A hugely significant chunk of ultimate clears are from run buyers. The actual number of legit, honest people clearing ultimate raids is far lower than the numbers suggest. Quite frankly, I think the people who are bitching and moaning the most about this are probably the run sellers who are losing an actual source of real income because of this, nobody else should care so much.

Also, all those low % things you mentioned are just single extreme achievements among the actual content they're attached to. For example, you can't judge how popular ocean fishing is just by how many people have the somewhat difficult to obtain Ocean Fisher title. You're making a false comparison there.

The fact is, they're not cancelling Ultimate, they're delaying it, and if something that makes up such an incredibly minor part of the game's overall content being delayed is enough to make you quit the game and riot, then you really need to look at why you're even playing. I love fishing with all my heart and soul, but if they announced they were delaying the Ultimate-equivalent of fishing - the 6 legendary fish of 5.5 - until 6.1, I'd be a little sad but I'd get over it, cuz there is TONS more fishing content out there, just like there is tons more raiding content out there besides just Ultimate. If the legendary fish which only come around once an expansion were literally the only reason I played the game, I'd really have to take a long hard look in the mirror and ask myself if this game is something I should be caring about so much.