It sounds like Final Fantasy 14's harder dungeon and raid content is here to stay, as director and producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida says the reaction to the Dawntrail expansion's difficulty was overall very positive - eventually.
In a new interview with Famitsu (translated via Google and DeepL, but also summarised online), Yoshida acknowledges the difficulty of Dawntrail's content, noting that some people had questioned whether it may have been a bit too hard for casual players. This was certainly a hot topic online in the weeks following the expansion's launch, likely as everyone was getting used to what was on offer.
