That's what's great about this game. You can play however you want. Synced/Unsynced you'll find others to share your pain. As someone who cleared 2.0 content synced, I fully appreciate doing the 3.0 content unsynced as well. Do what you want, when you want to. It doesn't make people better for clearing it first time synced. Sure my friends missed out on the 2.0 shenanigans, but I don't blame them for doing them unsynced either. I don't feel like you lose much at all so long as youre still having fun doing what you're doing.