I pugged hard mode EV and went 4/5. It felt significantly easier than normal mode raiding in WoW. Examples of easiness: it is possible to heal through the annilator droid's missile barrage, we hit enrage on gharj and i managed to tank him for ~2 mins while group finished him (lost 2 melee early), and pylon boss plus council fight are both big jokes. Soa is the only boss in that instance that i would consider challenging.