OK, every one is on the bandwagon talking about the emblem changes.

Before I get too far into this, I want to say I don’t have a very strong opinion about the whole mess.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s what Blizz has up their sleeve:

Emblem System Changes

Both the 10 and 25-player instances of the Crusaders’ Coliseum drop a new Emblem of Triumph.
Any dungeons that previously dropped Emblems of Heroism or Valor, such as Naxxramas or Heroic Halls of Stone, will now drop Emblems of Conquest instead. Emblems of Conquest can still be converted to Valor or Heroism.
The Heroic dungeon daily quest will now reward 2 Emblems of Triumph and the normal daily dungeon quest will reward 1 Emblem of Conquest (updated per blue post).
The existing achievements to collect 1, 25, 50, etc. Emblems of Heroism, Valor, and Conquest have been converted to Feats of Strength since Heroism and Valor Emblems are no longer attainable.
New achievements have been added to collect various amounts of any combination of emblems.

So today:
Heroic 5-man = Emblems of Heroism
Daily Heroic = Emblems of Heroism
VoA 10 = Emblems of Heroism (Archavon only)
VoA 10 = EoV (Emalon only)
Naxx 10 = Emblems of Heroism
Naxx 25 = Emblems of Valor
Uld 10 = Emblems of Valor
VoA 25 = Emblems of Valor (Archavon only)
VoA 25 = Emblems of Conquest (Emalon only)
Uld 25 = Emblems of Conquest

The New emblem exchange is:
Emblems of Heroism = Tier 7/ilevel 200/heirloom items
Emblems of Valor = Tier 7.5/ilevel 213
Emblems of Conquest = Tier 8/ilevel 226

And from now on:
Heroic 5-man = Emblems of Conquest
Daily Normal = Emblems of Conquest
Daily Heroic = Emblems of Triumph
VoA 10 = Emblems of Conquest
Naxx 10 = Emblems of Conquest
Naxx 25 = Emblems of Conquest
Uld 10 = Emblems of Conquest
VoA 25 = Emblems of Conquest
Uld 25 = Emblems of Conquest
Coliseum 10 = Emblems of Triumph
Coliseum 25 = Emblems of Triumph

Emblem exchange should look like:
Emblems of Conquest = Tier 7 – Tier 8/ilevel 200 – 226/heirloom items
Emblems of Triumph = Tier 9/ilevel 232+
I think Blizz’s intention is to remove gear as the obstacle for people seeing content. Mind you, Naxx and Uld are going to be old content by the time this happens. (And let’s face it, this is from the PTR notes, this may never see the light of day.)

What seems to be the problem?

The problem is that a fresh 80 can run heroics until his fingers bleed (or be carried through them) and purchase some snazzy Tier 8 and possibly Tier 9 gear, without having to bother with that pesky Tier 7 or even ilevel 200 crap.

This not-quite-so-fresh anymore 80 (it will take many, many runs to get enough emblems to gear this way) could then enter LFG for the Coliseum.

A quick armory shows that he’s Ulduar-level geared, so he gets invited.

He then causes a massive wipe because he’s never cleared Naxx but he’s run Heroic Nexus every day for 3 months.

What is the real problem?

Evaluating a player’s gear will no longer be an effective method of determining skill.

But you know what?

It’s not effective today.

I’ve been in plenty of PuGs where people meet the gear requirements set by the raid leader and still die in the fire. Other players in greens and blues are blowing them out of the water.