Originally posted by Estyn:

It's a shame, I realize they have their 'vision' of what the game should be... but come on, at least give players the option for something like raids without needing to resort to third-party addons. I simply don't understand the apparent objection to having options available in the base game.

"Vision" has always been a pretty poor excuse to not give players options. Look at Cosmoteer, that game should be a model to every developer on the planet. The options menu in that game is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE.