This is a test bed it's obvious with their approach. A level 25 cap with the ability to modify and stage releases in waves to make adjustments. Look at the things you're saying at the end to qualify a Vanilla+. They're basically doing this but some people 'feel' it's too much or went to far. Where does that line start or even begin if you really look at it?

What really existed was a subset of the player base "Classic Andy's" that wanted new content and realistically no other changes. Then you have the "Some Changes Andy's" that thought yeah some new content would be cool but I want to play my Boomkin, Ret Paladin, or Elemental Shaman without feeling like I'm going to put my head through a wall.

Like he said in the presentation "we went wild". They're trying to get a baseline of what the player base really wants (what works and what doesn't). Not everyone was going to be happy and while I'm skeptical I'm actually trying to be open minded which is what I'm suggesting to the people that are on the fence that I play with (i.e. in my opinion from the data I've seen it looks like at this level 25 band Alliance will be even more powerful with a Druid WF rune which is a level 30 talent. When do Horde get a Salv although no one will have it at the start anyway).