When heroics were first introduced (in TBC), they were advertised as a way of providing a real challenge to those who enjoy difficult PvE content in a 5man setting. Those who preferred the more standard, more casual-friendly 5man dungeon experience could run regular mode high-level dungeons. It made a lot of sense. If you didn't want to run heroics, no one was forcing you to. But if you were a more serious player who wanted something challenging to do other than a raid, heroics were for you. Wrath totally screwed that up. People thought of regular dungeons as something you only ran while leveling up (or perhaps for a very, very brief period of time after hitting level 80). Heroics were made significantly easier than even regular dungeons were in TBC.

Now, in Cata, they are bringing the design back to something more like what we saw in TBC. Don't think of heroics as something you have to run. If you want something that requires a bit of coordination and skill, but that's pretty much guaranteed not to be a wipe-fest, run regular 85 dungeons. They are quite fun and the loot isn't all THAT different from the loot you get in heroics. However, if you're someone who wants a real challenge in a 5man setting, heroics are for you. What's the problem with that?

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