Quote Originally Posted by Ottovonawesome View Post
Only thing it's really gonna kill is party lvl grinding. You still need to make friends if you wanna do the hardcore stuff. People who log in once a week to solo a bunch of leves aren't really gonna get to experience the numerous raids and HNM's and junk they are adding in. So I wouldn't worry about soro play ruining anything. Now if you look at it from a brighter perspective it may end up drawing in a whole new crowd of dedicated players who might not have otherwise given MMo's a chance by allowing them to ease in to the game with soro stuff like leves and then enticing them with all that juicy community based content... Byaaagh.
How will party level grinding kill anything? That is synonymous with the term of MMORPG. You have it in every MMORPG is some way shape or form. It is so easy to get a grind group in FFXIV currently because it takes next to no time to get to your destination as long as one person has Anima and gives the best SP gain per hour currently. Personally I stick with Solo leves when I am playing til more group content come out because I am happy with the SP I get from those leves but I occasionally join up with my LS mates to do a grind when they offer. It is leveling up content for both parties, the casual and the more hardcore players.