Yoshida on "carrying" other people

[linayar]

Regardless the focus on larger scale is demotivational. Especially at 24 players you don't really feel the effect of your own performance. It's only in smaller scale content where you actually feel like you're making a difference, and without that feeling there's not much motivation to play well.

Like I said, I think the small scale contents are served by trials and raids. I know people want light party or even smaller-scale contents, but I think 8 is not that much bigger, and the more contents that make use of 8-player parties, the more useful an 8-player static becomes.