I'd like to point out that KC isn't necessarily a universally bad experience, if you take a few precautions:
1. Don't go there during primetime
2. Don't stay at low level camps too late, and don't join groups with people at those camps who are too high (Grouping with 58's in LCY at 51 gobbles your xp)
3. Don't join shitty groups. Is the group comp 2 bards, a warrior, 2 shamans, and a druid? Did you join a group with an enchanter who doesn't charm and a puller who spends a couple mins afk in camp between pulls? Don't be afraid to say "My wife's friend's dog needs to go to the emergency room sorry gotta go" if it has only been a few mins and you realize the group is shit, and grab a replacement if you can.
KC has many of the benefits in CoM in that it is safe, steady XP. There aren't a lot of spellcasting mobs or horrific pulls. You typically don't have to waste a ton of time building a group, looking for replacements, or going on CR's. If you only have 45 minutes to an hour of playtime, there's a good chance you can get a quick session in.
When I hear people bitch about KC all I really see is someone who doesn't know how to adapt or properly manage their interactions with other players. In my experience, a good basement group with access to sufficient mobs (not primetime-packed KC) is almost as good as Seb, and far safer. Obviously, too many people go to KC and fuck themselves out of better exp and loot elsewhere, but there are still reasons to go to KC
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