On a more mechanic based perspective. Trash provides a very real barrier to groups. You can't kill trash. You don't a shot at the boss.

And before you say "It's too easy", I see tons of 50s who raced to cap having to sit and wait for their buddies because "Pugs suck".

Should there be more rewards? Debatable. I get tired of games that just throw loot at you. I like my loot to be more meaningful than WoW's freebie epics, or even worse, completely upgrading gear every 3 months when a new raid tier is out.

It's people like everyone complaining here that don't get everything they want right away, that complain about lack of endgame because they consumed an MMO FAR faster than intended that destroy the forum community bickering because they aren't catered to. Calm down and play the game.