Why are Criterion dungeons so hard?

[Lustre]

Feels much closer to savage than extreme to me. Which makes the thought of grinding out 33 runs for a sub-par mount I can buy on the market board seem incredibly pointless. I dont know who this content is for exactly. Casuals cant clear the first boss, savage raiders cant be bothered because the rewards are crap. Hardly the repeatable midcore "extreme equivalent" content people were asking for

[Vidu]

Feels much closer to savage than extreme to me. Which makes the thought of grinding out 33 runs for a sub-par mount I can buy on the market board seem incredibly pointless. I dont know who this content is for exactly. Casuals cant clear the first boss, savage raiders cant be bothered because the rewards are crap. Hardly the repeatable midcore "extreme equivalent" content people were asking for

I havent tried it yet, but I'm very excited to - not because of the rewards but because of the challenge and the general fun of figuring stuff out with some friends. Not everything has to be about a reward, sometimes the reward can be spending time with like minded people solving a puzzle.