Why can't we solo old content?

[Transmigration]

One of my favorite things to do in WoW was solo old dungeons to collect armor sets for glamour and other fun stuff. We also used to run our friends through for some gear.

Is there any reason why SE is not letting us do this?

[Moheeheeko]

Because then you can just solo dungeons to get gear thats useful for alt jobs.

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[Mcshiggs]

At release Yoshi said he didn't want to use up those instance servers and slow down que times for people needing to do those dungeons for story line progress. Since then though, they have jammed all the dungeons into one system where they share all the servers, and there aren't nearly as many people needing those now for story progress, so the answer is probably either they don't think this is worth their time right now, or they can't figure out the programming to get this to work.

[jars]

Because then you can just solo dungeons to get gear thats useful for alt jobs.

that is bad because.....?

[Welsper59]

There are server stability concerns, among other reasons. Even when 2.0 launched, it couldn't handle the flood of story instanced content. I don't know if that'd be a problem now, but it's understandable that it's not a priority or much of a concern for them yet.

[Moheeheeko]

that is bad because.....?

no risk vs reward for alt jobs, you may as well just ask to be handed the gear on a platter.

If you are forced to either use that class or be synced to that level, its an actual reward.

Plus you know, that whole playing a multiplayer game and all.

[Chiramu]

Level Sync. Which is a fantastic feature, it means lowbies don't have to skip dungeons like in WoW when they are levelling only to return to do what you are proposing in the OP.

I prefer the helpful level sync to the selfish solo dungeon mode.

[Transmigration]

no risk vs reward for alt jobs, you may as well just ask to be handed the gear on a platter.

If you are forced to either use that class or be synced to that level, its an actual reward.

Plus you know, that whole playing a multiplayer game and all.

Yeah but you outgrow the gear quickly anyway. No one takes the battlemage set seriously for it's stats right? They just want it for Glamours. There is no risk in queuing up for low level roulette and facerolling a dungeon. It's a waste of time and a very inefficient way of getting something for vanity purposes. The amount of 50s queuing to get drops for a vanity slot is far less I'd imagine than you're assuming.

There is no reason not to allow it.

[Transmigration]

Level Sync. Which is a fantastic feature, it means lowbies don't have to skip dungeons like in WoW when they are levelling only to return to do what you are proposing in the OP.

I prefer the helpful level sync to the selfish solo dungeon mode.

It's selfish to want to casually solo old content I already leveled through instead of being your queue partner for your "challenge"? Who's being selfish?

[Gramul]

I would very much like the party restriction removed for old dungeons.
Hell, even if I don't receive a reward. I just want to explore at my leisure, or even with just me and one or two other people for the heck of it.