Many a time when one person leaves the ops, other people start leaving too because they cant be bothered to queue again to get a new person in or something. Id like to pull out my fully equipped and augmented HK-51 to replace the dps that left, which will give that little extra damage. A bar would be in the ops window for them so the healers can heal them etc...

EV and KP story mode are absolutely doable with 7, (8 for the 4th EV boss), or maybe 6 people assuming people know what theyre doing or have the best gear. I want to show off my companion to everyone.