Quote Originally Posted by Souljacker View Post
The elitism is strong in this game...

I am a big fan of what Blizzard did with tiered raiding. Elitists still have their hard modes, and casual folks can enjoy the story. It doesn't have to be a dropless run, but the ilevel can be a lot lower than the normal and hard modes drop. It works great over there. Don't add echo buffs to normals and hards. Just have a duty finder tiered difficulty level that pugs can reasonably be expected to get through.

Another case of something SE could learn from what other developers have already been through.
Maybe you've heard of Crystal Tower?

Not the same area or storyline, but to a degree, their answer to your need.