All right, I am bored so I will make this topic about the things that were removed to make the game more friendly for wider audience.
Please add/discuss
Cataclysm:
- Renovation of classic quests
- Enabling Flying in older content
- Revision of talent tree for classes and hunter pets
- Removal of class specific quests, no longer rewards talents.
- Removal of hunter pet interactions like feeding pets
- Introduction of LFR
- Introduction of Transmog
- Goblins/Worgens
MOP
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Introduction of level boost service
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Removal of gear slots: Relics, two handers for hunters, more homogenized gear for all
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Removal of hunter deadzone
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Removal of old school Talent tree, removal of hunter pets talent tree… etc
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Removal of many signature talents like shaman recall totems…etc
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Skills no longer requires you to visit trainers
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Cat/Bear are now given separate specs.
*Introduction of additional raid difficulty -
Introduction of Pet battle
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Pandas
WOD:
- Beginning of pruning
- Removal of flying, and then unlocking it with rep grinds
- Removal of profession perks
- Transmog update
- Introduction of group finder
- New models
*Transmog enhancement
Legion:
- Removal of old animation
- Old models now showing lower ress version of new models
- Hunters/Shamans wear mail at level 1, warrior/paladin plates at level 1 etc
- Pruning continues
- Removal of glyph system
- Removal of buffs - Introduced again at BFA but much limited.
- Allied Races
- M+
- Locking classes to specific weapons
BFA:
- Removal of tier sets
- Removal of Master looter, and many loot rules
- Removal of PVP servers and introduction of Warmode
- More allied Races
- GCD changes