I do understand that players like you have a big enough (and committed enough) friends list that you can get a group of 6 together on a consistent basis. I cannot. Yes I use the LFG sites to raid, but it is nowhere near as fun for me as the rare times I can get 6 friends together. Now I can get 3 of us together most every time I log in, so the new game mode will be much better for ME. It will be very rare that any one solution fits all players so I just make the best of what they give.