This is the expansion for alts imo - even I caught the bug and prior to this expansion I never even entertained the thought of having more than one character.  Now.. I have something ridiculous like a horde monk, and priest and an Alliance Monk, Druid, and Mage.  I only gear the Monks and sometimes the mage - but the Garrisons do induce some kind of satisfaction when they are done for the day.
Mostly for the gold that each one brings in - because even if you bot, the market is fucking dead on most servers.  Itll explode when BRF comes out with new trade patterns, Im sure. But right now.. a 200 Stack of Leather is like 240g and Sumptuous Fur stack is like 360g.  A couple weeks ago, it was double that price on both.  Which honestly, the market is the biggest thing that needs to be fixed right now.  Hopefully the Scavenging nerf goes a long ways, but I think they need to go a step further.