Here's how various raids would be ruined by removing comms or having fewer players : SE - Verity encounter removed completely. Not only is it impossible with less than 4 ppl due to separating the team into 4 separate rooms, but the fake wipe-mechanic also relies on "dead" players to literally spectate other players & call out what they see on the spectator screen. VOW - all mechanics removed completely from 3rd & 4th encounter, due to the fact that Taken symbols can only be seen by players with relic/resonance buffs, and Scorn symbols can only be seen by non-buffed players. Without comms, there can be no call-outs of common symbol, or pillar-dunking. DSC - the entire function of the scanner buff is to see things that the other players cant, and call them out. If we remove comms, then 1st & 2nd encounter would become "just shoot every keypad & shoot any Atraks"... basically a strike. LW - if we're talking Riven legit, the entire boss encounter is impossible without comms. VOG - final encounter literally forces 3 random players into a portal, to rely on call-outs from the non-portal team. Cant have portals with no comms. I guess it would be: walk-in, rally, and go straight to damage... Real challenging. KF - Eliminating comms on Warpriest would mean eliminating the plate mechanic entirely. Its not just the left, right, mid aspect... but not calling out timers means no passing the brand. The whole encounter would be reduced to: 3 ppl step on all the plates then everyone goes straight to an unlimited damage phase, encounter over. IDK if there's a character limit in replies, but I could go on.

While they are at it unvault all raids and dungeons add explorer modes to all dungeons too

Sure. Why not. Make sure they have no loot as well.

As longs mechanics stay the same then sure, they could adjust difficulty down for newbies to test out and get there feet wet. If that was the case I would use it as a training ground to learn what all is happening better that way I can actually prepare before a raid, and maybe just hop in and have fun with randos. I have done some raids, but I haven't done every mechanic in the raids I have done, usually I was told how to do what I needed to do for a particular encounter. If they add an explore it should be all about the learning pf mechanics and not about loot at all.

The "hard core players" do not "move on"... they continue to play the same old legacy stuff over & over. They farms for clears, sherpas & speed-runs, anything to climb the ranks on the leaderboards. They equip nothing but blue gear & play the raids under-level to challenge themselves. I growing tired of ppl asking for raids to be changed or dumbed-down cuz it will somehow "bring players back"... If players really wanted to solo difficult activities with no mic, then this forum would be filled with posts PRAISING the portal solo ops, and not the other way around. But its a small percentage of ppl who absolutely refuse to join a team or use a mic, with the excuse of "social anxiety" but you guys have no anxiety about coming on a SOCIAL forum and complaining, begging, and even demanding that team-based activities be changed to accommodate ppl who are not team players. Its insanity at this point.

Tell me how Verity would work with only two people without changing how the encounter plays out.