Anyone else looking at Vanguard?

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A week of content for a whole expansion in a MMORPG (which is supposed to be "bigger" in scope than a single player game) doesn't strike me as particularly awe-inducing, to be honest. Spellforce's "Breath of Winter" (the last expansion I've bought for a game I had already) had me busy for longer.
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One week to do everything 5-man in the game, compared to a current 2 days to do everything 40-man in the game.

I am not talking about how much time you can spend enjoying new things. I am talking about, once you've already learned them, how long does it take you to get through them now?

When you complete a 5-man as fast as possible right now, what can you do afterwards? 5-man it again. Didn't get what you want? Go for it again. Cleared it in an hour and have time to spare? Go do another instance.

When you complete a raid as fast as possible right now, you can't continue raiding. Raidlock prevents that. Where does a raider go when only 2 out of their, say, 6 playing nights completes all their content? They can PvP, 5man, alt, help others, farm ... but they can't raid. Raiding right now is the only thing you can't continuously do. That's the disparity, and that's why the next patch is a 20man and a 40man.