25 person max raid size for expansion

[Sword_of_Doom]

I don't see this as a positive change at all. The top end guilds just got the shaft. There is no way any of the "elite" guilds will split up their raid force to run 2 25 man raids. Nobody wants to be in the "B" team. My guild has 7 bosses down in Naxx and will have 2 more down shortly. I am not looking forward to saying goodbye to 20+ people when TBC comes out. That is the reality for top end guilds. The trend of Blizzard has always been to dumb down raiding and i see this change as being that. The intricacies of the fights in Naxx requires every raid member to be awake and thinking. Usually one death unravels the boss attempt. Whatever guild i have been in we have taken Hakkar down on our first try and Ossirian down on our first try. Lots of people consider those fights HARD and some have never defeated those 20 man bosses. I considered them TRIVIAL and EASY. And yes i have done them with characters in blues and greens. It seems the casuals have won the day and the dollar speaks mightily to Blizzard. I guess its a great business move on their part.

I don't want easier content. I will be very surprised if they can make 25 content as difficult as 40. I do wish they had spread the hurt out a bit and made 25 cap dungeouns before the expansion. This is a harsh change and i am interested in how many hard core raiders will stay around for this game.