the problem as I see it.. 1. Raids are an investment in time people who have alot of time to learn the raid will, and will fail often. Those with little time, seem to almost demand that those who put the time in to learning and failing, will help them through the raid, lessening the time requirements.. those who did put the time in, do not always want to waste time like this and so those with little time, simply choose not to raid. 2. People overall are not invested in the game as they were in D1. This is a more casual crowd for D2. They want to just go shoot stuff, little coordination, little objective just shoot. you see it in every game mode of pvp, people shoot stuff forgoing the objective, gambit, how many peopel kill the envoys, the just pick up motes or shoot stuff.. raids requrie thought, coordination and an investment in the game mechanics. The raids arn't harder, they just are what they are, end game activity for those who want to put in the time and effort.