I haven't seen people discussing their inability to raid come xpac. What I've seen is people discussing their inability to raid withit.

Why am I making such an asinine distinction? Because OPs distinction is just as equally asinine. I mean, in itself, a game being no different than a week ago just means nothing's changed. However in direct relation to an expansion and what the meaning of that entails, for a lot of people, it makes them scratch their heads at best, and irate at worst.