Cosmic Exploration is CASUAL content with a pinch of midcore

[Mawlzy]

I think there’s a little part of us that like and miss playing video games. It’s unfortunate that the opinions of video game-enjoyers are shunned in the FFXIV community with this new patch.

IMO this applies in spades to the missions that lead to the CE stage increase. It's kinda fun when the base expands, but the final mission getting there is some of the worst gameplay I've seen in any MMO.