I think it's about time for a solo story-based option for operations. It could be done in a way similar to how Temple of Sacrifice was handled. Some of the operations are loosely linked and another directly linked. It's interesting story that some players won't experience because of solo play. I don't think it is as easy as just "group up and play." The last year, half year maybe all that showed up in chat was LFG TC every day. No problem, people enjoy that but varying operation opportunities don't show up often enough. Also, if you get into a guild that raids regularly, then you're going to have to up your game to progression raiding and not everyone is into that. Progression raiders, if they're chill, may "carry" a person through a SM operation but it really just depends on luck imo. I just think that an MMO that prides itself on having good strong stories should consider this and then make this happen. So, I agree with making this idea: Make the "operation stories" completable by solo players. Make Macro-binoculars, Dread Seed completable by solo players ... and Collocoid War Games completable by solo players.

Galactic Seasons has me trying GSF. It's a totally different game from anything I have ever played so the learning curve is fairly steep. In the pvp warzones you have at least a chance of survivability if you don't have much gear but in GSF you get blown up at the start because your ship is weak. (Yes, skill matters, but upgrades can buy you some time while you are learning). I see the point in wanting to have a separate Q for Premades/Groups but that's the same kind of frustration argument in warzones and I am not convinced there are a bunch of premades running around. I think a ranked/unranked system would be better for GSF. Getting spawn killed or tunneled by aces gets old fast. I mean, without the rewards, GSF would be dead imho. Not sure what a good solution would look like other than not trying to run up the score on the new or less skilled pilots. Personally, I put that into practice. Other than vanity, what's the point of a lopsided game?

The same thing happened to me. I hope it gets fixed soon.