Quote Originally Posted by Absimiliard View Post
Not gonna lie. I would love solo challenge modes, particularly if they reward savage equivalent gear. Or, you know, at least reward upgrade tokens for tomestone gear on the same schedule as savage raiders, enabling people with an adequate skill level to gear themselves up without needing seven other people and without having to wait for each tier's 24 man.

I'm sure some people will want to argue how this would diminish (or at least conflict with) the game's identity as an MMO, but that's not quite the case. Raid content and roulettes will always exist, and there will always be a demographic to which these things appeal. In the case of roulettes; those are practically mandatory. All solo challenge modes would do is give people that don't have the time or social network to get into raiding the opportunity to enjoy challenging content and reap appropriate rewards.
Considering the nature of most people to minmax this game I would prefer a halfstep tier in between the 24 man stuff and the EX/savage gear. It would give less confident players some slightly better gear for them to tackle the EX/Savage fights while proving they can do semi difficult mechanics due to the fact said player has gear from the solo savage/ex fights.