So I learned about these TW tweaks a day late and yeah, full on… NO ONE is running Timewalking as a “relevant challenge for relevant gear” from dungeon to dungeon. You sit down and do 5 dungeons that don’t “have the right to challenge” any more.
Tanks and healers don’t want to queue for wipe fests, and between that and the NPC health increase, the DPS queues will be abysmal.
That all said, this is absolutely a situation where the quiet part of the messaging is “dragonflight-to-TWW follower dungeons exist, queue timewalking to level at your own risk” for leveling, and “delves exist, queue at your own risk” for level capped characters.
“Play with friends or play alone” has been the WoW PVE battle cry since post-squish M+ has existed alongside delves, and now it’s come to timewalking, follower dungeons and leveling.
You don’t have to do timewalking to level, follower dungeons (and questing of course) exist. That’s the message here.
Don’t get me started on the badge income NERF.