Quote Originally Posted by Whocareswhatmynameis View Post
Well Yoshi said in that nico nico thing they are calling Alex Hard, heroic internally. I've never played WoW, but i'm guessing heroic isn't as hard as mythic.
Until this current expansion, Heroic was Mythic. They added a new, easier difficulty and just redid the naming structure. Essentially, what happened was:

Previous:
LFR: Baby-mode
Normal: Basic
Heroic: Hardcore

Current:
LFR: Baby-mode
Normal: Below basic
Heroic: Basic
Mythic: Hardcore