Actually, I've soloed hookah at level 20 with just RP, aerial combo launch, and cutdown, so I fail to see what you're taking about.Make a level 25 alt and go to hookah, you'll see.
Actually, you need ~215 evade at level 65 to make level 69 B7 mobs miss you 100%; I tested it out myself.I think they changed pve a little bit but I doubt it would be anything noticeable >__>
When was the last time you actually got "hit" in pve? Lol