Originally Posted by Fleebenworth

I really don't think that many people are worried about mudflation of gear, it's more of how disruptive the whole leveling cycle is for many guilds. Personally after leveling from 60-70 and knowing what it means to complete all the necessary attunements/rep grinds and then waiting and helping everyone else who isn't on winter break, I'm not looking forward to repeating that again. Hopefully, as others have speculated, this next expansion follows a more Blizzard-esque development cycle.