I had a similar situation with Garuda EX. I also have yet to beat Titan EX. XD I both like and dislike the difficulty in the EX encounters. It makes sense that they would be hard, but the only thing that is a bit frustrating for me is that the DPS check for the sisters in garuda and the heart phase in Titan is cut so very close if everyone is geared up with the "recommended" ilvl. I started all these with ilvl 90 but when I finally got my win for Garuda, everyone was geared at the minimum requirement aside from myself and one of the healers. Sure we won, but we wiped more times than I care to remember. We needed to be near perfect with the DPS checks and it got to the point where some just stopped moving when they felt we already lost too much time. It is hard to say if an Ilvl increase would be a fix here, but I do know as it stands now, it is doable, just requires perfection. XD