I agree with all you say in your first paragraph, but this is no different than the other elite dungeons were. I remember the first time we tried to defeat elite bael it took over an hour to finish that dungeon. But then again you only had to do it once to get the achievement and then you could farm Jarl. Now folks are farming elite reef as you can just run past the mobs and get to the boss. I like it this way. Let the elite gear actually be rare this time.