Im sure some people have had good experiences with it in the past 24 hours, others not so much.

I am the latter.

Echo isnt making anything easier. No amount of echo can make up for pure skill and knowledge. Case in point: Titan ex. Our best run was our first run. Before we wiped, i heard "last a little bit longer so we get the echo buff"

Never heard the end of it.

I built enough echo buff HP @ 25% to allow me to tank WP as a Monk. We had backwards progression. Echo is making people not care about the first few runs and its making them careless.

Dress a bad player in i155 gear. If they're bad, they're bad

Those of us who can clear such content have done so by means of trial and error. Trial and error. and more trial and error. We did not get babied.