Look, it's obvious to anyone with any understanding of probability that you have no idea what you are talking about. That doesn't mean you are wrong, of course. You could still be right that there's something wrong even though you have no idea what you are talking about, but you won't be able to convince anyone with those…
I don't begrudge you for that, I'd love to do some runs with a smaller team as well. I was just slightly amused that you call yourself a new player when you have (obviously) a level 60 character :P
I disagree. DD help immensely in reducing the queue times, and they also allow you to farm dungeons for tokens/reduced rewards outside of the event. I think this is a superior system to daily limits.
Is there a possibility that you used Elixir of Fate? It acts as another fireplace buff. Other then that I've got nothing. I'm pretty sure that I've had 20 points to spend on attributes, 2 points on levels 10, 20, 40 and 50, and 6 points on levels 30 and 60.