Normal Raids aren't exactly Raids, are they?

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I liked them. Added flavour and scale.

Hey, don't look at me.
The devs said the ARR feedback they got overwhelmingly considered the trash packs (IIRC) "mendokusai," (troublesome, not worth it, pain in the butt) so they nixed them.

Also, I'm sorry to hear you've lost something you enjoyed.