Certainly do appreciate the attraction, but (for me) there seem to be practical limits to the benefits of many lumens in the spill area of an XML so I tend to not like high setting for much more than a wow effect. Which is why I’ve gravitated toward more interest in good beams and a range of throwers with varying levels of useful but not annoying spill.
As I’ve used my T6 (similar to a large C8) with a nice balance of flood and throw I find that high intensity floody lights outside just have a lot of bounce-back or reflection off of leaves in the fill area, which IMO is fairly annoying - and being on the other end of the light is much more annoying.
That might be less of a problem in a more desert-like or some urban uses (haven’t tried my T6 extensively in those settings).
Edit to add post from Garry that may explain this better than all my words above: