if you bothered to read the patch notes they releasing 1 boss a week for 4 weeks, like they did with sunwell.
and i think the new badges are great, it allows people to get some pre-ulduar raiding gear, and giving them the chance to get into the end game raids.
Raiding should not be for the elitists only but everyone who pays there subs at the end of the month should be entitled to play the game. People going on about oh now nubs are going to get gear, that is just such a retarded mind set, they are entitled and allowed to play as well, they leveled the char to 80, they did all the lame heroics to get the badges they should be allowed to view the end game content as well. In the end they will wipe a lot if they dont know what they are doing etc..and will eventually get bored.
I did the 5 normal and 5 heroic, got 3 epics, nice addition to my healing gear, and a new tanking pants, slightly less than my current but increase in rating and dodge makes it better, due to the socket and bonus stat. Have not yet had a chance to look at the BG system. The instance is a faceroll, but fun none the less.
I am still finding bugs with the shadowing system, so half way in the marker seems to achieve best visuals, when its full its flickers sometimes.
i found the patch to be a lot more stable than previous versions, latency was a tad bit higher but this was to be expected with 10,000 people sitting at the summoning stone.