Quote Originally Posted by Enjuden View Post
Bluntly, it pretty much is a revolution. MSQ was gatekept for a time with the Steps of Faith until people cried about not getting stepped on, or reading dialogue boxes in front of them so it got nerfed into the floor. Heavensward in particular was an exceedingly difficult to play expansion because the floor got raised about six levels from ARR. Was fun for some but not for a whole lot of people, including me and I raid regularly.
To be fair, the raiding experience at the start of HW was unpleasant for many. Gordias broke up a lot of groups. I think they learned then and there that making things stupid difficult doesn't equal acceptable participation levels. Everything we've seen since then reflects that, aside from Ultimate. Ultimate is fine though. It's for the most hardcore players who really, REALLY want a challenge.