Just think, at some point the Devs talked about removing Pet Windows and limiting Hot Bars, and I'm sure there was talk about how pissed off everyone would be.
They still decided to implement it regardless of how their playerbase felt, and how many people would leave because they greatly reduced the playability of the game that people have been playing for years now.
People can harp on the "OMG ITS CLASSIC" bs, but that argument is becoming ridiculous. This server is not classic. It's not even close. Yeah, its got that "classic feel", but it is not classic, and this change doesn't make people say "OMG No pet window, and limited hotbars!! I totally have to play that server!!". It actually just alienates the playerbase and makes them choose to play other games. (incoming people yelling "It's not classic, its beta for classic, blah blah blah)
I'm sure the timing was thought about based on Green "launching" next month. "Well, we can piss everyone off by making that change we had talked about, but it will be negated a month later when we release green. And that is why the patch notes also included another hint that Green is coming next month. This is a pretty big mis-step in keeping players at the same time WoW Classic came out and players are already leaving.
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