Why Have Attunements?

[mandydax]

This is very well thought out, Bolty. Have you posted it on the Blizz WoW Suggestions forum? I know it sounds futile, and it probably is, but you've already got it all typed out.

I totally agree. When I was on my old server, I wasn't in a raiding guild, and to even field a full 5-man from my guild was nearly unheard of. We'd practically declare it a holiday for posterity's sake. Pre-TBC, I raided LBRS and UBRS, Scholo and Strat (when they were still 10-mans) with various PUGs, but that was it. I got attuned to MC and Onyxia, but never went to either. I hit my first 60 on Terenas about 5 minutes before midnight when TBC came out, so I never got to see any of that content on my current server. If it weren't for Lurkers, I might not have found out that there were attunement requirements for Kara. I didn't even know what SSC was the first time it mentioned. I'm really glad they removed the requirements for SSC and TK. I'd never have gotten to see SSC (got in on a Lurker Below kill last weekend) if the requirements weren't removed. It's just too much trouble for me, especially with my unusual schedule. It's not that I'm underskilled or undergeared to get in, but the effort of finding people who are keyed for the Heroics and then completing those quest is arduous at best, and nigh impossible, and I'm in a great guild with fantastic players who bend over backwards to help its members. I can't imagine if I were still on my old server. I probably would have quit playing for the frustration of it all. (Also, if I had continued on my old server to get keyed for Kara, I probably never would have gotten to go because raid PUGs are hell.)