I have, and always believe, There should be an equal amount of Hardcore, and Casual Content in FFXI.

Something that every player can access. For instance, I'd say... Nyzul/Assault were "Casual", while Salvage/Einherjar were "hardcore". To a Lesser extent, I'd go to say Einherjar was "Casual" compared to "Salvage" though. Difficulty wise IDK.

I don't think Abyssea will ever truly be obsolete, But i also think by 99 We're going to have a lot more End-game Content as well.

I enjoy what we have, and look forward to what we'll be getting, and i just hope it brings enough balance that everyone has something to enjoy.