The Difficulty Has Not Increased In Casual Content.

[Ilyrian]

Also, maybe Im out of the loop but Midcore, from what I understood, are people who do EX modes and some of the Savage content. Theyre 'casuals' who raid. So if youre idea of a midcore player is someone whos just sticking to hard modes and maaaaaaaaaybe touching an EX savage, you might be closer to the soft core side.

My point is that casual players - i.e not raiding Savage - finished the last patch on an ilevel that completely trivializes the new content. It just feels like a bit of a let down tbh.

My other point is they shouldn't hand out this gear if they're just planning on tuning content 20 ilevels below it. Perhaps mid-core was the wrong word... more I think the baseline content should be so under-tuned. I think the game could benefit with some challenging 4 man content - that you can just use the DF for for that 'pick-up' group situation.

But moreover, the gear disparity - i.e letting people in the dungeons at an ilevel that puts them sub 35k hp is just a cheap way to provide challenge for returning players and offers the regular players nothing else.