Dirge is crazy. Once I had enough gear/AAs to survive some nukes (HP, avoidance, MR, CR, FR) and enough mana to cast it 4 or 5 times I can now AE pull D4 PoF. A clear takes 90m-2hr solo netting 5 or so AAs at 50 and motes/loot.
Still seems like leveling a new character with twink gear might be...