While I do think there should be more solo content, there are problems with that as well. Making a quest that is challenging for a solo player is quite difficult, considering that certain classes are easier to solo with than others. A quest that is hard for a warlock or hunter would probably be near-impossible for a priest.
Also, I think he's diminishing the difficulty of raid encounters by implying that 40 mediocore players could do them. With strategies being leaked by the various uberguilds, a group of 40 mediocore players can manage some of the high-end stuff, but not without falling flat on their faces repeatedly for weeks if not months. Even the top guilds have to try various strategies to get that first kill of a raid boss. With each kill, people become more comfortable with the encounter, and also gain a little bit of wiggle room with new and better equipment, which I think is a fitting reward for the time spent to coordinate 40 people working near-flawlessly on a boss.
I do agree that time does not equal skill, and I'm sure there are some people out there that would be willing to put on some non-epic gear to beat the pants off the author in a duel.:)
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I think it's supposed to be 700 billion, if not, only roughly 2 million text messages are being sent per day in america, which doesn't seem right.
Actually, your statement does have some validity. FPS in the drake filled AoE room would be a much better benchmark than at any part of MC. :)
While I do think there should be more solo content, there are problems with that as well. Making a quest that is challenging for a solo player is quite difficult, considering that certain classes are easier to solo with than others. A quest that is hard for a warlock or hunter would probably be near-impossible for a priest. Also, I think he's diminishing the difficulty of raid encounters by implying that 40 mediocore players could do them. With strategies being leaked by the various uberguilds, a group of 40 mediocore players can manage some of the high-end stuff, but not without falling flat on their faces repeatedly for weeks if not months. Even the top guilds have to try various strategies to get that first kill of a raid boss. With each kill, people become more comfortable with the encounter, and also gain a little bit of wiggle room with new and better equipment, which I think is a fitting reward for the time spent to coordinate 40 people working near-flawlessly on a boss. I do agree that time does not equal skill, and I'm sure there are some people out there that would be willing to put on some non-epic gear to beat the pants off the author in a duel. :)