HM EC now obsolete.

When you go see a movie, do you complain after it ends that you received no reward for watching it?

Totally couldn't tell by your bias post that you preferred the latter group until you stated it, thanks for clearing that up.
Who cares if they label it 'hardcore' or 'quololpooloo' it's just a label. We understand that by saying 'hardcore' they mean 'sitting in front of the computer non stop like a basement dweller.' Labelling things with consonants and vowels to make sounds is the point of words and which sound we use doesn't matter as long as the majority of people understand what that sound means.

A recent interview I saw said they were trying to increase difficulty more through coordination checks than gear checks. That they'll be able to get BH gear easily doesn't bother me much.

That they'll have deceptively good gear and then fail massively at story mode operations because they aren't well practiced at coordination checks will bother me quite a bit I imagine.

i have 3/5 campaign and i still need the head or chest to look the way i want (which is now impossible because my mask overwrites my hood... sadface)

So listen up proplayer, elitist jerk just jerk or w/e you want to call yourself. You are not the center of this f**kin world. Many many others that are not like you want to play their aspect of the game on their own pace and get the same rewards as those that you think are meant for your kind. The thing is that if you deprive that from them they may think as you. That means why should they keep paying for a game that the only ones who have any chance on getting top end gear is your kind? So they will stop and get their money elsewhere and they might do so without ragewhine and threatening on the forums. So some time when you log on an even more deserted server than the ones we had up to now you will understand the meaning of first M in the MMO puzzle but then it would be too late for this game. And ofc YOU may dont care but many of us DO so do what you think you should do and leave us in peace

They did the same thing in LOTRO when it went F2P. Basically everyone who had spent months raiding through the current endgame got screwed over when the announced they were removing the gear gating mechanic from raids and adding better gear sets that you could get by pugging instances. Essentially making the raid we were running all summer worthless and completely pointless. Its this kind of slap in the face that makes serious raiders jump ship. Gear that you receive from endgame raids should be BIS for PvE. PERIOD. No exceptions to this rule.