I thought this was a "massively multiplayer game"

[Moochan]

These post always make me scratch my head. There is plenty of group activities you can do; Guildhest, Dungeons, FATE, and Leve. There is plenty solo activities too; Leve, FATE, Quest, and Hunting Log. Don't blame the SE because you don't want to be social.

These get you together with random people for like 5 seconds. This is not community building.

Well some people like to solo. I feel the same way about the forced Duty questing. There is a lot of stress involved with a PUG Group. They are not always patient/friendly. I do not know any of these dungeon quests we are thrown into and when you are not perfect they put you down and treat you like garbage. I sit next to my mom and she plays a healer class and gets yelled at when she does those duty quests too.

Why not just make everything a choice. Solo or group depending on your playstyle? Why should we be forced into anything that isn't fun. Afterall, that's what playing is about. We are not playing to get in some fool group who wants to yell at us. I can go to work if I want that.

First, when you have to rely on other people you tend to be nicer. FFXI proved this. Second, I agree with offering both options, as long as grouping is the faster leveling option. Because grouping will always be more difficult, as dealing with other people is always more difficult than doing it yourself (from your own perspective). It doesn't have to be massively faster, something like 5% more exp or something. Nothing substantial. That way a bad group will result in slower leveling than soloing, but a good group will be faster. Encouraging people to at least try group play.