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Originally Posted by Digo  You're overlooking something. Because 10-mans are inherently more accessible to a greater number of people, the difficulty should also be lower so those same people can actually have a chance at completing them. I'm not saying there aren't skilled players that don't have time to raid in 25-mans anymore (even I don't have time to raid anymore), but don't overestimate the capabilities of the playerbase at large. Most people are not nearly as good as they think they are. |
True. Which is why you can make some 10-mans easy, entry level dungeons, and make some 10-mans incredibly difficult, for a real challenge.
There is no rule that all 10-man dungeons have to be of the same difficulty level, or that they all have to drop the same level loot. I also don't buy the argument that greater accessibility has to mean "make things easier". You can have a whole gradient of challenges. That would be like saying all 5-mans should be of lower difficulty because it's more accessible......well, obviously they didn't follow that rule, because Magister's Terrace is probably harder than any regular 5-man out there, and heroic Magister's is probably the most difficult heroic out there as well. So it's not like Blizzard is going "well, it's only 5-man content, let's make it easy so people can enjoy it". They understand people like a challenge, whether it's 5-man or 25-man.
It's just about access. You want to talk about striving for something? A casual does the early 10-man raids in WotLK. Gets some loot. He'll never be able to participate in 25-man raids for reasons outlined before. But he does have something to strive for.......the "uber" 10-man raid, let's say it's the one involving Arthas.
Will he be able to kill complete the uber 10-man dungeon? Only time will tell. One thing is for sure though - at least he will be able to attempt it. How many players, casual or not, are competent players but can't currently do 25-man content because they are not part of a large guild?