I feel like a lot of you are misunderstanding the point of the OP. The point here isn't whether or not you CAN solo it, it's whether or not you are FORCED to solo it. Most MMO's do not prevent you from being in a group while completing solo content. This one often does. My boyfriend and I have leveled up together in several MMO's now, taking each and every step together, from fresh new characters all the way to end game. This time however we are finding that pretty difficult. While a lot of that difficulty has been a result of the character creation locks (he wasn't even able to create his character until last Thursday, where as I created mine in beta 4), other roadblocks have been choosing different starting cities, and quests that won't allow you to complete them when in a party. As much as I love the game so far, these various issues are starting to add up into a huge problem for us.