Try this ...

When saving the pose select only the relevant body parts to the pose. For example a arms folded pose would only include the collar through the fingers. Save that as a pose.. Now save another pose with the same body parts zeroed.

Create your master dial and set it to 1 then start teaching

Load the first pose.

Zero the dial

Load the zero pose.

This will prevent the DE from creating a dependency for EVERY SINGLE DIAL in the entire figure.

This is still messy because it will include all dials for all the included body parts. Even those not actively being used.