So Much To Learn, So Little Time!

These days I don’t have much time for WoW. I play for a few hours on the weekends, and that’s pretty much it.
So you can imagine that it’s not so easy to find the time to read up on all the resources out there to make sure I’m “doin’ it right”.
That’s the thing with WoW though isn’t it? It’s not just a game that you log into and play without any outside help is it?
I mean, not if you want to play to the best of your abilities.
You need to trawl through guide after guide, elitist jerks, and google becomes your best friend.
I can understand why some people just don’t want to do that.
It’s a game after all.
Why should I *have* to spend so much time out of game to learn how to play my character and my spec properly?
Why couldn’t they have some of these “optimal” specs, rotations and other information available somehow in game? Surely it wouldn’t be too hard to let the trainers have some “Tell me about my talents…” type conversations built in?
As for me, I don’t mind looking around for the info, though it doesn’t help my lack of gaming time very much. At least once I’ve got the hang of how to play my spec (again… >_<) that should be it, right? Until the next patch, or expansion at least…
What about you?
Would you prefer not to have to do so much “work” outside of the game to be able to play? Or is that part of the whole experience for you? Is that what makes it more fun? Or does it make you shudder just thinking about having to go through so much garbage to get the morsels of information you needed?