Seems to me the game rigs the stats in PvE to make you follow the program . There is a constant feeeling of inadequacy that makes you feel you need better gear.
This is most obvious in group events. Whenever I try to attack a group event boss by myself, unloading all my skills on it , including elite skill, does zero damage. Is there some rule I am not aware of?
Minor enemies are invulnerable and regenerate health if you try to attack them while they are fleeing back to their orignal position. You get chased by some stupid thing, you run until it stops chasing , then you turn around to take it out, and it’s invulnerable until it gets back to its place.
I feel like a tool playing this game at times.
There seems to ba a lot of skills that don’t work as advertised, as is clear form the bugs sections here for the different professions.