Quote Originally Posted by Tsubarta View Post
Yoshi's idea is noble, and very much like a child's naivety in execution. However, this game is at a crossed purpose of catering to soloists and those who wish to group. This cannot be sustained. You either go WoW's way of solo content and grouping up for dungeons, or you go XI's way of "group or die" (barring some exceptions). There is simply no other way to go about it in a way that is functional, and MMO's are about how well they function when played as functional systems beget a more consistent entertainment value.
I think Yoshi already addressed that in one of his previous letters. They are providing content like raids for parties, and content like leve for soloists. I think we see this in the new GC leve only being solo content, and the strongholds being tailored for parties.