Review of Cata

Reg Dungeons | 333 rewards
Heroic Dungeons | 346 rewards
Reg Raids | 359 rewards
Heroic Raids | 372 rewards

I think looking back that, this makes sense, however the culprit of the failed system was that the leap from 346 to 359 was too hard, too punishing, and that you had to somehow have 359 gear to do regular raids (paradox).  The fix is that the regular raids should just have been flat out easier/not so hard.  The real wall should have been at heroic raids.