Quote Originally Posted by Sorainthy View Post
Returning player here. Do not remember to which Expension I played. But I started with a fresh account (xbox) and my partner all over and I am quite shocked from time to time how even in ARR the designe changed to NOT work with other people...

Lv 50 Main Scenario Raids - gulped down to a normal Main Scenario encounter and a few 4 player dungeons available for NPC Helper
Lv 50 Road to Ishgard - gulped down content - no single wipes on any "new" mechanic. Not even in harder beasts trails or new ones....
Lv 50 Road to Ishgard - a beautiful and changed dynamic raid to protect ishgard... fully changed to normal Main Scnenario encounter

If in HW the same changes apply I am not sure for how long I will be a returned player....
EW in particular dedicated a lot of resources to "the single player experience" as Yoshida put it, which was cutting down most dungeons/trials and making them doable with trusts.