I believe they are changing it to solo in HoT. The idea is at 80 you will probably need to start diverging into more group based content: WvW, Dungeons, Fractals. Since there is only so much solo content available.
Though to be honest the ending is very anticlimactic, so outside of rewards you aren’t missing much.
F.A.Q. Q: I’ve never beaten the Personal Story step “Victory or Death” because it required me to play in a group. Are you making any changes to the final fight against Zhaitan?
A: Yes. With this release, we are changing a few things about the final Personal Story step “Victory or Death.” For starters, the instance has been modified to support 1–5 players so you will no longer need a full party to complete it. We have converted the story mode of “The Ruined City of Arah” dungeon to be a Personal Story step, so after this update goes live, you may only play it once as part of your Personal Story. We are also unlocking the explorable mode of this dungeon by default so access will no longer be gated by story mode completion. We are also updating the Ruined City of Arah Dungeon Track to be unlocked by story mode or explorable mode completion. Additionally, the “Master of Arah” achievement is being updated to only require completion of explorable mode paths. Please note that the core gameplay and structure of this story instance has not been changed—the difficulty has been adjusted to allow for solo play and will therefore be more accessible for players. _
We’ll be posting more information closer to release. Thanks for your patience and all of your excellent Personal Story feedback over the past few months.
Actually it never made sense to make this a group because you´re the kittening chosen one bringing Destinies Edge together, holding Trehearns hand etc.
And suddenly these other bozos show up in your personal frikken story.
I barely made it through, with a horrific group I got harassed by the first actual time in this game.
Only reason I chose to suffer through it was to get the kitten kitten over with.
Never did it again, or pugging in general.
Actually it never made sense to make this a group because you´re the kittening chosen one bringing Destinies Edge together, holding Trehearns hand etc.
And suddenly these other bozos show up in your personal frikken story.
I barely made it with a horrific group, I got harassed by the first actual time in this game.
Only reason I chose to suffer through it was to get the kitten kitten over with.
Never did it again, or pugging in general.
You’re not the chosen one. You’re the chosen one’s lackey who gets lumbered with all the work
Resident smug Englishman on the NA servers, just because.
Two years ago ANet got told that they had the worst ending ever, still not fixed so don’t hold your breath for HoT. Best we can hope for is we don’t get the same lazy lame garbage again.
