Honest question: How does it thwart soloers? It entices people to group up, which is a fine thing in an mmo, but it doesn't actually penalize soloers.

As someone who prefers to play with others, at least a few others, it's a little frustrating to have one guy fighting the dragon for 25 minutes (not all soloers are this slow).

Like everyone else, I wish they either had more copies of the instance or, even better, varied the instances (and possibly the battles themselves). Bring back the classic BCNMs that sit empty most of the time, like KS99s, Under Observation, etc.

But given that there are limited resources, I like that grouping up is rewarded.