Obviously this is anecdotal evidence, but if people are ditching one dungeon in particular faaaar more often than any other, the problem seems like it lies primarily with... that dungeon.

The thing is, there isn't any particular problem with Aurum Vale. There's nothing there to be "fixed" except player expectations.



It's just a dungeon like any other, and still piss easy to run if your group is halfway competent. But for some reason, it got the Steps of Faith stigma where people still just think it's way harder than it actually is.