@nodle hey man, very nice. I had a little meltdown yesterday because of people joining M+, messing it up (seemingly on purpose) then leaving the party. It really felt like blizzard had it programmed - to do it on purpose... with the way it played out
I made it so you had to have 1000+ mythic rating, which means you absolutely have to know the fights over the past few months, anyone who has that rating who is playing and has an ilvl over 450 knows how to do it. I also picked 460 ilvl minimum and filled the party. The DPS failed on atol'dazar totems then everyone left after 1 wipe. It was odd feeling and creepy... made me feel bad. Didn't even wanna keep trying.
I have done tons of mythics but sometimes I think they pull that crap on purpose.. it's just too perfect of a 'storm' to be real.
Anyway, I'm glad you got your progress done.. that shackled urzul mount is sick. I have also read that Blizzard has a new president and is moving out people in their corporation. I think they just get stagnant like most other companies. They reach a level of comfortability and don't treat the job like it's more worthwhile than bagging groceries, when in reality that would be a lot of peoples' dream job. I'm always happy to see change in corporations, though. It usually can't get any worse unless they are gonna liquidate the company.
Other than that, I got the emerald dream title by doing all the questline, leveled my priest up that you saw, got his ilvl up for weekly LFR or whatever.. and i'm kinda coasting because of the stupidity in higher level mythic+ stuff.. but you're right, you just have to complete harder keys at a reasonable time to improve your rating. It just happens naturally as you play them, pretty much. I wasn't even trying to grind it and got the title.
Again, I"m kinda just in a mode where I will do some mythics once in a while if the vibe is somewhat good, try to farm a few mounts (i have been trying to get the karazhan one, ashes of al'ar from outlands, onyxia from ony) and got some random mounts that I showed you. Weekly there are a few toys I have been trying to get too. Just feeling like 15 bucks a month isn't really worth the level of service or experience I get when I play anymore. If they brought the price down to $5 a month that might be worth it. Sorry wall of text, rambling
I still like the game when I have low expectations of it, but it has felt weird lately... inconsistent and I still have the lurking suspicion that someone who works there is purposely toying with me.. I guess I should just let it go at that point lol.