I wouldn't worry much about the "sorry you don't got" crowd.

When I hit 60, I joined Kittens because I wanted to finally slay some big bad dragons. We slew the big bad dragons and I wear the trophies of my success. I'm more powerful now and enjoy trying to solo some mobs that used to take a whole group, or even two, to beat before. Sometimes it's fun to help others too.

using your raid gear in group content is the only reason to bother raiding

raiding is easier than it looks, all you have to do is farm idols and scepters while ur at work and add urself to the logs. Then you never have to raid and you get all of the loot, its perfect

this is the way