STAT SQUISH, LOW HP, DPS...for me...SUCKS!!

[Arrius]

There were tough pulls in SHB?

Each dungeon prior to 80 were tough at times.

As were ones in Stormblood. Mostly noticeable at Bardam's Mettle when Scaeven Gear reached it limit.

[Rinhi]

Mostly noticeable at Bardam's Mettle when Scaeven Gear reached it limit.

going by the assumption that you meant shire gear and not scaevan; it reached it's limits by what measure? 270 is quite literally the highest ilvl someone could be at that point and is perfectly fine to wear, as the nomad gear you get from from bardam's are a measly +6 ilvl + substats better than tome/shisui gear
and assuming that a tank or healer have issues despite being fully decked out in tome/shisui/crafted gear, it's definitely not a gear issue but a skill one
then again, people have issues with that dungeon even when they were in shb gear, so yeah, it's definitely not a gear issue lmao
shame that the stat squish made it completely faceroll tier as well