why are you creating a brand new post when there is an active post on exactly the same issue which is still current? 
its only 7 days old and has 234 posts, and over 3K views. are you just trying to split the opinion because wow actually is doing bad? of course subs will go up on a major patch release. is it any wonder why the patch came out when it did. its like George Osborne in 2012 saying “we’ve had a fantastic quarter, numbers are up a lot”. of course they were up, London had just held the 2012 olympics. it would have been impossible for the numbers to go down. HOWEVER a one time event can not be used as a “oooo we have increased income” arguement. between patches BfA is losing players i am almost certain. and if that is not true, then release the accurate numbers in a transparent way that players can audit it, like wowprogress details.
its just smoke and mirrors and blizzard massaging the numbers and timing of information releases. you’ve fallen for it.