Originally Posted by
Ielenia
The dungeons remained locked behind rep for only five months. And even so, you did not need to do those dungeons. You don't need to do the reps in BfA just like you didn't need to do the reps back in vanilla.
I'm sorry, but you're being incredibly disingenuous, here. First, because BfA doesn't "force" you to do PvP for the essences, at all. And second, because the poster is talking about PvP ranks, not rewards or content locked behind PvP ranks. You're using a red herring, here.
Flasks only started persisting through death on patch 1.7. And once again you're being disingenuous. Guilds in BfA do not "expect you to show up with food, flasks and pots", unless you're a serious raiding guild, and even then, those guilds often supply you with food and flasks. I'd imagine that "serious raiding guilds" in Vanilla would expect you to regularly pitch in with materials (herbs and food) for the guild's flasks, food and potions.
Point for BfA.