Well the thing is I guess if you want a challenge then you should be heading to Coil2.

They have said from way back that when new content came out they would change old content so casuals would be able to do it, its WoW syndrome I suppose ..... but heres the thing you aren't the only person playing this game and SE have to cater to both sets of players.

I do agree that making standard dungeons more easy is a bit silly though.

Echo buff won't even be an issue if you can beat it first time, if you can't then its just a helping hand and if you so offended by that you shouldn't have died the previous time :P