Solo capable misisons/quests

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Originally Posted by Zarchery

I dunno. Missions and quests are my favorite part too, but the fact is that this is an MMORPG, as in multiplayer. If you want a soloable game, go play an offline game.

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Ah, this old fallacy .. the 'G' in MMORPG doesn't stand for 'Group', and there are many ways to interact the 'multiple players' without having to group with them.

Just because it's an MMO shouldn't mean that there isn't a SOLO option.

BTW, do group-lovers like you stop leveling at 70 because OMG, I HAVE TO SOLO IT???

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Originally Posted by Kraggy

Ah, this old fallacy .. the 'G' in MMORPG doesn't stand for 'Group', and there are many ways to interact the 'multiple players' without having to group with them.

Just because it's an MMO shouldn't mean that there isn't a SOLO option.

BTW, do group-lovers like you stop leveling at 70 because OMG, I HAVE TO SOLO IT???

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What exactly are you having trouble soloing?

The biggest problem in storyline BCs is, as has been said, with finding the right help. Not a fault of the players, I feel, as much as it lies with the fault of the design. There simply isn't sufficient incentive for players already clear on missions to help out others with the same ones.

A solution to this is possibly add unique rewards to those repeating the mission, as well as XP and/or gil.

Those silly nation-specific restrictions (on the 9-2 missions and certain WotG questlines) aren't helping either. I feel they should be removed.

I have a girlfriend now and we are talking about having kids. I'm only 25 years old and thinking about my future. I've realized that games are a part of life not a life. XI was fun and I'm grateful I had the time to play it semi hardcore. now a days I find it less and less appealing because of the timesinks and forced grouping. I still follow it's devlopment and get excited when I see changes but I don't think I would invest in it like I use to. there are better things in this world. I hope it gets an overhaul and makes soloing viable. most other mmos now a days are doing this. XI needs to change with the times.

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Originally Posted by Nepharite

What exactly are you having trouble soloing?

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Er, I didn't say I AM having trouble, my post included the quote my comment was replying to.

I'f you're having trouble with a mission, check FFXIAH and click on the mission name. It will bring up a search of everyone on the mission, and you can limit it to your server. Then you can search for those people in-game and ask if they'd like a partner to complete the mission with them. The only mission I'm having trouble with that way is the last ACP fight, since I need a full party, and I can't find people with the right jobs.

Most of the times I've found, People want to complete the missions but don't have / want the time to set it up. I've helped quite a few people through some of the beginning CoP fights, but they don't take the time to get all the items necessary to have a reasonable chance to complete the mission if something goes wrong or not exactly perfect. (90% of the time it never does go as planned) . While I've been really lucky (Abyssea, CoP, RotZ, Wotg (Sandy), ToAU, AMKD, ACP, and Windy +Sandy rank missions done), some of those I've set up and ran myself, and helped others get through other missions I've been already passed.
The most important thing that people seem to be extremely reluctant to do, is to help others get caught up to where you're at and then proceed through the missions together. That's how I got through CoP and WotG. I set up a Final mission run for RotZ when I found some people in my old Sky group that were on the final mission like I was.

The main thing I'm trying to emphasize is that if you want it badly enough you need to take some initiative and sacrifice some sleep (We had a guy on my CoP static who worked odd hours so we had to [Gather Together] at some really late hours (for me)) to get it done.