How is anyone fine with the 4-month patch delivery schedule?

[Rolder50]

So you're complaining about not being BiS when gear is just going to be invalidated in less than 4 months. My guy, what is the point? If this was before 6.3 I'd understand, but we're almost to 6.35 and 6.4, where the final gear ilvl upgrade occurs for the expansion.

If the gear doesn't matter, then why does it need to be arbitrarily limited?