You should get your money back on your law degree, you would make a terrible lawyer. Your aurgement is far to pedantic
and totally lacking in any thing resembling reason.
It is been proven time and again shorter instances and "welfare" epics are what the masses want. The "casual" player is what is lining the pockets of Blizz, not the very, very few "hardcore" raiders. The "casual" player will play for years and years and keep playing so long as they can get a glimps of end game content. The "hardcore" player will only play for a short time, go do something else and then come back with the next big raid comes out or expansion. The "hardcore" players should realize by now they have prestige, how many of them can claim a title that the casual can not. I have seen more people be impressed with someone who has a title because they did it first. If that is not enough to make them happy an thier ego stroked, oh well. As Doctor Denis Leary once said "Shut the F Up or wear a helmet"
Blizz has between 15 to 20 years left of content and will continue to thrive.