As a dungeon runner...

[Silverquick]

You don't get beat up by a couple of ogres. The story has never had you fail a dungeon yet.

None of what you said has any relevance to the story.

Not the point I was making.

I said... in order to provide a realistic scenario that fits the context of how powerful the characters really are at this point you are going to need the mass mob spam.

I know you WANT it to be otherwise, but the latest Dungeon really shows why it is not and cannot be.

Its a joke and why it failed to really grab anyone even though the coolness factor is there.

The characters are just too powerful for that kind of thing anymore. And ramping up the power of the Trash mobs only makes them just another boss mob fight and not very credulous.

In the other prior dungeons not only are the trash mobs a threat due to numbers... but they are a believable threat too.

[linay]

Not the point I was making.

I said... in order to provide a realistic scenario that fits the context of how powerful the characters really are at this point you are going to need the mass mob spam.

I know you WANT it to be otherwise, but the latest Dungeon really shows why it is not and cannot be.

Its a joke and why it failed to really grab anyone even though the coolness factor is there.

The characters are just too powerful for that kind of thing anymore. And ramping up the power of the Trash mobs only makes them just another boss mob fight and not very credulous.

In the other prior dungeons not only are the trash mobs a threat due to numbers... but they are a believable threat too.

Again, none of that has anything to do with providing a realistic scenario. We go to these dungeons as part of the story, not because they have enemies that are "worthy" of our power.

[Mansion]

The characters are just too powerful for that kind of thing anymore. And ramping up the power of the Trash mobs only makes them just another boss mob fight and not very credulous.

In the other prior dungeons not only are the trash mobs a threat due to numbers... but they are a believable threat too.

You're putting far too much meaning into it really. As interconnected they can be, gameplay and lore will never be the same thing. As Linay says, you go to X dungeon because the story tells you to, that's it.
Even more so, the WoL is a powerful adventurer indeed, but not so God-like as you think. Some job quests do make you think you're kind of unique to some extent, but our super power is being strong against Primals. Against other things... not much more than any adventurer really. That's why we are helped by adventurers, Trusts or CHAMPIONS FROM THE RIFT in most cases.