seen many people ask for full 470 items for free on login, so you exaggerate a bit. think towards the end of legion? ALL the legiondaries on a vendor with an easily farmable currency to get your best, and very quickly getting you to concordance on the artifact weapon with a few world quests. You still had to play to increase your itemlevel…