Cultural Differences, North American Strangers

[Jayrune]

So what I get from the OP is that the OP thinks that players should be restricted in their options and forced to play the game in a way that requires people to take the time to form groups of people that get along with each other, instead of simply letting players who want to form groups of people that get along with each other do so and those that do not want to do that to not have to do that.

I cannot agree with or support the assertion that one group of people should be forced to do something for the benefit of another group, MMO's can be fun for the solo player too and you don't have to worry about them. If you want to be social, then be social.

I suspect that this is actually just a veiled reference to trolling via duty finder, where a tank will exit mid fight cause he/she is pissed off or likewise for a healer. I would agree that trolls need to be dealt with but i do not think restricting the options of the entire playerbase is the appropriate response.

When you say it like that it definitely makes my post seem pretty bad, but in my experience, the mmos in which you pretty much weren't going to get very far on your own although they were a pain...in the end those were the games which to this day I still have the people who i grouped up with as facebook friends and we go from game to game because we remember the hardships and accomplishments we went through to get to and conquer end game content etc..

I personally feel that grouping oriented gaming is in the end a much better system than a solo oriented game with the random stranger grouping and completely optional make a friend here and there scheme.

Fair enough, we'll just have to agree to disagree.