OK, since when do you get less XP for missions than dailies at levels under around 50? I haven't actually played lowbie for a while so I can't recall if a team missions gets to be like that.
Also, there were missions in AO at launch. Not team missions, but missions. And people would roll solo missions and duplicate the key. Because missions were still the best XP.
I just started playing Perpetuum. The tutorial tells you "this game is not for the lone wolf. Find other agents to team up with or you probably won't get far" ... AO needs to make that clear.