Yoshi P, please use future development time on content other than Hildibrand.

[Airget]

This game is intended to be played by casuals.

The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll realize they're never going to cater to the hardcore raider who tackles Savage Coil.

They aren't going to cut development from casual content to make more hardcore content.

It's not happening.

Say that to the Alexander Normal and hard mode options in which they stated that the hard mode would be more challenging than the current "savage mode" option available for second coil.

They are going through growing pains and learning what works and doesn't work, they've realized simply using echo buff and weakening the mechanics takes away from the first time experience of coil and are working to make an experience in which the hardcore can have that challenge while casual can enjoy the story. So it's a bit unfair to state how it isn't going to happen when they have made plans to make sure that the next raid will be a challenge to the hardcore.