New Letter from the Producer, XII

[Sorel]

i dont think a dungeon should be able to be soloed

And why not?

yeah, why not?

Sure, we shouldn't be able to solo the r50 dungeon until the rank cap gets raised, but not to be able to solo the r30 dungeon at 50? Why the hell not?

let me clarify, idont think a dungeon can be soled and still consider it skillful play. A rank 50 going in a 30 dungeon is a walk in the park.
thats like me going in nanawa mines killing everything in there and soloing kokoroon. I can easily do it with little effort and dont consider it skill

If the dungeon is like the game Demon Seoul then I'm all up for it being solo, you can challenge your skills, if you think you can't pass it you can ask someone to help you. I like hard challenges but that's just a style of player, some don't like it being too hard.

/facepalm

Guys ... forest ... trees ... your focusing on the wrong thing here. So to clear this up lets say in the hypothetical game it was a PARTY of ninja boys, and a PARTY of samurai girls.

Now then. Here's the hypothetical situation in the hypothetical game.

A ninja party is in a dungeon where they have to defeat a final boss. The ninja boys uses patience, knowledge of monsters aggressive tendencies (sight, sound, etc), items, stealth abilities, and coordinated teamwork to avoid all combat until meeting the final boss ... which the ninja boys defeat in combat.

Now, a samurai party is in the same dungeon and has to defeat the same final boss. The samurai girls uses coordinated tactics, maneuvering, well-timed abilities, items, and their weapons to defeat every monster between them and the final boss ... which the samurai girls defeat in combat.

So ...

1. Which party was the more "skillfull party"?
2. Which party took more risks?
3. Which party should get more reward?
4. When should they get the reward? At the end? After reaching certain waymarkers? After defeating a monster?