Of my 163 hours logged I would guess that the last 150 hours have been entirely solo. While group play was fun, I got turned off by the fact that more 'active' players would routinely clean out local dungeons and areas, pretty much forcing me to play away from the group if I wanted specific resources at times, so I spun up my own server and have been on it ever since. Just be mindful of where you're going and what time of day it is and you should be good. Also, I watched a few boss fight vids to prep and they all went fine.