That's not my delusion if the community convinced themselves a gaming publisher did not exist to make money from day 1, and did it as a passion project. However, a core feature of the game again from day 1 (the randomness in getting loot) has always existed. It's a modern day outrage on the same story which I am not understanding.

Historically WoW always had the most active time a few months after patch due to new content, gearing etc. People cleared through normal/AOTC, and then either rolled alts, pushed mythic, or took a break for the tier (with keys and pvp added in as well). That's literally been the format of the game for years.

It's just strange to take that entire concept now and nonstop bash it as a MAU manipulation. Like it was tolerable when your tier didn't drop for weeks off the boss you could only kill once a week in BC, but now it's a time gated mechanic designed to manipulate players

If it's an outdated gaming feature, so be it and call it that. Just irritating to hear reddits horrible take on financial analysis for everything they disagree with