Why the heavy focus on instance only?

[Baxter]

I'm not saying I don't like instances, but I don't want everything to be limited to 8 members of choice.

People are asking for NPCs to move to add life to the game. Non-instanced content would do the same, instead of everyone mute at aetheryte, or hugging the walls in town.

And before you say "but cross-world party finders" what if you get partied up with someone who's sole purpose is to screw your party up? what about a know-it-all who does it wrong (like tanking the batraal skeles, all 3 of em, on ARC, forcing a healer to waste all his MP/die, and have the ARC die in the process. >_>; )

Summary: I would like more open-world content, AS WELL AS more instances.

Damn, I remember the story quests for MRD. Like a billion instances over in a second. Waste of resources, coulda just had it done in an open world setting. (too many people doing it at once? not if they're only talking to an NPC.)

I completely agree