Doubling down on "Playing solo" is a stupid direction

[WindyGamer]

Have better support for multiplayer through MSQ. Like letting 2 or 3 people party for dungeon and fill the last spot with trust. Let us choose to start from the same starting point etc. New Game+ doesn't even give exp so I can't play an alt job with another friend on a new play through.

Hurray. Yes I vote for this.

And also, SOLO DUTIES. Other games allow groups of players to participate in the "Story Quests". But in FFXIV every time it's a non-trivial quest, it's a SOLO DUTY. No sharing the content with others. Even if I've already done it, how about I can join others in their "Duties". If the mechanics are so strange that it does not make sense then maybe I can go in as an observer or have a heal buff only or something simple that does not completely redesign the experience.

All these walls preventing sharing the content are an issue that other games don't have.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Hurray. Yes I vote for this.

And also, SOLO DUTIES. Other games allow groups of players to participate in the "Story Quests". But in FFXIV every time it's a non-trivial quest, it's a SOLO DUTY. No sharing the content with others. Even if I've already done it, how about I can join others in their "Duties". If the mechanics are so strange that it does not make sense then maybe I can go in as an observer or have a heal buff only or something simple that does not completely redesign the experience.

All these walls preventing sharing the content are an issue that other games don't have.

I remember seeing footage of 1.0 where this was the case actually. Or at least with job quests where you can have multiple people do the instance fight at the same time. I really wish they would introduce this as a feature. They'd have to redesign solo fights to accommodate party play though.