Originally Posted by
Rorcanna
Tbf, if a player's enjoyment of the game is solely derived from getting a piece of gear, it's no wonder they're so angry with Legion...
I see it as "I play the game, have fun and get rewarded in ways that matter to me". Of things that matter to me, the soon-replaced pieces of epix come in at place 10 or so... I need them because they're a tool, but the reward comes from downing a new boss with the guild and moving on to the next.
I do my WQ's because I like playing the game and pottering around in the world has always been dear to me... The people I know that care ONLY for the legendary, don't even bother with WQ's. They run Mythic+ and Mythic raids. When I am out doing WQ's, I'm also out progressing my character's Prestige, getting materials for crafting, interracting with other players, seeing the world etc etc...
I wouldn't go as far as to say that it's "addicting us to gambling"... You've paid an incredibly small sum of money (or even just gold) to play the game. The rewards you can get are still anchored in set values, the chance you have at something more being treated as an absolute is the problem that part of the community seem to have.