Originally Posted by Aphyrax

(Full disclosure - I actually do play in BGs, but I can see the TV from my computer so I pay maybe 50% attention, which is still enough to top the healing charts most of the time).

The problem with your position is that "not participating" is the same as quitting the game. For you that might not be a problem, but Blizzard wants my money.

I did stop raiding because I could not and did not want to keep up with what was required. The last thing that stands between me and cancelling is arena. I really like arena. No other game delivers that kind of PvP. But there are things that I resent, the biggest being the badge requirement for the new cloak. I can still stand BGs enough to actually play but I only actively play one character these days. Grinding honor on more than one? Eeeek.

Hopefully Blizzard takes the number of AFKers as a sign that the system is broken. If so AFKers did all of us a favor. You once said "it has come to the point where I do not even question the expense [of consumables] anymore". Well I always question having to do useless crap.

When presented with the requirement to do things you don't like, the options are

a) Suck it up
b) Cheese around it
c) Quit the game

I will not do a). Blizzard does not want me to do c). So, since they are apparently in no hurry to fix it I can only presume that they condone me doing b).