this game relies too much on instant death attacks to make endgame harder

[Tupsi]

Had you tried Salvage or Einherjar back when cap75?

Have you? Einherjar was about crowd control and Salvage was mechanic based and normal monsters were scaled to the fact you were naked for a chunk of the dungeon run. None of the bosses instant killed you unless you flat out sucked or were a taru with almost no HP lol. Now Charm...that's a different story.