I'm pretty sure that everyone posting in this thread would quit the low level roulette duty after the first wipe. Definitely by the third wipe.

The reason Steps of Faith was nerfed wasn't because it was "too difficult", but due to a sizable population of players who were bad at playing the game causing wipe after wipe. You'd get steps of faith, see the bad players in the group, and drop group immediately. They nerfed it because duty finder groups never stayed together.

"Bad players don't deserve to progress" kind of hurts SE's business model, since expansion content requires clearing Steps of Faith, same as it requires clearing Garuda normal. They always need to make sure normal story content is beatable in some form, or they will lose customers. Bad dps, mechanic failing, poor playing customers... but customers none the less.

I imagine Garuda normal might be a nightmare right now. I mean, a majority of people starting 2.0 right now are probably casual players, and there will be a sizable percentage of them that don't use abilities properly, don't listen to mechanics, and generally spend more time on the floor than on their feet. And what difference does it matter to US if they nerf it? I haven't been in that duty in almost 2 years.

That being said, unsynced duties are your friend. Anyone having trouble with this sort of thing can probably find a level 60 or two who are willing to smash Garuda for laughs.