We should have the choice. If you don't have enough for a 24 man party, then you should have the option of PUG/DF. But if you have 24 friends to run with, then you should be able to do so.
Running a co-op with players you don't know can only bring trouble. I am all for thinking the best of others, but NO ONE can actually think that 16 other gamers are going to be civil, cooperative players each and every time you run this. Especially when people begin speed running the tower over and over again for gear they are frustrated at not getting. These players are less likely to be civil to players new to the dungeon.
If these groups get paired with new groups who are learning the tower, it is a recipe for major trouble. I don't play this game to put up with hassle and bullying. It has already started. The slowest team gets harassed and this has only been out less than a week.
I don't run in DF. I belong to a FC for a reason. I play this game for fun and it is not fun to put up with crap from other smart-mouthed people who can't play for fun. I want to run CT with 23 of my mates.
This needs to be fixed. It will only get worse as time goes on and more people get frustrated with the gear issue. New people who are now working toward level 50 will be running this as newbies and will be paired with the previously mentioned ones. It is just not going to work.
Come on, Yoshi. I all for being altruistic, but you have to be realistic, too.