Why do people want solo play in an MMORPG?

[Orophin]

Or perhaps another system such as Need and Greed. Maybe something like upon opening a chest each player is alloted 1 Need roll and 2 Greed Rolls. Lets say 5 items drop. I need this. I roll a Need of 75. Someone else needs it also. They roll a need of 76. I lose.

Or you could get rid of that system completely for dungeons. Ive always rather liked the Token system. Say for example you get 1 token per chest that you open at the end of Cutters Cry. If you get all 5 chests, thats 5 tokens. Now lets say that 1 piece of darklight gear at some random vendor somewhere costs 50-100 tokens. Lets say a minor piece like boots costs 50, and a major piece like body pieces cost 100. This creates a time sink needed by the developers, but also a sense of progression for the players. Even if that super rare darklight did not drop for you, you got some tokens to put aside towards the items you want. Win Win IMO.

ARR loot system is supposed to work both ways as quoted. I think the only instances where everyone will get individualized loot will be in the FATEs. Dungeons and stuff I expect to be a shared loot pool for treasure chests.

[LicontAshontear]

ARR loot system is supposed to work both ways as quoted. I think the only instances where everyone will get individualized loot will be in the FATEs. Dungeons and stuff I expect to be a shared loot pool for treasure chests.

I havnt read/kept up with everything about ARR, what are FATEs??