Thank you for increased difficulty

[Maeka]

There's a fundamental difference between something being hardcore and it being difficult. The MSQ should prep you for the more difficult content, thus far aside from a few exceptions it's just been a face roll, now you're level 70 and the truth is you SHOULD know how to deal with these things, if you don't you need to learn, how does one learn? Trial and error.

If you can't deal with higher difficulty content in the MSQ then you most certainly can't deal with it anywhere else and at that point what are you except a paracite to any party you're in. People should celebrate this difficulty as an opportunity to improve their skills, to test themselves. What is your reward? MSQ progression.

Here's a clue: Not everybody even WANTS to do raids, or higher "endgame" content.

SOME people only want to see the story. Should we deny them too?

Should we deny the people who just want to craft and keep the MSQ current so that they can actually participate in the next expansion when it comes out?

Again, we have PLENTY of side-content to give you the challenge you want. Why aren't you content with that? Why do you have to force people to go through such challenge in something that is REQUIRED for just about every aspect of the game?

At that point you're basically saying "beat this or just quit because you can't do anything after it".