I like to think for the most part rather than tending to the player base already here for a while (not myself), they try to let newer players squeeze into these raiding scenes and all this jazz easier.

My last game required 30 people to attend a raid once per week, 1 person out of the 30 could easily kill the entire raid by failing, 5 tanks tank swapping, 5 healers having to coordinate there cleanse/ensuna for a bomb that does raid wide damage, each party of say 6 having 1 bomb each.

If you were a newbie or at the very least not overly geared from the previous content no 1 would invite you, I'm referring to Vergo if that rings any bells with anybody.

I guess I'm not helping but I have a suggestion, if you want a challenge then try miniIlvl the "easy" things, I had fun with Twintania though I got dumpster'd for a while before my first clear xD