Well No I fee very much forced to do dailies (I made the crafted gear that got me to lfr within reason and the only thing more painful than dailies is a pvp grind IMO) but you get all sorts of folks arguing (and maybe not you) that dailies are totally optional. these people get hung up on the literal definitions of the word forced and optional and can't see the forest for the trees.
Let's get our bearings in this discussion. If Blizzard tmmrw said we're bringing back the cataclysm model. Tabards, fast valor in dungeons, higher valor cap and made this all exclusive to dungeons (which is some thing was sorta tried in pvp and people complained about being forced to do conquest battles for taht extra bit on the cap) but also said for you guys who like the slower pace of things you can have your dailies, lower valor cap and slower gains in general. Would you feel forced to do one over the other?