Square Enix, please think about both Casual AND Hardcore crafters..

[Kabooa]

(By hardcore I mean people who enjoy a little effort, not no-lifers).

This generally isn't what hardcore means. Redefining it to sound less damning is kind of disingenuous.

That’s like saying you have a pair of legs, if you want to make walking harder, just walk on one leg! Sorry, but intentionally inconveniencing myself just because you say so is just silly. Also, they said they will be nerfing crafting actions.

By the way, if we are following your logic, they shouldn’t have a savage or harder tier of raiding because you feel that everyone deserves to feel special. That, quite frankly, is just ridiculous. :P

In basically every game, there are self imposed challenges by those who feel the base content isn't challenging enough for them. These are generally where speedruns are born from, level 1 modes, no gear runs, etc. You need only look at a singular game franchise like Dark Souls to see the lengths people go to, by -actively removing their own options- to increase the challenge of the game.

No gear, level 1, no dodge, no sprint, no parry runs.

Even in this game, there are currently self imposed challenges for the savage tiers that people have created that are -theoretically- survivable, for those who have already done their speed runs and are looking for something more.