Savage Clear rate being lower the Devs expected, good or a bad thing?

[Velhart]

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Or put less strain on the development team and just make Normal(FCoB level) > Savage. Just put echo buff on the normal content and make adjustments when it starts becoming outdated. The way SCoB did it is exactly how developers should approach it, except you know, put good gear in Savage. Yoshi-P said they do not have the man power currently to do three modes, so the obvious choice needs to be what I just said.

Just a rough breakdown:

Savage Mode: savage, in it's current iteration, caters to less than 1% of the player base.
Hard Mode: Coil appealed to about 10% of the player base.
Easy Mode: alex normal, half of the active players have cleared it.

Obviously, it's an ideal situation to have all three, but if I am forced to pick two, I will go for Hard and Easy modes since it covers the largest % of the player base.

This is an example if thinking quantity over quality. Just because you made it more accessible and easier does not mean its good for the overall picture.