LoL I was like...Butterflies!
But yeah. Legendary nowadays just means a grindier to get really high item lvl epic. I seriously don't like it.
Shadowmourn or Valy'nir were as grindy, but for example I like the way Shadowmourn was crafted, you had to this and that, get that an the other thing. Many guilds managed to make 2 or even 3 of them, but was still a relevant decision, who gets it, when etc, and obtaining it actually required a guild to adjust their strategies around fights to complete it.