Quote Originally Posted by Pintsized View Post
Your reply shows why you don't see this as a problem, one that'll drive away a LOT of players who don't raid when they can't play the MSW without enduring 24-man raids as 5.3 will force them to do .. likely SE simply wants to see more MSW boosts to those of us who don't raid, hate raiding and will cease playing if there's no way round it.
are you implying the CT raids will drive ANYONE away? you can literally drool all over your keyboard and still clear it in like 15 mins, I think you are putting too much emphasis on the "raid" aspect, they are extremely easy even for new players, the gear creep + massive nerfs have ensured it, hell even newer 24 mans aren't that difficult, harder than CT for sure, but still nothing special, even normal mode raids like Alexander, Omega and Eden are very simple for newer or casual players to jump into and have fun, the only raids that are of the difficulty you have "endure" is Savage and Ultimate. Besides, 24 mans tend to have really tight stories on em, not to mention the CT ares tied to the story of the latest expansion, going through it without doing them will make some moments fall flat imo.

Making it mandatory won't change anything, at this point, CT raids are glorified dungeons, World of Darkness requires a bit more situational awareness, but nothing you can't handle.