Ha, I read the note, but didn't even process that Blizz specifically said "40-player raid instances", not just all raid instances. Thanks for pointing that out.

I do think the reaction to the instance cap is a bit overstated. I'm still getting an alt boosted right now while I'm working from home. So I have her in instances for 8+ hours a day and I only hit the cap 1 time where I was specifically trying to do that for testing at the end of a night (run in, run out, reset - repeat). In just trying to boost her to 60 its been impossible for me to hit the cap. Maybe if I was trying for world 1st or something, but 30 instances even at 12min per instance would be 6 hours of pure grinding. Most people take breaks, run out to go vendor stuff, etc. And I don't know anyone who's actually spot on @ 12 min - seems like most are @ 15-18 min/run once they do Cathedral+Armory or Mara.

If Blizz wanted to curb stomp mage boosting or dungeon farming there's just so many more effective ways to do it.