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Even with a reasonably tricked out healer companion we still have to queue for hours; can probably form with 3 and use a companion for 4th on base game content *or just three man it.
No. Just walk into the dungeon. The exp bonus reward is for doing that with 3 other real people. Nothing is stopping you from zoning directly into a dungeon and getting the regular exp and loot. The bonus is for doing that with 3 real life human players.