but in all truthfullness the reason why people complain bout it is not cause they are dead set in solo'ing it, or 1shoting mobs. it's mostly cause they can't find players to do it with, that would create the same effect on the reverse side.

though being able to pick the difficulty would be cool too, it's the same concept long as theres a max level difficulty. besides it's not really forcing players to do it, it's just part of the game, u don't really question it till it becomes a problem. if they finally changed it in ffxi, it was on the last year or 2 of it's life where it was near impossible to get others to join or help. when situations become that bad, then is the time to change it, not to straight out ruin it from the get go to prevent what will not be an issue till many years into the future.

also i'm not saying they need to make every mission and side quest like this, even as much as ffxi had is a good start and they didn't have alot at all. but i really can't see your view, i can't understand how u consider it fun to do quests alone and 1shot them in matter of seconds. i can't comprehend it at all, i'd love your input on how u enjoy this over the latter.