Raids as implemented were never a good fit for GW2, they are obviously balkanizing the community. Easymode raids with bad rewards (obviously, raid level skill should be rewarded still) would be a great way for people to experience the story elements even if they can’t invest the time or lack the skill to do current difficulty raids. It works for fractals, it works for dungeons, it can work fine for raids too. It’s a balance between the extreme elitism of the current raids and the total casual mentality pervading Central Tyria. It bridges the gap.
Not an encouraging sign that the devs would resist something like that.