Why do casuals act as if it's the end of the world when suggesting?

[Caitlyn]

Funny thing is, I know Yoshi P agrees with you too. He has gone on record stating that (paraphrasing) if he were designing a game for his personal tastes, it would be much, much harder. But he knows that isn't his audience.

Well, it was designed for his personal taste back in Heavensward. It was much harder back then. Demon Wall in Amdapor Hard. Even some job quests.
But a small or niche audience doesnt create much money. So he sacrificed FFXIV's original status as a "hard but fair MMORPG" just to be more accessable for more players. The thing is, games can be hard AND accessable at the same time. But that would require alot of work.

I hate it. I hate to see how FFXIV become easier and boring. Just for the sake of generating a bigger playerbase.
Alot things improved over the years, I know that. But the only thing which gets worse every time is the playerbase as a result of making things easier and boring.

It says alot about the playerbase if people join a "Lion Phase practise group for E12S" and then wiping for 30 mins on the very first mechanics. Yes, that really happened. And it happened more than once.
And people are wondering why I beg the Devs to change their course. Make content more engaging and less a waste of time. Thats the only thing I want (that and some sin eater glamour in the shop xD).