IF the game still has meaningful hardcore goals as Yoshida says it will I cannot complain about adding casual stuff... mmos need both casual and hardcore content because it is impossible to make something that works for both groups of players.

Atm it appears Yoshida seems to have grasped that concept with the casual content for workdays, and more hardcore content for weekends.

As long as I can log on for 30-40hrs a week a not run out of things to do and there are things to keep me working towards for long periods of time, like relics/mythics in FFXI or that uberleet gear which cost 100s of mill and takes time and work to obtain. I will be happy.

My biggest fear is I will beat the game... Aka literally run out of things to get and do, cap all my classes, get all the gear and all that. Once that happens I am forced to play a new game. If they can produce enough hardcore content to keep me busy for the next 5-8yrs then I am all for this path the game is going down.