And joke is, none of this matters when Tomb rolls out.
Seriously, this whole "biggest patch we have ever done" feels very absurd now its not even funny. It could've been but they missed their shot. Whats SO bad about having all this last only month and have ToS come soon after? Why 11 weeks? Why still snore-hold for 3 months after patch?
If someone were to take break for 2 months they would get back to game when ToS is up, trial of style is a thing, AH dance party mini-holiday, AK catch-up makes them , well, catch up to people who remained subbed for 2 months
Missing shard gear? Yeah you replace those the moment you step into ToS and kill first 3 bosses anyway. Most likely.
They miss flying but if they took break they probably dont care. They just log to raid,
mount get summoned to ToS, log out.
If money is something that you care, they saved 30 dollars and said to blizzard "Im not paying you about something was whipped by intern in 30 minutes once a week".