I like instances. They are great when I want to join a party and accomplish an objective in a set amount of time, or try to obtain specific pieces of equipment, and all the other good things they do. The game should have them.

But the OP is right, this single piece of information has to be the dumbest thing I've ever read from the development team. Some areas should simply be inside a cave, volcano, mine, enemy village/outpost/stronghold, or literal dungeon. I should be able to enter some or most of these places by myself sometimes to explore and do things by myself or with a friend or two without the game giving me an objective and a time limit. Similarly, there should be some "raids" that take place in an outdoor area rather than a dungeon.

The idea that every time I can't see the sky I need to have a certain number of people and can only spend a certain amount of time there is just ridiculous.