Hmmm, what happened about "We removed Reforging because we did not want you to get a piece of gear and it would be useless until you came back to town"??? Gee...Oh I wish I could see peoples faces and hear reactions when the piece someone has been looking for after multiple raids drops, its corrupted and they cant equip it because its going to bump their tier. These devs bro...
The reality was likely that reforging didn't push engagement metrics enough because it made most gear "fine" so less minmaxy folks probably just stopped chasing upgrades "too soon" each tier.
Also, the monk community and our RoRo reforge shenanigans may have contributed
Monk community created its own reforge calculator to ensure that you had the maximum raw number of stats with mastery being ever so slightly higher than the rest (including recalculating enchants gems and potential upgrading). This led to Rune of Reorigination making WW monks go super Saiyan and crush meters.Monk reforge shenanigans?
Monk community created its own reforge calculator to ensure that you had the maximum raw number of stats with mastery being ever so slightly higher than the rest (including recalculating enchants gems and potential upgrading). This led to Rune of Reorigination making WW monks go super Saiyan and crush meters.
RoRo reduced all but your highest stat to 0 and stacked the raw number reduced onto your highest stat. Monk's mastery at the time was a % increases to your Damage Boosting Cool down, Tiger Eye Brew. So you waited until the last half second of RoRo proc to cast TEB, then you got all your other stats back along with a super charged TEB
Having rising sun kick crits cause visible boss hp bar movement was hilarious, but way too strong
This led to the third complete redesign of WW Monk's mastery in one expansion
It's pretty much been that way forever though, even before tokens. I made all of my money in wrath-mop through selling dungeons and the occasional raidboss without telling the rest of the group so I get all the money.