Originally Posted by
Totaltotemic
The purpose of the item squish is not and never was to affect gameplay, only to make numbers easier on our eyes and the collective power of our brains and processors, as well as some limitations in code (ever wonder why Thok heals when he eats the NPCs? His true value of health is actually greater than a signed integer can support, same with Garrosh). If you think soloing old content is bad that's literally an entirely different discussion than the item squish, the two have nothing to do with each other.