Quote Originally Posted by Amnmaat View Post
I'm not making decisions when it comes to making crafting/gathering easier, Yoship is. I just happen to agree with him.
I brought up their attempts to give the "hardcore" doh/dol players something to do like Ishgard firmament rankings, relics, etc.

The overarching point, which seems to have flown right over your head, was that every time they make a particular system easier it's done under the philosophy that people have a life outside of the game to spend it with family and other activities, as Yoship explains.
What? If you're "having a life" then there is definitely more than enough content to go through. Absolutely. If your argument is "but I'm not interested", then you should, as you love to say that yoshi says, unsub. Hey, maybe the people who desire challenge aren't interested in content that got casualized?
And you guys are the ones making the decisions, if it turns out that things are being casualized after being complained about. There is absolutely zero chance they'd nerf anything if people didn't complain. Hell, I always found story solo instances to be a bore, literally pressing 1 button over and over again, you can stand in aoes and not die. Yet they still had to add "Easy" and "Very Easy" options.

Essentially content is being taken away from players who enjoy a challenge, while "people with a life" have more than they'll ever burn through if they so have a life. I know this because I have a friend that has played 8hrs every day since arr, and he still has things to do like fishing log etc.
I also happen to know raiders who work 9/5 and play 4hrs total per week and clears ultimates. I consider that having a life honestly. And they want more stuff to do.

I also don't know a single crafter or gatherer person who enjoyed ishgard firmament rankings. They said it's literally just a seasonal grind where you compete against bots. They didn't have to build up to master the rotations. They just grind a million items the same way crafting is casualized already.

You should maybe play the game's content or talk to other people before you have an opinion on these things. Because it really doesn't seem like you played the game if you think there isn't enough content for "casuals with a life".