Life after Level 70 - The Endgame

The endgame, in contrast, requires a lot more commitment to a group effort. A lot. If you have a family and a life, you have to go slower, moving from the 5 person to the heroic dungeons, and grinding up your reputation and professions as you go along, but if you want to raid for real, you're committed for maybe four evenings a week at five hours apiece (depends on how crazy the guild is). There's reputation to grind, money to make, PVP gear to acquire – all very time consuming. Time well spent, if you are lucky enough to have the time for hard-core raiding.