Npc Party Discussion

[Vaer]

It's for future insurance (a failsafe so mandatory dungeons can still be done without relying on other people queueing, important because almost the entire game is locked behind mandatory story dungeons), and to indirectly lower queue times when they will be bad at the beginning of the expansion since people could just jump in with their NPCs or whatever. IIRC you can do the story dungeons with them. Add an extra incentive to play in a group and there we go.

I don't expect this to change much in player skill.. I've seen some questionable stuff even with the mandatory forced group content right now and I doubt just because they can solo it's going to do anything. I mean they give you an echo buff if you keep dying in solo instances, I think that's actually more harmful than a solo option in regards to skill level of players.

Some players that have anxiety about healing or tanking could jump in with npcs and try it out in an actual current dungeon. Seems alright to me.