I love the anecdotal nature of your arguments. I, too, have players that “I have played with for the last 20 years” and base all of my arguments on what they say. Dropping the sarcasm, I’d rather not repeat from of my points from my thread: Ragnaros will be Dead in the First Week
You know, the thread you replied to within seconds of it being posted? (I still am impressed by your reading speed) But you are welcome to think that pre-raid bis is needed for MC, that MC trash can stop progression, that flasks are needed for MC, and that having 1.12 talents, 16-debuffs, and 1.12 nerfed encounters will somehow end up with an MC that hardcore guilds will struggle with.