There was no need for the devs to change the difficulty of tier 1 for this event. The change didn't bring any more "challenge" to this event, all it did was infuriate players who are having their level 80+ , gear 8/9/10 character demolished at stage 4 of tier 1 or stage 8.
(why the fuck does EE in stage 8 get mass retribution and speed up? that's just retarded, if you're going to create events with certain characters, don't give them extra abilities they don't usually have).
Also wtf is up with the tenacity on the opposing team? my vader has 70% potency and he can't ability block any of the EE to save his life. Fix this sort of shit please, it's beyond a joke and isn't "challenging".
If you're going to "recommend" Level 75+ and Gear 8+ don't stealth change it so it's near impossible to finish for your average playerbase, i doubt ANY player at level 75 and gear 8 can get past stage 4.
And all you level 85, fully zeta'd team players can stfu about "oh this was soooo easy for me lololol l2p" . Of course it's easy when you have a fully zeta'd and geared team. I would be happy just to complete tier 1, but this change was unwarranted and ridiculous