1 week savage delay and everything that plays into it

[Iyrnthota]

I have a couple questions for you:

- Given the fact that week 1 clear is something a very small fraction (hardcore raiders) of an already small portion (general raiders) of players, why everything have to be balanced and carter around those people?

On that note I'd ask, who else would you balance the fight around?
This is meant to be the hardest regular content in the game, so it makes sense to me that it is balanced around the hardcore week 1 proggers.

I guess I'm just struggling to come up with a possible alternative that you would propose.