I was reading some threads discussing WoW PVP in MoP. It striked me how many things we lost.
Just look:
1. Set bonuses.
2. Trinket procs.
3. Gems.
4. Enchants.
5. Reforges.
6. Glyphs.
7. Tons of class abilities - no, that's not compensated by honor talents, they together with artifact are maybe a third of what we lost.
8. NO RANDOM GEAR.
Plus, obviously, clear cap on power difference that was much smaller than it is now. With clear and quick path to close that gap reliably playing casually.
Plus easy entrance and quick catch-up for alts.
And many other things, some related (like not being forced to PVE or farm-farm-farm-farm), some not (like affordable transmog gear from prior seasons).
I mean, I knew that we lost quite a bit, but just look at the list. It's humongous.
What the F does Legion add to compensate for that? What is it????? I see nothing. I mean, for real, it's not a pose. I see nothing. Not just nothing comparable, nothing at all. It kind of promised better balance, we all know how it turned out. OK, I see one arena, that must be it.
Is it any wonder that PVP is in the trash can? A rhetorical question.