So how come The Great Hunt can't be unsynced?

[Hash_Browns]

That's only a small part of why all content should be able to be unsynced. The other part of it is the *challenge*. Yeah, there's a lot of things that trying to do unsynced is just a faceroll because you outgear it so much, but some things are actually harder *not* because of the damage numbers or whatever, but because of the much lower party size. My friend and I enjoy two-manning content, just trying to push the hardest things we can, and see how far we can go. We do this in many games. There are some things we'll likely never be able to 2 man purely because of how mechanics go, but that doesn't mean we don't like giving it a good try regardless, see if there's any way we can perhaps cheese the mechanic, or maybe somehow skip it entirely.

To this effect, I even think *current* content should be able to be unsynced purely because of that reason: The fun of the challenge, push as hard and as far as you can go.

THIS is why I say more options, not less.

I would like to offer a middle ground then, as you do raise a solid point.
Unsynced runs with less people can be a thing, which I haven't thought of, really.

Unsynced runs shouldn't offer rewards.

[Hezzlocks]

I would like to offer a middle ground then, as you do raise a solid point.
Unsynced runs with less people can be a thing, which I haven't thought of, really.

Unsynced runs shouldn't offer rewards.

I'm fine with that. With the way FF14 works, you can viably keep old content balanced and rewarding, which other MMOs like WoW couldn't do, which makes the whole "If you want the loot, work for it" ideal a valid approach. I'm half of the opinion that unsynced should still drop loot since at this point it's all entirely meaningless cosmetic loot (unless you're desynthing for profit i suppose?), but I'd still be fine with it.

I just want to be able to go into wherever whenever I want and find a good challenge in working around the fights.