OP is right though and non surprisingly people who beat Ifrit swarmed him and called him a gimp.
This fight will create a whole bunch of resentment in current community.
You can argue all you want but the Ifrit fight is too difficult for current state of the game.
If the game had 6-8 raids, maybe a empire battle content, or atleast some cool stuff people can work on it would be different. However, it does not and 1st cool fight the game gets is something vast majority cant beat.