The constant disbanding of Steps of Faith

[Imoye]

I'll state this. WoW tried to appease similar hardcores once, it was Cataclysm expansion which almost ended in a cataclysm for Blizzard. Elitism was at an all time high, and after losing over 1 million subs, they had to nerf it.

Cataclysm was a huge step towards dumbing down the game and appealing to casuals; not hardcores. I really have no idea what game you've been playing. WoW has been systematically made more casual friendly ever since Cataclysm, and they keep losing subs because of it. Semi-difficult dungeons were completely unrelated to the sub loss, the expansion was simply crap and you had a huge wave of well-known PvP profiles and promoters quitting the game because of the casualfest it become. Dungeons were difficult, but that was about it, a lot of people actually liked that, apart from the few that couldn't clear them. Not the game's fault, some people will never be able to clear stuff simply because they don't put in enough effort and that's exactly what we're seeing with SoF. MMO needs to reward time-investment, if they don't people quit which is what is happening in WoW because it's so casual.

Now, WoD has dumbed down the game even further and has lost 3M subs in the 1st quarter. Appealing to casuals DOES NOT WORK. The most current content should be difficult because it gives people a reason to do the content, not just rush through LFR and faceroll everything and then cancel your sub.

Luckily, FFXIV has plenty of different endgame versions depending on preference.

SE really got this right with Crystal Tower being an easy raid and Coil for the more time-invested players. Steps of Faith is a story trial, so it's not really a big deal if gets nerfed a little. Just never do it mid-expansion. We are closing in on the end, so people should be allowed to clear it.