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Yes, 1 raid group has killed all of the hardmodes. But a fuckton have done most of them
The statistic you gave was "~1,000 groups are 6/12."
6/12 means they cleared Lower Spire and Festergut/Rotface, at most. They might have actually skipped Deathwhisper heroic and done Princes instead to get the 6th.
So basically, after ~4 months, 0.005% of the population has beaten some of the less demanding encounters in heroic. 0.00005% have cleared the whole thing. (Assuming 5 million subscribers, which might be low, might be high, oh well.)
Apparently you find this to be a compelling argument for it being, in your words, "ridiculously easy".
Maybe it's ego that makes people do that. I don't know. People insist on pulling this, "Well, I didn't actually clear anything, but I quit because it's just sooo easy." card.
I wonder if people do that in other fields.
"Yeah, I dropped out of medical school. I failed my mid-term exam, but come on...like 0.00005% of people have passed before, so I just think it's too easy for me."
"Yeah, I stopped playing golf. I mean, I never even qualified for any tournaments or anything, but that Tiger Woods guy is really good, so I think it's just too easy for me."
Note that I'm not comparing WoW to golf or being a doctor...just illustrating how silly it sounds when a person calls something "too easy" based on watching other people, but also apparently has not/cannot/has failed to do it themselves.