Raids are meant to be difficult and challenging. What's the point in making easy peasy versions of bosses so that people can learn? You are meant to learn the real boss directly, no matter how much time it takes. If you really want to raid you'll do it, it's not difficult nor it takes an insane amount of time. What's the problem with struggling a little until you finally learn and improve enough to get the kill? We all have been there, where raids were difficult and the boss didn't get killed, and it was frustrating wiping and wiping and wiping. But we kept trying, and practising, and we ended up killing it. I'm an average player, I'd say. I need more time than other people to learn to do something. I'm not especially good at the mechanical side of raids. So every time a new boss is introduced I struggle a little more than everyone else in my squad until I fully understand how it works and what I need to do. Yet here I am, I full clear every week (620LI right now). What I mean to say with this is that raids are perfectly doable, you don't need to be super good at this game. You just need to persevere. Raids aren't for people not willing to practice or improve. But everyone can raid. It's true that in can be difficult to start, with all those LI requirements and such, but it's doable. There are training guilds, lots of guides, you can make your own squad or join pug training groups. A lot of experienced players join them because they want to help. What we don't like, at all, is to join a practice group just because we want to help and then realise than some people have not even made the effort to read a stupid guide about how the boss works. We even have "easy" raid encounters perfect for new players. W3 Escort, W4 Cairn and Mursaat (not saying W2 Trio since it's locked behind Slothasor) are good to start learning how raids work, so I don't think we need an easy mode. Start with the most forgiving bosses, then to more difficult ones etc etc. This is what everyone does and it works. Of course when you start raiding you need a lot of time practising the boss until you get the kill. That's how it should be, in my opinion. Then you learn, and improve, and a full clear doesn't take more than 3-4 hours.