Steps of Faith . . .

[Nova_Dresden]

So every SoF round you have people are barely hitting iLvL90?

Yes, at least one to two. They're easy to identify when they have less than 4k HP and sometimes barely over 3k. I've had tanks that it was pointless to use Lustrate on them because it healed for less than Physick. Your server group might not have this issue, but mine sure does when I end up in there.

But if, try putting the weakest geared players on cannon and tower duty.

That's the fastest way to get them killed since 1 biast hit can almost drop them.

A technical KO at like 70% means the guys at the cannons where not doing their job for whatever reason. (Both combined do 4000 damage every 3 seconds! - forget echo, really)

Can't shoot what isn't there as either players can't or won't kill the biasts before either the cannon is destroyed or the person shooting it is killed. An echo buff will at least up healing and HP along with DPS on adds to counter that.

Key are cannon users and the tank placing adds at Vasharps belly so cannons hit adds and boss.

I know I've mentioned that tanks not bringing adds into range is another of the issues I've had. You can drill that home over and over and over and it just ain't happening. I'm just not running that trial anymore. The 30 minute debuff is a better use of my time than wasting 30 minutes on multiple wipes with a repair bill at the end.

[Kuwagami]

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All that you're saying can be shortened into "players aren't doing their part of the job". You might start there instead of considering echo.

Cannons should not get hit by the biasts. Ever. the cannons are the safest place of the entire fight if people are doing what they're supposed to do.