I've never really been the kind of person that was bothered by other people getting a random WF/TF upgrade, as it either had no effect at all on my life (non-guildies) or it was just a straight up good thing for our raid team if a fellow raider managed to snag themselves a big item. That one in a million max iLvl LFR piece is beyond irrelevant to anyone besides the lucky soul that got it, & anyone who felt obliged to run said content early on would be safeguarded, if not by common sense, then by my recommendation: Warforging/Titanforging should come into play after the top 100 Glory kills.
There's a few reasons why I think this would be a good thing.
- Firstly & most importantly, it'd mean the raid was designed to be completed with standard gear, rather than with the expectation of a slight iLvl advantage through WF/TF. This'd mean, when the time came, WF/TF would act as a gradually increasing nerf to the raid for guilds out side of the top 100 per faction.
- Secondly, it'd make farm raiding interesting again. As it stands, despite only being back for 5 months or so, I know I can kill 11/12 bosses in Mythic Nyalotha without any chance of an upgrade, and having already picked up two of the three N'zoth items I want, the only thing left is the sword which I'm not all that bothered about. While I do see the appeal of having your character "completed" & know people who personally have several characters fully maxed out, as someone with little patience for alts with this current set of systems, bringing my main knowing there's zero upgrade potential is rather dull.
- Finally, outside of the top tiers of raiding & dungeoneering, I don't believe there was much dislike of the WF/TF system*. Seeing your blue reward go purple was a nice buzz on alts, & it'd also serve as an extra push to give the more casual playerbase a chance to conquer the content they've been progressing for a while, whether that be normal/heroic raiding or progressively higher M+ keys.
(* I'd actually like to get some opinions on this for sure. While I've held this view since Legion & know it's very uncommon within the raiding scene, if I can, I'd like to see what more of the casual playerbase thinks of the system).
So yeah, that's my unpopular opinion. I'd love to hear thoughts on it from both sides of the supposed mythic divide. Anyone else with no interest in alts get bored in farm raids? Did you ever feel hard done by because some random got the same trinket you did but with a few extra stats on them? I've gotta admit, I always found that especially sad.