We also heard that about things that people did enjoy and that stayed in the game ever since. Can't wow players ever make a sensible argument instead of pretty much always using either a false equivalence or a false dichotomy?
The comparison with torghast is also disingenuous because torghast was designed as a chore that gated important power ups. Dragon riding is just a way to go from A to B that actually saves you time compared to regular flying and requires minimal (20-30 mins), non time gated, account wide time investment for maxing it out.