I've heard far too many times over the past week that this event is "designed for whales."
That's not true. In fact it's literally not designed for NA/EU at all.
Some of you may have realized already that this event came out in Korea last November.
NOVEMBER.
Korea had already gotten the level 60 raid, ET (or Temple of Succession here). They had access to ET badges and necklaces. Furthermore Korea already had an entire soul and heart path ahead of us upon getting this event. Your average Korean player could easily do this event because they had access to more gear.
The problem is that this event was never nerfed for NA/EU.
The bosses in both Ring of Reckoning and Desolate Mausoleum / Burning Mausoleum have the exact same HP values as they did in Korea, when Koreans were significantly more geared on average than those in NA/EU. We weren't meant to do the dungeon with our gear.
So, instead of being mad about the event being specifically designed for whales, you should actually be mad that NCWest didn't balance the content for NA/EU before bringing it here, enabling only top-gear players to clear it.