Just as predicted. It was fun for a small amount of time while people went in droves. Just as Eureka.
And just as Eureka. It stopped being fun when people stopped going in droves. It was the people and the chaos and not the content that made it fun. Story wise it was boring. Then again we where spoiled by Shadowbringers.

IMO it was a mistake to give the mounts on coffers. Or being able to sell them. Those should have been exclusives to people that actually won the duels.
The duels themselves should be personal duties for anyone to try on their own time. There is no reason to make them public, except perhaps narcissism.

I did like the concept of having everyone at the same item level. Enough to want it for duties. As a healer I do see tanks going underequiped on duties and this would solve it.

I also liked the concept of having 2 abilities from another class. Including old abilities no longer on characters. Give them a 30 minutes timeout before being reused and allow them on any duty. Maybe require learning the job of the ability before using it while doing another job.