Please re-evaluate the difficulty of previous endgame content on the DF

[Parawill]

The primary reason echo has been placed is to not water down old-content to the point where new end-game content becomes beyond black and white to the "casual gamer." So instead of fighting very easy fights, you'll be against mechanics that will (and should) get you ready for the next piece of content.

I still have the impression that the echo doesnt really add up anything at all neither int erms of damage received, inflicted and even less in heals...

Hitpoints/health points increase marginally, and DPS requirements are met through the echo buff by compensating optimal DPS rotations (and the rare minimum requirement iLvL characters) with raw stats. If you do Titan Extreme Mode, you can easily solo-heal that as a White Mage even with your entire party taking one super bomb into Titan's jump. Just requires cooldown management (Divine Seal) and two Cure IIIs! And this is all thanks to the echo buff.