I agree that the arguments would be silly, that doesn't mean people won't make them loudly and often. I personally would prefer something as hard or harder than coil though (Probably harder mechanically wise, simply to make up for the lack of finding 7 others), just to hear people complain about how having 7 others with their schedule somehow makes the easier content worth better gear. It'd be somewhat hilarious.

I'm definitely not saying there wouldn't be a demand for it, I'm just saying the people who bought Dark Souls wanted the challenge, those who buy an MMO are all types. You would definitely get a lot of complaints (On that note, you could have a model that benefited 90% of all players and still see tons of complaints).

I do agree with crafters being shafted if the only rewards were cosmetic, but I still staunchly believe crafters should have more going for them than cosmetics and repairs anyway. Heck, let's bring back Hamlet from 1.0 while we're at it.