Is the Coliseum dungeon idea disappointing?

We’ve seen the sneak peak information that Blizzard released about the next major content patch, patch 3.2. Patch 3.2 or “Call of the Crusade” as it is officially known will have several things but the one thing that probably catches the eye of everyone is the Coliseum in the Argent Tournament Grounds. Currently the Coliseum is under construction but it will be built by the time patch 3.2 is released and it will be the main PvE focus of the patch.

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We know that the Coliseum will have a 5 man dungeon and a 10/25 man raid dungeon and that both will be Ring of Blood/Amphitheater of Anguish type fights, only that they will be “more epic”. But the 5 man version will have different bosses from the raid version. I actually find this information both cool and disappointing at the same time and this is how I’ll feel until we find out more about these fights.

The reason why I find this idea cool is that a ring of blood type of setup for a dungeon should make it short and thus popular. There’s a reason why Violet Hold is a popular heroic to run. Short raids like Onyxia, Magtheridon’s Lair and Obsidian Sanctum are also loved for the brevity of the raid. Epics for less time spent is the motto here.

But thins brings me to why I find it a bit disappointing. Considering that this is the main PvE focus of the next major content patch, something like this seems like a let down. I mean imagine of patch 3.1 didn’t have the epic and massive looking Ulduar but a raid version of Violet Hold. Imagine if the patch that brought us the Black Temple instead gave us another Magtheridon’s Lair type raid. I mean raids like Vault of Archavon and Obsidian Sanctum are good once in a while but raids that come out of major content patches are supposed to be epic looking instead of just epic feeling. By this I mean that not only do the encounters have to feel pretty awesome but they also have to feel like it’s a big enough place to be raided, not just one puny coliseum.

What do you guys think about this aspect of patch 3.2 so far?