I'm with you, sort of.

I think it's just the naming convention vs expectation thing. There's no difference between say OS2 and calling it Catastrophe Extreme, except the method of loot acquisition and the loot lockout.

If they put more effort into their 24 man's and labled them as the "raids" whereas Omega remained in some sort of weird "trial" boss offshoot then I think less people would be complaining. Obviously this requires man power and money Square doesn't have or isn't willing to expend so we have to just temper our expectations.

Raiding this way is fine in the sense it gets you to the meat of what most people want quicker, if that's not for you this might not be the raid scene you are looking for.