There is one thing you haven't touched upon in your post.
The stuff is going to be obsolete anyway. While I fully agree that this will kill any enthusiasm for doing anything but Heroics and Karazhan, if it lets people raid Sunwell, what does it matter?
They are trying to avoid what happened at TBC launch: Naxxramas became obsolete and had only been raided by a handful of guilds. By removing the attunement requirements for BT/Hyjal and providing easily-achievable BT-equivalent gear, they're opening the door wide. People can look inside Black Temple/Mount Hyjal if that's their thing. They can actually experience Sunwell, the last raid instance in TBC content, before it becomes obsolete.
And it gives people who cannot raid more incentive to keep running Heroics.
Serpentshrine Cavern and The Eye get the short end of the shtick, but with the changes to Vashj and Kael'thas, people can experience the toughest battles these two instances will offer -- with minimal effort.
The stuff is going to be obsolete anyway. While I fully agree that this will kill any enthusiasm for doing anything but Heroics and Karazhan, if it lets people raid Sunwell, what does it matter?
They are trying to avoid what happened at TBC launch: Naxxramas became obsolete and had only been raided by a handful of guilds. By removing the attunement requirements for BT/Hyjal and providing easily-achievable BT-equivalent gear, they're opening the door wide. People can look inside Black Temple/Mount Hyjal if that's their thing. They can actually experience Sunwell, the last raid instance in TBC content, before it becomes obsolete.
And it gives people who cannot raid more incentive to keep running Heroics.
Serpentshrine Cavern and The Eye get the short end of the shtick, but with the changes to Vashj and Kael'thas, people can experience the toughest battles these two instances will offer -- with minimal effort.
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