(edited by fluffdragon.1523)
Suggestion: Fractal difficulty by party size
Fractals are fine the way they are. The fractal level is all the scaling that they need, if you are having trouble, go down to a lower scale of that same fractal.
And honestly I don’t think there is any fractal that requires a 4 person party, and I know there aren’t any that require a full 5 person party, for you to succeed. Hell there are people who can solo fractal 100. But back to my point most fractals in the lower tiers can easily be done with 2 or 3 people who know what they are doing, or even 1 person who has completely mastered their class. If you have only once finished a fractal with a 4 person group then you guys all need more practice. Downscaling it is not the solution.
My group was doing fractals when it was 3+1 with 4 people, and right now we sometimes do the lower ones with 4 people. I know people who do fractals with 2-3 people. I think there’s not really a need to have scaling other than the fractal level.
What they do need are new fractals though, and it seems like it’s coming (new trailer).
Old fractals (most of them) were solo-able and we used to two man them, back when selling fractals scale 50 was a thing.
Players regularly solo Mai Trin 100 and sell it for those who need the achiev. So if one person can do it in under 25 min and some players struggle with a group of 5 they need to step it up The Jade Fractal is probably the easiest to solo as you don’t even fight a boss per se.
I agree they should adjust the difficult to the recommended party size of 5 man.