Blizzard has lost me

Hi. You must be new to the MMORPG genre.

Why?

How many high end progression paths do we need?

How high should a new progression path go?

You are ilvl 191. You can get more from just covenant gear. Then there is still m+ to get even higher.

So yes. There are multiple things that aren’t raiding/pvp to advance your gear.

Can you define casual for me?

In this context a casual seems to be “someone who refuses to play most of the game”.