Less is More

Amusingly enough, the more successful I am in WoW (via my guild), the less time I need to put in.

In tBC, as part of a very casual guild, I felt like I needed to work constantly to maintain my raiding edge, farming heroics for badges, having stockpiles of gold in case raid drop crafting recipes hit the AH.

In WotLK, I'm part of a medium-core raiding guild, and I don't really feel I need to play at all outside raids. My gold stockpile from levelling alts isn't depleted, a little AH and rep action is good enough to get alts into Naxxramas, and once you're in there with a competent raid the gear flows freely. My paladin alt has done maybe three or four heroics, but can MT Naxx-10 and competently OT Naxx-25.

Ulduar will be more difficult, but the ramp in will still be highly accessible raiding, more so as we crush Naxx with our ilevel 226+ geared mains for the benefit of alts. Eventually I'll be obliged to make some more money, but even with flask and repair costs relatively little effort translates into a LOT of raiding these days. I can keep my shaman at the top of her game while staying current with console gaming, and it's very nice indeed :)