The player base is already so small that the idea of FORCING people to have friends and create private lobbies for the specific purpose of doing penances that are now locked out of pub play is asinine…
Prior to this patch I helped people complete their penances all the time. All they had to do was ASK. “can we complete this in 20 minutes”, “sure”, and off we go.
This is the worst possible way they could have solved this “problem”. They should have changed the requirements to be easier AND promote more teamplay instead of forcing us to play like a jackass.