How do people calling themselves casual feel about the difficulty level?

[Mogi]

As a casual i don't care how long it takes me to get something or how fast i can get to 50 i just play at my own pace but yea there are some boring parts to this game sure. it be nice to see more ppl talking and less standing around like a stone or yea a fight that feels like omg we just made it but idk that's just me

[Nuinn]

-snip- it be nice to see more ppl talking and less standing around like a stone -snip-

^ This. So much this.

I'm aware it's completely individual and is something the playerbase is responsible for etc. but, for a MMO the social factor in ARR feels very, very flat. No, I don't consider mere bundling of people in parties of 8 to be much social, especially when most don't say "Hello" (cause, why bother?)

It's not even the usual pre-patch death in the open world (aka giant hub you do trivial stuff in - as opposed to the only important part for progression: the instances). I'm a big talker and I miss the banter in /sh or /s. Even I feel discouraged at times to discuss things that are not battle related cause they're borderline trivial (who wants to listen to you talk about melded stuff when gear drops like crazy.... stuff like that).