4-man variants for endgame content going forward?

[Toutatis]

There’s a variety of content in the game. Some is single player only, some give you 1-4 freedom like PotD and HoH, then you have 4, 8 and 24 ppl content (and a few other variations) and it is fine like that, there is something for everyone in there and they each come with a different level and type of challenges. The addition of the Criterion dungeons is a new and welcome option. It is not gatekeeping. Different new content > rehashed content.


Making current Savage raids available to groups of 4 would probably make it even more difficult to find 8 people groups as it is much easier to partner with a few friends to kill content than forming, gearing and maintaining a static of 8. It would also defeat the purpose of having to work in coordination with a group of 8 to beat a boss. Just create a PF with your friends if a real static is not possible.

If the new dungeons are really savage level difficulty but for 4 people, I believe that groups of 4 will be more exclusive and people will from closed groups with friends only making it less accessible. If done with randos, it will certainly lead to more bitching if someone weaker joins as it will prevent any progress (we will have to see how they are tuned...the only way to keep the difficulty with 4 is to leave even less room for error). In a group of 8, having a dps that is a bit behind is generally not a problem.