Well, that's good to hear that Hard mode is no longer hard.. wel. not sure its a good thing over all but at least for getting through the story.

I remember watching pugs in zone chat rage over hard modes at eachother.

as for joining a FC.. I don't like joining random FC's... though I did last night and its kinda quiet in chat.. I like to do my research and join one that fits my gaming wants and schedule. So I have 2 weeks of playtime before expansion comes out (Vacation) and its kinda a downer to start the story first day back and see hard modes... which.. well back in the Day.. Titan was actually hard.

So seeing as its not that bad.. ill give it a go..
To those what did you expect to have to complete story... well, after spending the last 10-20 quests of run here fetch this fetch that, with no real content and just filler.. then see (Hard Mode) its like seriously.. come on. People who knew the old titan would understand that if Old Titan + hard Mode = wtf for a storyline quest to get into the expansion.