So far I don’t find the new 4.3 content too easy. I assume thats because I’m not all that hardcore. I guess the experience is a mix of circumstances, some out of your control, that make the experience hard, easy, fun or not fun to play. I have grouped with both ass-hats and nice people in the new stuff. I don’t think it is that possible to get away from on any server if you PUG, maybe on an RP server. My goal is generally just to finish the storyline and see the content so I’m not really in a hurry and I tend to try and group with guildies as much as possible.
I have only played WOW since the end of BC but I am still finding things that I didn’t know existed in the world. Ive only have two 85′s and the next closest in level is 67, the rest are way are below that. I assume thats part of why I still find a lot of fun in the game.
The other thing is that I still find things to occupy my limited play time when I am not raiding. Whether its pet/mount hunting, leveling an alt, gathering materials or leveling up crafting skills, I never really run out of things to do so I’m not too concerned myself about wearing out the content.

I’ve even dusted off a few alts to get them geared enough to run the new 5 mans. The only thing I wish is that Blizz didn’t put the Zulroics in with the reg-roics. I would love to bypass them altogether because they still suck for pugs. I don’t get to play often during the time frames that most of my guildies are on. So puggin’ is my only option. Every time I que up I keep my fingers crossed that it won’t be a Zulroic.

As far as the new dungeons. still havent made it to Cata yet. lvl 81 is still too low. But glad to hear they are fun, quick and much improvement has been made. Now if the older content (BE’s, Space Goats and instances) would be worked on, brought up to the new standards and released as patches… well one can dream. :)

The Dragon Soul 5 mans? I ran them on my main. Then I ran them again because I’m traveling in Norway and can’t raid this week. I’ll probably cap my weekly VP just thru the random 5 mans for the first time in months, if not this entire expansion. Then you know what? The next day I got on my horde mage and ran them. All three of them. I was sure she wouldn’t get in since she was almost entirely in blue gear but she did and the runs went smoothly. Then I got on another alt and ran the first one again. Fourth time in a week! AND HAD FUN. I can’t wait to finish leveling my priest because I finally have something to look forward to. The priest is going to get geared and I can’t tell you how happy I am to be playing my alts again. The dungeons aren’t painful and punishing. You can absolutely wipe (especially on trash!) but the fights are pretty darn cool, I especially loved Murozond and Benedictus. Jaina and Sylvanis? Fun.

I can see both sides of the arguments for the new dungeons but I have to admit which side I come down on. I know very few folks that like the Zulroics at all so the fact that large numbers of people are having fun in Dragon Soul says quite a bit.

As to whether they will become boring, sure they will – but I agree it’s important to enjoy what we have.

Well, I’ll certainly admit that the go go go crowd is still out there, and i’ve seen some real idiots, as usual.

If you are just coming back for a bit before SWTOR comes out, though, I’d seriously recommend running with friends in ‘em until you get geared out all OP. I’m hearing that 40k is the new 20k OP level of DPS.

You know, those of us that thought our 20k was all that and a bag of chips are finding out it isn’t so.