Is it really that easy?

A couple of bloggers (Coriel over at Blessing of Kings and Tobold on his blog) have recently been commenting on the difficulty of the end game and the overall accessibility of it.

Personally, Naxx isn't really easy for my guild or myself. The strategies are complex to some people. Anub'Rehkan is pretty easy once you get the hang of it, and it only took my guild 3 or 4 tries to down him. Faerlina wasn't too bad, and we got her on the second try. But Maexxna was trouble, because of her enrage and web ability. We simple couldn't get past that 30% enrage. We didn't go any further last time we were there, but it certainly wasn't EASY. It was a challenge, especially because we had 4 or 5 people that had never raided on any level before.

Obviously for those that raided in SSC/BT/SWP, Naxx is going to be easier. Naxx is the ENTRY LEVEL raid. This really isn't the "end-game" per se. Its the beginning of the raiding in Wrath, not the end. Nobody is downing Arthas or the major bosses of the game yet. How many people cleared Karazhan during BC? A lot. Sure, it wasn't until after the place was nerfed a little and people starting gearing up more through badges and such, but a lot of people got through Karazhan. Why shouldn't a lot of people get through Naxx too? Yes, it is early in the game. Do you think people are going to be clearing Icecrown Citadel left and right? Just because a guild clears Naxxramas this month doesn't mean they will be able to waltz through Icecrown. The top notch guilds, like Ensidia, are going to clear stuff quickly. It's inevitable, and quite frankly measuring progress based on these people would be ridiculous.

My guild heads back into Naxx tonight, trying to get down that damn spider. I'm not expecting us to get it the first time through, but I would like to clear another new boss too. We'll see.

Bottom line: for some people, Naxx is easy as pie, and congratulations to you for clearing the place already and farming it. But for others (and probably the majority) it really isn't as super easy as it is being made out to be. I agree the end game shouldn't be for everyone, and I think Ulduar and further raids will jump up a notch in difficulty, which is probably a good thing.