Time riding? Tel Var? As a mostly solo player I value staying alive as much as kills. If I die often, I take that as a sign that I have to work on my build, my situational awareness, my playstyle or my general skill. In IC you don't want to die, because you want to bring Tel Var home. In Cyro you don't want to die, because it takes you out of the fight. Riding is not fun. I may get resurrected, but as a solo player I often don't. As a duo you either feel you're letting your partner down or he's too busy to rez you or you're being staked out and he can't. Either way you have to wait or respawn and ride. That's no fun. If you die in a group and the fight is going well, maybe you get rezzed quickly and that's OK. If you die a lot as a solo player, that's just boring, because you get banished from the fight you were in. Even in IC you might be forced to spawn elsewhere or in the sewers, which can be a bit jarring.