As I see the problem is that a lot of people are spoiled by the comfort they got used to.
Why should forage areas have to be accessible by a single player.
Why should special materials easy to get.
Why should trips have to be that boring as they usually were.
For me people asking for higher heals are like the ones whos sitting in front of the TV all the day. Wanna get something and do nothing for it.
Don't you want a team wipe? Don't let the tank go down. Help the healer.
I'm lvl 225 melee, I use lvl 170 armor and I'm happy with it, no problem at all, not even against bosses. Since the patch we got wiped once: we ran through cca 8 kipuckas the healer died and I came back to help but went to close to kipuckas.
You know, before we start my mates usually read my "Let's make a plan" message in the team chat. And we usually succeed.
Before the patch we went for bigger and bigger bosses because the small (read lvl 220 ones) didn't mean any challenge. Isn't it a joke to kill those bosses with 3 ppl (1 nuker and 2 healer)? I think it is a joke.
Now we have challenge in the game.
bye
[EDIT: spelling and grammar corrections]