I was really disappointed that they said they're removing challenge mode stuff but only because I didn't do it - because I thought they weren't going to. Just thought they were going to make it so you scale down. At this point it's pretty much going to be impossible to find a solid gold run group, even though I have plenty in my guild. No one is going to want to run with people that have never done it. And last time I checked, people want insane amounts of gold or real money for full gold runs. Once people have their core group, it's pretty much gg for anyone else, lol.
I didn't want to spend the last months of MoP playing hardcore, I just returned after a few month break so I want to play more casual. But I REALLY want those rewards and on more than one toon