Can we stop destroying the solo part of this game?

[kensredemption]

I'd rather play solo than play with a bunch of elitists...

[GreatLeviathan]

I'm still waiting for your youtube video of you going to the beach and calling girls derogatory comments because they wear swimsuits.

Solo is ok, but that's not why you should be playing an MMORPG, solo MMOs get boring and stale quick, why do you think people are sick and tired of "The same old MMO"? Every one is solo centric then you live in boring instances for the rest of your career.



Get some friends or LS mates?



Nope. It's perfect the way it is now.



There's plenty of MMOs out there where you can do this now, FFXIV may just not be for you -- They're redesigning this game and like it or not, there's a lot more people who like doing things in a group setting than lonewolf. There's going to be lesser content for soloers, especially after further adjustments, but do not expect this game to be another MMORPG where you can solo from start to finish in everything, they may as well shut down FFXIV for good if they go that route.

Lol all games are made to be able to play alone.

[GreatLeviathan]

Never ceases to amaze me how people play a multi-player game just to complain about it if its not single player designed.

Maybe you should read trhe letters some more as the producer stated that this will be an MMO for party and SOLO players.
So fail more.

[GreatLeviathan]

I'd rather play solo than play with a bunch of elitists...

I agree. Too many that think it needs skills to play an MMO..
Everyone can sit in an party with 7 others smashing 1 little monster at the time thats a few lvl's higher lol.
Soloing well thats a skill.
Becoming lvl 50 without the need of someone holding your hand hehe

[Charismatic]

I'd rather play solo than play with a bunch of elitists...

If I cared to sig posts, I'd probably sig this one.
Truth, liked, rated up and what have you.

[Deminia]

This is so much true. I'm actually pretty sure that it's mostly the people that already have higher level jobs, a large, active group of friends (Linkshell) to do stuff with that are praising this patch and trying to imply that solo playing is fine.

Now I quit this game around late november 2010 and just recently came back to try it out, and so far I've started a new character on 3 different servers just to find people to play with, but it hasn't been easy.

Basically what I've been doing and what many of you are saying to be really easy - is trying to find a linkshell. I have very politely shouted for an active social linkshell on the streets of Ul'dah, but I really haven't had any luck on any of the servers I've tried.

On the first character that was on Lindblum, it took me 4 evenings of throwing shouts every 15-30mins while crafting in Ul'dah for around 3-5hours per session to get in a Linkshell, sadly the LS didn't really fit into the "social and active" category, because it only had 2-4 (counting me) people on at best. Decided to try another server a few days after.

The next one I tried was Figaro, being one of the highest populated server I had high hopes of finding people to play with here, but surprisingly it happened to be the worst case for me. 4 evenings of throwing LS shouts in Ul'dah and not a single reply, even though I had a rough week at work and couldn't really get myself to spend more than one or two hours for shouting, I was pretty disappointed by the lack of replys.

The third and so far the last server I've tried after coming back is Selbina. Took a few evenings to find a linkshell here and I actually had to apply from their page to get in, but that's fine. The thing that isn't fine though is the fact that people in the LS start to wake up when I'm about to go to sleep. So yeah, still no real luck here.

So please, go ahead and try to make a character from scratch and see how fast you can actually get into an active Linkshell and group activities. Also the people who are in big Linkshells and are saying that getting in a Linkshell with a character that has basically nothing done is easy and fast, I have a question for you - is YOUR LS actually taking new members or not? I'm afraid quite many of you actually figure out that the answer is no - you probably have to have at least one level50 job or other stuff like that. Believe me, I've read quite a few LS requirements.

Also you're probably wondering what timezone I'm at if english speaking players are waking up when I'm about to hit the bed - I live in eastern Europe and I'm on pretty much the opposite timezone to NA for example, not much I can do about it for now. I guess I could try to learn japanese really fast or try to find an EU LS, which both seem quite hard tasks to complete atm. But if someone can point me towards a server with big EU population that doesn't only speak french or german, I'd highly appreciate it.



You do realize that at lower levels (I say it again; LOWER LEVELS, that being 20 and under) even matches actually give you like 120 exp and require you to stand still and rest after the kill?

Also, solo exp has been miles away from FFXIV party exp for nearly a year now, don't try to imply that it has been close, or too close to the exp gain. And now they actually made the party exp to have much, much larger gap to solo exp than before.

And to everyone, do any of you remember how SE was (or is) advertising FFXIV? They were saying it is a game for all kinds of players, solo players, group players, casual and hardcore alike. They said you could play it alone casually and still progress in it, but I don't imagine a new player seeing that now after joining the game and getting beat to the ground by a 3 levels higher squirrel.

I think you might have be hasty about leaving Lindblum in your case. First of all, Lindblum has a fairly large EU population and during EU prime hours, there are usually plenty of players online to group with. I actually had a hard time finding an NA linkshell at first on Lindblum because my playing hours were meshing more with the EU schedule. There are plenty of people online during NA evenings as well. Lindblum is far from a ghost town server - lots of players on at pretty much any time except FridaySat nights NA time.

There are usually plenty of shouts in town for dungeon runs, linkshells recruiting, exp parties, etc.

[GreatLeviathan]

You know all those ls people that powerlvl someone should be banned for cheating. As you all say it's an ONLINE game and not to solo bla bla bla..
Well on every single game doing something like powerleveling is caled cheating/ stats padding or stat exploiting..
So ?

[Kopuno]

I just solo'ed 80k Xp in Nanawa Mines with GC Leve's. In a couple hours. Hell I've never solo'ed that much since Alpha. I actually enjoyed it, and this is coming from someone who generally hates soloing and Leve's.

[Kona4me]

Heres the issue.

Right now a monster of equal level is an even match, this is how it should always be. Whats the point in showing the monster level if they aren't on level footing with you at the same level?

So yeah, killing a monster 1 or 2 levels above you should be tougher.

In your opening post, you aren't complaining about fighting a monster 3 levels higher then you (which in itself should be tough) you are complaining about fighting THREE of them. And now you are complaining about fighting TWO monsters that are 3 levels higher than you.

Learn your limits, they are different from what they used to be and playing alone will not allow you to progress at the same speed as those that work together.

You hit the point nothing more can be said on this issue .

[LemmingKingXXX]

I just solo'ed 80k Xp in Nanawa Mines with GC Leve's. In a couple hours. Hell I've never solo'ed that much since Alpha. I actually enjoyed it, and this is coming from someone who generally hates soloing and Leve's.

which is consistent with what others including myself are finding, that after 25 soloing starts to get much easier as long as you still stick to a minimal spread about your own level