What ever you say sir
At the end of the day I just vote with my feet. Back when healing was genuinely interesting and rewarding, I’d be pugging, reprogging, PFing and generally trying my hand at random things in between tiers (tanking Titan as WHM whilst it was still current content was one example, getting a T13 clear in duty finder on EU was another favourite of mine). Don’t believe me? Look at how many pug clears of A12S I have.
Compare that to now where SE have sucked out the complexity and finesse of healing. Now it just boils down to how little can I heal so I can maximise my number of Glares per turn.
That’s just not remotely enjoyable to me and it shows in the amount I pug and help other statics between tiers (spoiler, I don’t anymore because it’s just not fun. E8S just sucked the enjoyment out of the game for me).
Enjoy your little bubble of denial. Hopefully the one button gameplay reality doesn’t pop it too soon.