The difficulty of Normal Content in this game needs to increase.

[Absimiliard]

That's why they're midcore content. Because they're having to span the ranges between MSQ difficulty and Savage difficulty. It's why some EXs like EX1 are about as easy as a MSQ trial, and others like EX4 are nearing savage difficulty.

And yet the majority of players doing EX trials, regardless of where on the scale they fall, are still incapable of doing the mechanics. Therein lies the problem. What constitutes midcore is determined by the quality of the players, not the sensibilities of those of us that can already do the content. And hoboy, does this player-base suck.

Unfortunately, the ones that suck are probably gonna continue sucking because they have no incentive to move beyond their comfort zones and thereby improve themselves. They just kinda exist in a vacuum where every other roulette queue and party finder group is an absolutely miserable experience for the people being subjected to them. I'm sure people are going to say I'm being too harsh, and in truth I probably am a little bit, but I think we can all agree there really is a community skill issue at play here. A bad one.