Originally Posted by
Lyonheart
The whole idea of valor was for people who did not want to raid at all. They wanted to quest, run dungons for gear and never ever raid. There are millions of people who like it that way. I think they will get a lot of flack if there is no way to get the raid level gear without raiding. Even though LFR is very easy, a lot of people just don't like to raid period. Most of the easy mode changes were made to cater to the masses of non raiding casuals to start with, so with that in mind the change does not make a whole lot of sense.
With that said, I like the change, i think people who DO like to raid should have the best gear in the game. But maybe if the challenge modes are going to be very hard, that should offer a way to get raid level gear as well, at least LFR level.