Would you improve if the content required it?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Yes I would like to improve, but I am turned off to raiding not, because it's hard, but because of the uppity d'bags that swarm to it and talk crap to people who are trying to learn it. People learn by making mistakes, these types of "hardcore" will have none of it. I watch videos to prepare, but you don't learn really until you're in it and fail here and there.

In summary, I like difficult content, but dislike the attitude of the people that run them.

This is a tired misconception. Yes, there are jerk raiders, but there are plenty of awesome ones. On Balmung, we've started a whole Discord on gathering people who enjoy raiding to help network and I've come across a lot of pretty chill people. Don't let a few arseholes ruin it for you. The Creator is by far the most approachable raid content FFXIV's had in years. I highly recommend looking into it, be it on Zalera or another server if necessary.