Yes, Brayflox's all-night cheese shop is the suck... it stopped me running dungeons for almost a month when I was a new player, my first run through it sucked so bad. During that month, I leveled Armorsmith, so I could make HQ armor at the highest level I could wear, and I made sure the right-hand equipment was all the best I could get as well. When I went back in there, I did fine.
I still hate when it pops up in Duty Roulette, though.
