Hardcore will get stuff done first regardless of lockout or not.

5 minute timer won't matter for casuals since they (most likely) will never run it 2 times in a row.

What was mentioned earlier in the thread was that with a lower lockout (such as 5 minutes) SE will probably lower drop rates because you can go through it so many times. If the lockout was 48 hours SE could raise the drop rates since you'd be able to do the dungeon less but get rewarded roughly the same (which actually benefits casuals as gear/hr spent is increased).

Obviously it might be more difficult to form parties under an extended lockout so those whom cannot plan ahead all the time (Casuals) end up suffering.


Theres no exact medium in this regard of Hardcore vs Casual dungeon fromping unless its not end-game (and it probably isn't by definition of other MMO's endgame material). I would personally use a currency or a building currency that you get 1 per 16 hrs or something and can save up to 10... then you could do dungeon 10 times in a row if you wanted or whatever.