Endwalker hates mid-core players

[SeverianLyonesse]

Said it before will say it again.

Midcore content is lacking because everyone has an unagreeable different definition of what Mid-core actually means.
Most mid-core content usually pendulates in one direction (casual or hardcore) more than neutrally in the middle.

Sub note: The devs have gone on record to say that Relics are casual content to them not Mid-core.

I don't know what the devs are smoking if they consider relics mid-core.

ARR core relics are insanely grindy and casuals simply don't bother. Arguably the same with HW relics.

Eureka is especially gatekeepy with its compounding subsystems, so also definitely not something casuals pursue.

And Bozja is only modestly less demanding than Eureka, and like Eureka most casuals didn't even bother participating in it.

The only relics that have even marginally been "casual" have been Endwalker relics, and not only have they been criticized for lacking any real content, but I think it was a poor decision to designate *any* prestige weapon grind as "casual".

Roulettes are casual. Gold Saucer is casual. Festivals are casual. Island Sanctuary is casual. Retainers and housing and glams are casual. If relics are supposed to be "casual", then the devs are losing their touch, and I suppose nothing in the game is intended to mean anything anymore under this guise of "listening to fans" and "accessibility".

I'm not even really in any place to be indignant as a matter of personal offense. I am quite casual. I got through the first map and a bit of both Bozja and Eureka before giving up. I haven't bothered with current tier Savage or Extremes. I haven't bothered with Criterions. The most "mid-core" stuff I ever did was a single ARR relic and HW relic, and that was plenty "not casual" enough for me to (a) be hesitant about even attempting it and (b) never want to do it again. I'm mostly just offended at how delusionally wrong the devs' take is on that.