Are the DPS checks for Nidhogg EX excessive?

[KarstenS]

After several weeks of failed groups that try to get past the DPS check, I am starting to wonder if the DPS requirements are excessive in regards to the player base.

The DPS Check is not really high.

I've helped as a healer in groups where just 1 DPS got a little bit above the 1k mark and the other 3 were between 900 and 1k at the moment of the kill.

iLvl belongs to the players performance. I did it with my i225 MCH alt and got close to 1,3k DPS (because of fear I did no wildfire in the last phase, as the best spot to start with it is during Ahk Morn in my eyes). More than enough for this fight. The biggest issue in my eyes with low iLvl is the lifepool. To help the healer I did meld vit 4 materia into the right side (on my i225 MCH).

Compared to other trials this one is very easy. For Sephirot we did need 4 raid evenings. For Nidhogg we needed just 1 evening for kill and farm.