Quote Originally Posted by CazzT View Post
This change is bad for new players....
Objectively, this change is bad for the game and new players. I don't know what the best solution was for the problem, but I can objectively say this was far from a good choice. It is objectively bad for the game.
You keep saying "objectively". I'm not seeing an objective observation here, I'm seeing a biased preset opinion. The fact you play this game and have already passed the ARR MSQ very likely biases your opinion.

The queue is currently far below 2 hours, and the change has been live for a little less than a week. Before we make any sweeping statements about how it's killed or helped the queues, we need to wait. I've seen very few new people complaining about the change, and mostly people who either were used to using the MSQ as xp/tome runs or are concerned about alts running through it.

Oddly enough there are a lot of new accounts showing up on the forums but with established characters. That could be indicative of an issue affecting the newer crop. None of them seem to be complaining about their first run though, just subsequent runs.