If u are new u get to like 50+ only by doing campaign for your covenant , also for “new” players there isnt any need to be max renown. And when u need max renown for cosmetics then i guess some little work isnt something horible for that.
20mins ? What kind of thorgast u doing ? 20 mins took me when i was doing flawless 16s .
If u spam like 9-13( based on your renown lvl) then one run takes like 5-10 min based on class wing and rng . This can be all brought down to like 3-5 when done at 70 with at least lvling df gear .
I realy dont see your issue here with this one, be it concerning old or new players.
Until you’re 80 renown the daily coventant quest gives a renown. The weekly anima/Korthia/Zereth Mortis quest also gives renown. The campaign chains of quests to unlock everything fully give renown as you progress through them. Even bonus zones give renown (at least sometimes).
I can’t imagine getting to 80 renown on a new account will be any harder than to complete the main campaigns of the expansion. Maybe a little more, but there’s plenty solo stuff to do that shouldn’t take very long (relatively) to complete.
Yeah, why exactly do you need renown at this point? It’s not relevant to power anymore. And for mounts, titles and cosmetics, I think it’s completely fine for new players to actually do the quests. The covenant campaign itself gives you like 50, and the Zereth Mortis campaign also gives you at least that much.
Also, at level 70 you’ll probably be able to solo dungeons and maybe even raid bosses on LFR.
You can solo normal dungeons in ZM gear. Which is irrelevant as doing Covenant campaign, bonus objectives, korthia and Zerith Mortis campaigns should about max renown.
You don’t need two tanks or a healer for most of the world bosses either.
My pala had around 250 gear and did NW and SoA as I needed the shards to complete the achievement. She was prot and no I don’t have a video as I was looking to complete the achievement not doing anything special. Specked as prot I bored things to death. They don’t do much damage in normal. Gear was from ZM relic vendor and world boss.