This thread reminds me of old Lineage II private servers. A typical discussion was this:

- Hello, Wanna party?
- STFU I'm soloing
(then he'd pk you but that's irrelevant)

Is this your vision of FFXIV? If so there are still L2 severs with zillion rates and potions so you'll never die.
I want to explore difficult to reach places while partying, and fight mobs I'd never go solo on (adventure, y kno?).
That's what XIV (and genarally MMO) is about.