I just had an amazing thought! You guys! I can't believe no one has thought of this. It is clear that the message of previous patches has been accessibility. To make that possible, ZOS has clearly taken a stance against their top tier players. So, what's the solution?
Scrap Veteran and Hard Mode from all content in game.
Thank you, thank you. I know I'm brilliant. In one fell swoop ZOS will clear their game of all those pesky good players and at the same time their encounter design team will be able to simply create public dungeons instead of Trials.
Because ACCESSIBILITY, right ZOS?