It's also not that bad, gameplay wise. If I were still a jobless virgin that could dedicate my life to WoW and grind for months to 60 so I can spend 4 hours a night trying to get 40 people together to kill Onyxia then yeah maybe I would agree with OP. As it stands.. I really don't disagree with the direction this game went.
I'm not saying OP is any of those things, but a lot of this must have to do with nostalgia... WoW would be terrible and off my play list if it were still like vanilla.
Sure, some things are just way too casual and streamlined to the point where a 5 year old could excel like a pro but I just ignore that shit. I often see these arguments that WoW has gone downhill but at the same time they don't even run heroics or have any decent arena / rbg rating.