I am curious who said we believed 7.4 was going to magically change the game? I think it's more we are all curious to see what the story is about to transition to as it lays the foundations for what the next expansion will be. The game is what it is. I don't see it ever drastically shifting. Folks either accept it or don't.
I have never personally believed that a single patch could fix all the games issues. I am excited for the QOL changes and others are too, they are very welcomed and wanted changes.
TLDR - OP doesn't raid and is angy strangers will enjoy the patch.
7.4 will be fun.
7.5 will be fun.
There has yet to be a single x.1~x.5 patch that comes after standard expansion release that takes more than a day to clear everything except savage\ultimate. Why would anyone ever expect that to change after 13+ years?
Do you see them running amok in every CS wearing their silly masks? I'm not surprise they will revive Zenos or Emmet to please the fan base, I just don't like Ascians lore being the main for another 10 years. It's a new era, new arc, move on.