I don't hate myself enough to waste bronze on upgrades.
there is an upgrade discount at level 70. if you get a new piece of gear and want to replace something, it also has the 95% discount. i've upgraded like four things with that discount. it's not looking anywhere but at the character you're on and the piece(s) you're replacing, but there is a discount.
People saying there's no point to upgrading gear are missing the point (obviously).Some people want to get the Garrosh heirlooms... this requires killing Garrosh... as time goes on, pugs are requiring higher and higher ilevels because they want to to SoO fast and easy.Thus you have to invest bronze to get some of the collectables.Most people complaining about upgrade costs aren't under the impression they'll get high ilevel gear in the live game once TWW drops. They're complaining they have to upgrade gear instead of buying some collectables in other to get other collectables.
It just pisses me off how expensive it is and how little time we have. Blizzard need to swing the nerf hammer!