Raids and morgs question

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This is not a talk  about raiders vs. casuals but a question I have asked myself.

Before I start I will say that I am neither a raider or a casual but what you can call a hardcore jack of all trades. Soloing, grouping, PvPing, raiding all stuff I do depending on  my mood.

In Lotro you do not need to go on raids to get the best stuff in the game. In fact allmost all the set drops of uber bosses can also be dropped from extremely rare drops of any mobs over a certain lvl. Also crafted gear rivals set gear.

As a result you see almost no one raiding in the game, otoh when you do raid everyone alsways talk about how fun it was.

So my question is: Does the frequency of raiders in Lotro truly represent the percentage of people who really likes raids (since raiders are more positive there)?

I really dont know and was wondering? And if its true what can developers do to make raiding more popular so more people do them for fun?