My three friends and I who are all moderately new to the game have been quadro-ing Totorak and been loving it. We're using the dungeon to level and get gear at the same time -opening all battle chests before picking a random boss to tackle. It's challenging, exciting, and insanely fun. I have to say I also completely agree with your point on making the gear drop rates better. We've run the dungeon several several times and gotten the red-gold chests and obtained junk more often than not.

I don't think that anyone should be forced to slow down leveling because casual players like us would never make any headway if that were the case. People that want to use the content in the way it was intended will find a way. On a side note: The four of us quadro'd our souls today and it was a blast. New players are out there! And they are still using the content!

-happy hunting