Agree with the OP. The difficulty of Dungeons shoots up very suddenly and makes it crazy hard for pug groups to be successful. I don't believe Neverwinter is the kind of game that is going to attract hardcore players/raiding guilds, so pug should remain a viable option. At the moment it isn't.
I have had it a couple of times in the level60 Skirmish on the last boss. It seems (for me at least) to have something to do with the Control Wizards effects, as the only times I have been hit hard are when the party has been CW heavy. One time it was really bad I had to log out and log back in which fixed the problem. I…