Quote Originally Posted by TaiyoShikasu View Post
Wasn't hamlet defence in 1.0 like that?

From what I know about that and from statements from others, that would be a welcome change/return.
Not remotely. It was 8-man content, which quickly fixated into fairly controlled metas, depending on the Hamlet. The only one that felt truly interesting to me was the... Aleport, one, iirc, in La Nausea, because there were at least multiple distinct ways to handle it.

Quarrymill/Hystmill and the like, on the other hand, just turned into people crafting stuff in the background while a healer or two kept up NPCs until there was sufficient enmity for it to be worthwhile for the BLM to start blasting away, with another DPS, usually a Bard for the mass stun then on Rain of Death, supporting.