I cleared CoP before "The Great Nerf". It was hard and it took a long time. Do I feel bad that people have it easy now? No. Because I know a lot of people struggled with it and too many people I knew never had Sea access because no one would (or in some cases could) help them with it. So I think it's good that most of it can be done without much help now. Right now, WotG suffers from the same problem of being unable to progress because no one can (or will) help. it's not even that it's hard, you only need 2 or 3 people for most of the fights, but the nation quest system divides people in progress and makes it harder to get help.

the point- If something is frustrating for a wide portion of the playerbase, then it should probably be adjusted in some way, even if it means making it easier. You can't change anything without someone not liking it, but some changes are, in retrospect for SE, necessary.

anyway... Krystal, go low man all the HNMs, and beat pandy warden and AV. Then you have a right to call yourself "elite."
Duo glavoid. Win Shinryu without a brew. Do something that's actually hard if you want to back up your claims.