i am not mass pull tank

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This is one of the reasons why I think the current system is okay. You can set your own difficulty, pull as much as you think you can handle, and pull more once you feel like you're ready to push the envelope. That's one of the reasons Hullbreaker Hard was so loathesome - so many gates! Thankfully, it was balanced by Sohr Khai which optionally had some of the most challenging pulls I've seen in a long time.

Considering that these dungeons are meant to be farmed, practically from out of the gate, the ease of them makes sense. It DOES seem a bit silly to call them "Expert," though, to be sure!

Except you really aren't. When I play Dragoon, mass pulls are incredibly mindless. I literally do nothing besides Heavy Thrust -> Ring of Thorn -> Doom Spike. Toss in my buffs and Dragonfire Dive if they're off cooldown and that's it. I have actually began ignoring mechanics in Xelphatol because I can health through them with just Second Wind and Bloodbath. It's no coincidence the current Anima step has us going back into Expert. I've experienced far slower queues this patch cycle than previous. And I strongly feel it's due to how easy dungeons have become. People just aren't doing them. Farming isn't a good excuse because that only encourages burnout. I've gone weeks barely touching my roulettes because I'm just flat out bored.

For me, pushing the envelope is when I've actually progressed. If Experts hit hard on release, but by the end of the patch cycle or even the next patch, I could pull the room. That feels like an accomplishment because I couldn't do it before. Xelphatol? Day one: pull the room, aoe everything done. Six weeks later, I've had groups almost kill the Owl in GGH before he even summons Behemoth. I've even had a Scholar tank. That isn't setting a difficulty, at least not in my opinion. There just isn't one to begin with.

[bardaboo]

Except you really aren't. When I play Dragoon, mass pulls are incredibly mindless. I literally do nothing besides Heavy Thrust -> Ring of Thorn -> Doom Spike. Toss in my buffs and Dragonfire Dive if they're off cooldown and that's it.

dragoon single target rotation on trash mobs is boring too... at least with aoe the run goes faster