It felt like there was a progression of improvements over the years.

Single loot > AoE Loot > Ranged AoE Loot

Now we're going backwards. Sure we've lived without it for years, it will just take some getting used to.

Funny story about an example Ugh used above. Before Loot-a-rang/fetch long ago I had killed something out of reach. So sure I was that the loot was important I wouldn't give up trying to get it. Anyways I ended up kiting a pig over close enough that killing it would AoE loot that mob as well. Of course it dropped leather scraps or something, you decide if it was worth the extra 15 minutes trying to loot it.