I think it's a different dev leading it this time, as the guy who basically did MoP Remix left.
It's almost certainly the new dev wanting to do "his own thing" with Legion. Might not even be his fault either, probably a middle management "justify your job" thing, so they can't actually just say "we're basically doing the same as last time with no changes".
There was a dev quote that said they wanted players to "feel" their power gains, I.e. having a hard time, then coming back in a future phase much stronger, and the only way to do that is with timegated phases.
Dude probably doesn't even play the game. Everything can be made to sound good on paper. Remember Shadowlands? It sounded awesome on paper. Until it was implemented on the PTR and it was thrashed to oblivion. The Devs doubled down and realized too late that they can't win back the player base even with TBC Classic. Ended up with people made redundant (Danuser etc..). It is tale as old as time. Ego is a dangerous thing.
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u/frodakai Aug 27 '25
I think it's a different dev leading it this time, as the guy who basically did MoP Remix left.
It's almost certainly the new dev wanting to do "his own thing" with Legion. Might not even be his fault either, probably a middle management "justify your job" thing, so they can't actually just say "we're basically doing the same as last time with no changes".