Even as someone who's never been in a static raiding group, it offends me when people want the hardcore content to be nerfed just so they can have the same experience as people who put in a ton more effort and dedication.

The entire point of this hard content is the sense of achievement when you beat it, and the reward in form of getting to see the story that follows. It shouldn't be for everyone. Far too much of FFXIV is already so easy it's a boring slog to play, including pretty much every single 4 man dungeon in the game. If you can't be assed to put in some effort, then stick to that.

Making an easy mode and a hard mode for Alexander is not a good move. All it will do is A: Take away all the hype of completing the hard, "proper" mode because you've already seen everything in the easy mode, and B: Ensure that it will be IMPOSSIBLE to get a group for the hard mode precisely because nearly everyone will be content to do the easy mode!