Originally Posted by Addled
I'll assume you're talking about the L60 quest for rohk'delar (not entirely sure I spelled that right, it's the MC leaf drop right?). It's worth pointing out that not all hunters got into MC, and even then, unlucky leaf drops meant that a guild could easily be in mid-BWL before every hunter got his leaf and did the quest. And if you were in BWL, there were plenty of easier to get weapon drops, like the Heartstriker (Broodlord), Dragonbreath Hand Cannon (Ebonroc) and Ashjre'thul, Crossbow of Smiting (Chromaggus). (...)
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Not to mention a lot of hunters actually paid their colleagues who already did the quest to run it for them. But I wouldn't call that a good training exercise: it was hard, but failing at it was frustrating and consumed time. A good training course is a one where you can try again and again until you've succeeded or are tired.
Another feature a learning course would have is to be extremely unforgiving. You either succeed, or you fail and try again. Luck won't get you through. Think Leotheras' inner demons, on the whole raid at a time, and if even one person messes up everyone dies. I'm not sure dungeons following such principles would be very popular...
There is one thing Blizzard can do to help, though: avoid convoluted and unintuitive mechanics like the hunter autoshot/cast time skills.