My mind is so m made up on this that I struggled to even bother to read the post, but I'm obliged to fit reasons of self respect.
I'm glad to say that the OP has earned my stamp of approval and that can confirm their thinking to be correct thinking.
High end is everything that is wrong with this game. I'm not being ironic. It is all the fault of ultimates etc.
No casual player cared about any of the job issues. If the job has a problem then they just played it badly, but they played it anyway, and even before ShBs idiotification of casual content, you still wouldn't see a wipe.
But now the high end player is the voice OVERWHELMING majority. I hear chat of all sorts, but in game 'noone is talking about the jobs, because quietly they are all thinking "what I'm playing is working for savage right now, and my priority is not upsetting that until I've cleared the next tier now. And the next, and the next... and...I'm on light. I'm in a recruiting FC. There are no sprouts coming through! Not ever!
There are no casual players, who run social content, and relish that content.
It just highend sweats. I've got a goal. Get in get out. If r lucky I'll say hi. You probably won't see me jumping with joy in the instance because it doesn't optimise anything, and you sure as ff L won't see me emoting.
All the casuals have already left. The only voice still logging in now is high end.