Is there any reason to focus on 'solo' players..?

[Nephera]

I used to be huge into FFXI for more years than I care to admit. I do a LOT of solo play right now though. The option to go play solo is great at times but I would really enjoy having some good parties here and there. I loved getting into a nice grind party in FFXI (when I say 'nice' I don't necessarily mean getting a ton of exp in a small amount of time though that was awesome too). I enjoyed being in a relaxed party of cool people and just generally enjoying both the game and the people in it. A big part of MMOs is the other players and right now it seems like aside from NMs, linkshell conversations and behests people just ignore each other. Hell, even in behests a lot of people just ignore the other players. I would really love to see some kind of at least somewhat challenging PvE content added where you could get a nice team of people together, perhaps even a duo, and grind for however long you wanted. This could even just come down to some adjustments on things like spawn times and difficulty of creatures in certain areas. Another thing I would love to see added is some kind of massive battle content (i.e, beseiged or campaign) where players would have the chance to earn a little extra sp/exp and possibly other rewards fighting extremely difficult mobs and working with others. Right now it just seems like after you solo your 8 leves you either log out and wait for the reset or you craft. Leves are nice but they should definitely not be the majority of the game's PvE content.

I think everyone agrees more or less that we need more to do than leves.

I'd like to see more proposals~