Perhaps I am a heretic for saying this, but maybe we shouldn't be able to do everything the first go-round. I know I certainly know I missed some good missions so I could do TFs. However, I quite enjoyed the taskforces. I started some more characters, and have experienced many new and wonderful things. If I hadn't started another character, I would have missed the awesome Frostfire mission. Even though my main hasn't been able to do it, it makes my alt special, and not just a (main) Jr., so I feel that it is worth it. I look foward to seeing this new fangled Striga Isle that I've heard so much about when my alt gets up there. (Sure, my main has been there, but that was just for Warwolf hunting. It's not the same as experiencing it.)
I also like the decision to reduce debt, although I think WoW has the right idea of nearly no death penalty, unless you are extremely impatient.