DL gear

[sasakusaku]

AK/WP/CM/Prae most certainly does not need DL to complete. As long as you know the mechanics (which are trivial) and have a clue how to play your class: they can be easily done in junk gear.

Only instances that might require full DL is Coil and Titan, even then people have done some those in swim suits.

It's all about learning mechanics and more often than not simply avoiding easily avoidable damage.

Last AK I did yesterday, everyone but me had sub lvl 40 gear...we cleared it with not a single wipe or death. So no, you do not need full DL to run most of the end game content.