Exactly. And Ion is so stubbornly arrogant or ignorant that he refuses to or is incapable of understanding this. He's also arrogant enough as to his ability to know what's best for players (despite frequently being in DIRECT opposition of what the player base has clearly stated) that it didn't occur to him to make "War Mode" the standard for PvP realms only. They could easily have limited War Mode to "always on" buffs for PvP realms, thereby leaving PvE realms the hell alone.
Blizz could have offered free realm transfer(s) to PvP realms afterwards, or let people pay to move (or level new toons), but instead he's forced this toxic nonsense onto PvE realms, making it harder to find groups for PvE content in non-War Mode. It makes PvE min-maxers feel compelled to War Mode even if they really don't want to.
Worse, despite sticking to non-War Mode on my main level characters, I get flagged more than ever before, because they deliberately hid tons of opposing faction camps everywhere, putting them on top of WQ objectives or using harsh terrain to funnel players into force flag zones. And again, if a player gets flagged, it's "THEIR FAULT" even though Ion (amoral liar) promised players would finally be free from force flagging, and that THAT was what PvE players gained from the addition of War Mode to their PvE realms.
Meanwhile, people leveling in War Mode tend to leave each other alone (cuz trolls tend to be the only people that really want world PvP - so long as it's unfair world PvP with them having a gross advantage), but even THAT is ruined by bullying trolls at level 110-120 that go to lowbie areas and slaughter questers, sometimes even as players of THEIR OWN FACTION emote for them to stop!!!
PvE players just get completely screwed. Words cannot express the hate and contempt I have for that dude for his heavy-handed approach that is RUINING this game.