Maybe it's time for a casual "strike" if not complete departure.

[Evergrey]

...Except nobody is saying hardcore players can't have harder content

I'm at the point where I now think the unthinkable is thinkable, and they should just pull it.
And bring it back redesigned as the entry level extreme difficulty that it always should have been. Ohhh...
Oh and for the love of if you haven't already start awarding Cap tomes for prog... or how else is everyone who starts ever going to get their rewards off you can't keep people doing it AFTER their rewards.
This is just basic secondary school maths and problem solving.
Just pull Chaotic.

Correct me if I'm wrong..
But doesn't this sound like something along the lines that they want to "take away" harder content?
Make it easier by lowering the difficulty of it.

Seeing how there has been people saying that they enjoy Chaotic.
Wouldn't it be the same as taking away content from those who do enjoy it as it is now, like hardcore players perhaps?