*Walks in*

... I swear there was a thread just like this. Probably because it leaked into this thread...

Anyway:

As someone else already said, it should cater to both. Not lean towards one side or the other. From a business stand point, any subscription is more money into their pockets, so they want to do what they can to appeal to as many players as possible, both hardcore and casual. Hardcores want a challenge, and stuff like the Binding Coil of Bahamut does that. Older content gets dumbed down for the casuals because they too would like to experience the story, but it's still notably not that easy.

SE has been doing this for this game for as long as I've played it. I don't see them changing it any time soon. It's just something you're going to have to get used to~

*Pulls out a lawn chair and grabs some lemonade in case the thread goes down the direction I think it's going*