The cycle of disbanding that keep casuals from doing content

[Keres]

Haven't played WoW since early Cataclysm. However, back then WoW just as well had these issues. Even with a hard mode raid and regular mode raid, people still failed to find groups for the normal modes. Based on gearscore they'd quickly be kicked, etc. Many claimed the fights were too hard in the normal mode. Etc.

I've never experienced the raid finder raids, so perhaps that those are a pushover with a difficulty of ST/CT runs here. Can't say.

LFR is pretty similar in difficulty to CT/ST, I'd say. It's a low-stakes way to at least see the content, and you can only get a significantly lower-tier version of the raid's loot to match. I think it's a good solution, and as someone who doesn't have the room in his life for a scheduled static right now, I'd like to see something like that added, so I can at least see the Coil storyline and experience a toned-down version of the encounters while they're still current.

WoW also added flex raiding, where you can take in anywhere between 10-30 people and the raid will scale in difficulty based on the number of people you have, which is also a decent way to get around the "8-person static, no more, no less" problem that can cause issues within groups of friends that want to play together.