The issue is literally everyone who cares enough to use the official forum falls into the "hardcore" category, in spite of many of us not being high end raiders.

Honestly, I agree that the game seems to favor the players that want killer grinds or difficult content. We used to get a lot more side story stuff in the patches, not just Hildibrand. I wonder if maybe the time that went into minigames and side-quests is what is now put into the limited jobs.

Also, I feel the devs are forgetting that hardcore players usually do casual content, but the reverse isn't true.