It's strange but the "RNG" gearing has brought some life back to loot for me. It's exciting for me to see an item that I thought was going to be 830 became and 850 or even 860 piece.
I raid and do mythic+ for the more secure path of gearing, but there was never any fun in terms of grinding X amount of currency for Y item. Never liked it, never will. It was always a waiting game with no surprises in store.
Also. My reaction for when someone else gets a legendary is "Wow that's cool!" not "Where the fuck is mine?!" so I guess that's a big difference...