Endgame should be challenging - that's the point (from a casual player)

[Mawlzy]

There would be the alternative to do the content when it's older and you are overgeared. Also I didn't advocate gating MSQ but rather some side stories.

Not sure with the current fight design philosophy how much this'd help. If you can't avoid piling up vuln stacks, you're toast.

That said, I do suspect one reason for the player exodus is that those that started around the COVID influx were overgeared through EW, then hit the difficulty increase of DT around min ilevel and either cannot do it or simply can't be bothered with the hassle.