undersizing the crystal towers

[Enkidoh]

To be honest, I don't think it would even be possible - Labyrinth of the Ancients particularly is specifically designed for 3 parties to undertake it (the Atomos fight is an example of this - each party takes down their own version of the monster at once and they all have to be destroyed simultaneously). Thus because of this, SE would have to go back and redesign the raids to allow a single party to do it, which I don't see being given a high priority in their list of changes and additions needed to be implemented sadly.

[ruskie]

the Atomos fight is an example of this - each party takes down their own version of the monster at once and they all have to be destroyed simultaneously.

Not simultaneously but you do have the whole pads to stand on for the other party to actually be able to hit it. But definitely not simultaneously - had parties that took an extra 2-3 minutes killing theirs due to probs with lockouts and such.

But they could adjust things so that it wouldn't be an issue undersized. Like they did in t11 with standing on pads - no longer needs 4 ppl in undersized.

[Gralna]

Before 3.0 launched, Yoshi mentioned possibility of reducing party size required for CT raids, not sure how this would work for certain fights, such as Atomos in LotA, but hopefully we hear more soon.

[Februs]

To be honest, I don't think it would even be possible

It's definitely possible. It's just more work then what they've been willing to put into it.

If they wanted to make this work, what they would have to do is adjust the DF so that there was a second que option for CT/ST/WoD in which you can que with eight players at level 60 instead of 24 players at 50. Given that Dps checks were a joke even at lvl 50, a lvl 60 8-man should have no problems. They wouldn't even have to adjust the difficulty. They'd just have to adjust some of the mechanics to suit less players...

Really, that's only the Atmos parts, and it would be an easy fix. For CT, if they made it so that ONE player was needed to stand on the pad instead of four then it would be possible to do, even simultaneously. I actually think it would be a lot more fun this way because it would force one team to go without a Healer and another team to go without a Tank. It would be fun to see the different ways groups chose to tackle it.