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The learning curve in TBC (2.0.1) was an example of continuing to raise difficulty from raid dungeons immediately preceding it, and was generally considered an unmitigated disaster. Gruul, Magtheridon, Nightbane, Aran and Prince were big brick walls for many guilds. After several patches of Kara nerfs that instance reached an appropriate level of difficulty, and I'm sure Blizzard now recognizes their mistakes. The 25-man entry for WotLK is already confirmed as "Naxx-lite", but is ALSO confirmed as an "unnecessary" raid, ie. it will have t6/t7-ish gear and cutting-edge guilds can coast through it fast or virtually ignore it. Ideally, keying will be less important and gearchecks at the door will return.
Nerfed Kara and Gruul (ignoring the Maulgar pull) are pretty mindless and forgiving now, nothing like their 2.0.1 selves. I think the existing curve is just fine, and it should be maintained (entry-level raids should always be puggable). The masses deserve their trade channel Naxx pugs.
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