Quote Originally Posted by KarstenS View Post
The bad thing is: even in a full party you will need that iLvl to enter then.
Item level requirements are usually relatively high for content that goes from pre-form only to Duty Finder, generally ranging from about 15 to 20 item levels below the rewards offered by the content.

The time for an EX to be a challenge is when it's released, and it seems that you got that challenge. Now, the content and its rewards are dated, so it is made more accessible to the general playerbase. The item levels are set higher because you can't guarantee party compositions or player skill to any degree in the DF, which creates for a better experience when groups are randomly matched. The content is no longer *for* the people that could clear it at i160--it's for the people that *couldn't* do that.

Those looking for challenge now have Thordan EX.