Why was AV 1.12 not used for the 15th anniversary version?

[Brokenwind-grobbulus]

@Krystella-emerald-dream

Clearly because retail is still the moneymaker considering they will be selling expansions and the majority is still there despite what Classic wants to think.

And yet:

@Kaivax

It gives us several early improvements to the BG that we’re glad to have in place. Early on in AV, there were too many NPCs and they were too hard to kill. By 1.12, many had been removed and NPC health was brought down to a reasonable level. Turning in armor scraps is an encouraged, supportive activity by this point. Many capture points (mostly graveyards) had been moved away from their initial placements to gain better balance across the map. Korak the Bloodrager was removed, and killing opposing players no longer drops items like Dwarf Spines, Orc Teeth, or Human Bone Chips. Gross.

Blizzard clearly thought 1.12 AV was the best vanilla version. Did I mis-quote that blue post?