Take it easy on the Nerfing :/

[Nestama]

So I'm going to repeat myself and say: just make a group where everyone clicks off echo. Ta-da, challenge restored. You shouldn't try to ruin the chance for other people to see the story only so you can have an easier time raiding hardmode.

Sadly this can't apply to T6, 7 and 8... sure, you can turn the Echo off, but you can't experience what the nerfs have taken away (to an extent. You still deal with the same mechanics, but mistakes aren't penalised with a death sentence).
Tuatha, that is not the case at all. We just want the story fights to make players do more than sit behind a boss and fall asleep pressing their pew pew buttons (this enables Leech players, while making Casual and Vet players feel like they're being treated like babies. SE are the Sun from Broken Age). Give the fights a little more oomph. Make them like Siren and Halicarnassus.

[TAS]

Sadly this can't apply to T6, 7 and 8... sure, you can turn the Echo off, but you can't experience what the nerfs have taken away (to an extent. You still deal with the same mechanics, but mistakes aren't penalised with a death sentence).
Tuatha, that is not the case at all. We just want the story fights to make players do more than sit behind a boss and fall asleep pressing their pew pew buttons (this enables Leech players, while making Casual and Vet players feel like they're being treated like babies. SE are the Sun from Broken Age). Give the fights a little more oomph. Make them like Siren and Halicarnassus.

There's no reason to give free echo. None at all."

Moving forward I really hope that SE keeps this in mind. I love the suggestions with regards implementing more training based content as a help players maximize their potential in mechanically driven and high dps fights.