Some players do like to have some solo time in an MMO. The personal story in GW2 was content made for the solo player in mind.
Maybe it could be a way of fighting each elder dragon? Zhaitan is already a requirement to completing the personal story so why not the rest of them? Just make them solo able and repeatable. Give better chances at good rewards if you bring friends.
It seems like every LS release requires a zerg now. There needs to be some variety where you can have both solo-able content and massive zerg content. I don’t think that players will choose one over the other if you design it to where it is more rewarding if you play with others.
If they made a Living Story – Personal Story version, where at the end of each Living World arc they converted each part into a single step, they could nearly double the size of the personal story while allowing a historical play through. Although it would take resources to do it, it would certainly be better than simply deleting the content entirely and putting out recap stories for those that have missed it.
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