Has it always been like this or...?

[Belhi]

Others would say "Don't use duty finder to queue up for CM/Prae".

There is no winning side to this debate at all.

The issue with that is that it potentially turns off new players from the game and new players are the lifeblood of any MMO. Without them MMOs start to wither. Every time a new player has an awful experience in CM or Prae and is turned of the game it hurts the future of the game. That's the reality of player turnover.

Frankly the only reason for there even to be a Main Scenario Roulette is to facilitate new players. Its very existence and the benefits from running it were almost certainly created entirely for that purpose. The very generous rewards in sols are to compensate veterans for that.

Regardless, SE seems to have learned somewhat by not creating similar instances later. Its likely Heavensward won't have a CM/Prae equivalent though I could likely see all the necessary dungeons and trials in the 2.X put into the Main Scenario Roulette.