I agree, with the current block layout, the pressure plate is highly worth using. Spending time on both sides, 3-p seems to be a good number; a 2-p plate would give too much power to attackers.
Would it be possible to expand the dungeon gates' hit boxes? Every time there's a mass warp, half the people in the dungeon stand and spam too far off to the side; and 2 people end up doing all the work and it takes longer.