Incorrect, there’s a significant percentage of players that are very good at WSG that have played private servers for years. In the past a group of 4 good players could beat a premade or at least make the BG feel like there are two teams.
Now, pugs or small parties can’t beat premades because the damage reduction makes it so 3 or 4 players focusing a target can’t get a kill. It takes no effort or skill for a priest to keep people alive because penance is so strong and damage is reduced in the battleground.
Premades don’t take any effort, they win by having two priests when the other side has none.
Overall the battleground is far inferior to any version I’ve played in the past, and it’s a shame as WSG is my favorite part of classic wow. I’ll see how the next few days go but I don’t see myself playing it much longer without these changes removed.