Okay, dumb title, but essentially what it sounds like. Make Open World Tequatl easy mode, weak and conquerable by like 12 people, you get the same loot pool, but less than currently given, due to difficulty. Kill easy Tequatl, Flip a flag: You’ve done story mode Tequatl!
Have an instance marker in at the way point to the cave where people usually res during the Tequatl fight. You can access it after you defeat easy Tequatl. It opens into a smaller (only has Tequatl and the surrounding area, including the res waypoint,) OVERFLOW instance. These instances will fill up the same as any overflow instance, either you walk in, or you get ferried in by someone already in there. This instance has Explorable Tequatl, the one we currently know and love (hate). This instance operates exactly the same as a normal overflow, with the Tequatl event happening at the same rate as Open World Tequatl.
Currently, only the organized can defeat Tequatl. If this trend continues with other Dragons, there will be much crying and gnashing of teeth. With this change, anyone can kill Tequatl, according to their own abilities.
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