Duty Support - no parties

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Party or solo: That's the question
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Steps:
1. observe that Duty Support is only available to the Solo Player.
2. observe that I want to play with a friend or two - If I had three friends I would not need Duty Support.
3. observe that my friend or two and I cannot use Duty Support to fill out a party to do any of the supported - and increasingly more supported dungeons in the game. I want, for example to show my friend how to heal or tank or dps on their new class.
But we can't.

If we use Undersized Party my friend[s] get no XP rewards.

Sure would be nice to be able to use Duty Support when I play with my friend. We don't want to avoid using normal duty finder to get other real players, but sometimes it is useful and helpful to be able to use NPC to fill the party. Of course we would not have to wait if we use Duty Support, but also it would offer teaching / mentoring opportunities that are missing in the game.

Thanks for listening.


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This is not a bug. You can request features in the other forums.

To continue to receive XP rewards, you can enable Level Sync.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

This is not a bug. You can request features in the other forums.

To continue to receive XP rewards, you can enable Level Sync.

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Stating an opinion with no support or reasoning doesn't help anyone to understand.
Glad to know that you don't think this is a bug.
I have a differing opinion.

It is not a bug but by design, SE have stated in the past why Trusts/Duty Support can only be used by one player, it's due to how the AI works, in that having more than one player in dungeon with Trusts/Duty Support npcs confuses the AI scripting and leads to strange AI behaviour and glitches.

If you want to play with someone else, just form a Duty Finder party and let Duty Finder fill out the remaining spot with a random player (or, if the duty permits it, unsync and run it undermanned - yes you don't get EXP but you still can get the drops). Either way, this most definetely is not a bug but working as intended.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

It is not
Either way, this most definetely is not a bug but working as intended.

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So, you are suggesting that we not put "Design Flaws" here in the bug section? I am pointing what I think is a Design Flaw.

by definition "design flaws" are not "bugs". and design flaw is very subjective. Duty support system is WORKING AS INTENDED. If you want to suggest something make a thread in the appropriate forum section.