I miss spending a point every level.
I do not miss how bad the old system was in other ways. +2% damage on X spell, fill all these to reach that.
Or like in Cataclysm, fill these no-brain talents then you might end up with 2 or 3 points left to spend on whatever tier 1 talent you want.
People talking about the old systems "depth" and "options" doesn't seem to have given it much thought at all.
At max level the new system is way superior, but while leveling it is not. That's the one strength of the old system, you got one, perhaps tiny barely significant upgrade every time you leveled up, but it was YOU who chose it.