One thing that is 100pecent certain; they didnt do anything on purpose to make it harder to box, someone came up with this phasing stuffs (whatever it is) and they thought it would be a positive addition.

I can see for sure that I am having less and less plans to do any quests. I just need to find some good aoe spots.

Also its been obvious since before I even played the game that you need a tank ...

Just think about it. If you could do challenging content without a tank then who would ever invite a tank class into a guild or group. So they have to make content that requires tanks ... We are very lucky that there is a healing class that does decent dps, you dont get that in EQ.