I don't understand this Casual vs. Hardcore arguing back and forth. If the content is in the middle road Hardcore players tend to call it casual anyways. Oft times Hardcore and Elitists are one and the same, but not always. Casuals don't always end up being people that only play weekends or 2~3 hours a night. I consider myself casual but I'm online a good 7 hours a night and even more on my days off. Tough content is fine. It makes you feel rewarded for completing it. Yes I haven't completed Darkhold but my friends and I are getting better with practice. Since we don't run the dungeon 'optimized' 10+ hours a day our learning curve is a bit longer unlike "hardcore" players that are doing the run "10+ hours a day" and "only go optimized". Give tough content, but don't think that middle ground content is 'Casual suck ass easy mode' because that's a load of Chocobo droppings.