Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
Why was it a mess in WoW?
Simply put, you were stuck in a massive raid lockout. If you were a heroic raider, but wanted to help your friends raid some normals? You couldn't, you were locked to heroic. Did you already clared normal for the week and want to try out the harder heroic version to test the water? Nope, locked out! Get stuck on the 2nd or 3rd boss of the heroic raid and say "Hey, lets just go back and do the normal fights to get more gear"...Welp, no can do!

This has since been fixed, and their current system is honestly the promised land of raiding (Though the game as a whole is dull.)