Originally Posted by
elvor0
You don't like raiding, ergo "who cares if it doesn't work properly and isn't fun for the people who go in there? I don't like raiders, so they shouldn't have fun!" Flawless logic there mate. Absolutely flawless. Two wrongs don't make a right. Look, raiding has been the major path of progression since Vanilla, it has not been "destroying the game for years now". If it had, it never would've reached the 12m sub count that it did in the early days of Wrath, quite some time before the game ever became more approachable and friendly to the non-raider. It's just a boogyman bitter, unthinking players roll out to use as a scapegoat. It's why a bunch of the player base blamed Raiders for WoD when it was actually the damn garrison depriving everyone of stuff to do, casual and hardcore alike.
I am quite, quite happy to have alternative progression paths for the non raider, in fact Mythic + is a really cool addition as far as I'm concerned, it lets the more casual player seek a challenge without the large team or massive amount of time invested if they dislike that or don't have the time, and rewards them for it, it keeps 5 mans relevant and gives a new progression path for people. I fully intend to jump in there just for the fun factor. And if you truly intend to go through the mythic + progression path, then you need to...go through the progression path. Which means gearing up in mythic plus, not outgearing it before you go in there, you just need to be patient, it's not like raiders are all running around getting the best gear right now either.
But you need to step back and realize there's a reason you aren't calling the shots here and why things aren't the way you want them to be. You just see short term, blinded by bitter jealousy. You want gear NOW. "I WANT MY EPIC GEAR NOW" you cry, without considering what effect that would have on game balance. You just want it NOW. Gimme, gimme, gimme! And all you can muster up in response to your short sightedness is "who cares if it breaks balance?" "I'd get mine, who cares about anyone who isn't me?"
I would presume you'd shit bricks if a bunch of raiders said "who cares" to your complaints, right? Oh but they're raiders, so it's okay to belittle their issues because they're the enemy, a bunch of scheming individuals who constantly try to keep those damn casuals down! Again, a scapegoat so that you can just wheel out as an excuse to not even think about the implication of your suggestion.