More content for solo players?

[Suneater]

Final Fantasy is a party-based RPG series. Leves are your solo content. If you want to play a single player game then boot up your PS3 and play one of the other dozen or so FF games because MMOs are NOT single player games.

[Noblewar]

Your analogy doesn't work for MMORPG games like EVE Online, Star Trek Online, and even FFXI because they all have content/events for solo players to participate in.

Actually her analogy is right. You might think its silly of me to compare a video game to sports but technically they are games as well... and well you don't play Football or Basketball to play by yourself. Yes you can throw a football around or shoot hoops but then you are not playing the game of football or basketball, you are doing something similar.

Same goes for MMO's most people/gamers are here to be part of a community like athletes are a part of theirs.

[Peptaru]

MMORPG = people sharing an online world. Nothing more, nothing less. There should be content available for both solo and party content. MMORPG doesn't mean party all day, nor (edit for spellin) does it mean solo all day, it means share the same world, which is a world that anyone who is online can interact with (secret: in whichever way they choose!).

[Andrien]

Well duh there always exceptions, and varying levels of solo content...but where is the majority of the content in those MMO games? Party Play. Duh, its an MMORPG. If solo content was the focus it wouldnt be, derp, an MMORPG.

I'm being snarky but the point is that while games may add solo content, it is generally not the focus. Whether you like my analogy or not, if your focus is more on solo content dont look for it in an MMORPG. If I want to go snowboarding the first place I'm gonna go isn't going to be Africa. I mean seriously. They might build a few artifical snow resorts somehow, but i'd be much better off hitting up Alaska or Canada. That was the point of the post, in case you missed it lol

I gave you 3 irrefutable factual examples from MMORPG games that I play. In EVE you have corporations but there is content you can solo as well. You have options, the more options the better because you pull a wider audience.

edit:
Your second paragraph, I'm not going to comment on speculations..

but yeah i kind of missed it.

[Naylia]

Howdy!

I got a response from Yoshi-P himself in regards to your questions about solo-content.

He mentioned that he is not really thinking about implementing solo-centric end-game content, but with the introduction of the content finder in version 2.0, it will make it easier to group up and challenge content without the stress of forming parties yourself. There are also plans to increase the number of quests as well.

If you just removed the silly party size requirements for entering dungeons you'd create tons of content for groups of all sizes...

[Lux_Rayna]

I gave you 3 irrefutable factual examples from MMORPG games that I play. In EVE you have corporations but there is content you can solo as well. You have options, the more options the better because you pull a wider audience.

edit:
Your second paragraph, I'm not going to comment on speculations..

but yeah i kind of missed it.

In all of those examples the majority of the content is geared towards multiplayer, but yes they do have a nice selection of solo content. That doesn't change the fact that the focus of those MMO's has always been on the multiplayer side. By focus, I mean where the majority of the resources are devoted to. If it was the other way around, as in the focus was on solo play but had a nice selection of multiplayer content (Dragon Quest IX), it would not be called an MMO.

I read those examples, which is why I asked where the main focus was in those games. It was multiplayer, since that is where the majority of the content was.

[indira]

need details on HD soon.

i have no idea what it can be.

[Rousseau]

MMORPG = people sharing an online world. Nothing more, nothing less. There should be content available for both solo and party content. MMORPG doesn't mean party all day, nor (edit for spellin) does it mean solo all day, it means share the same world, which is a world that anyone who is online can interact with (secret: in whichever way they choose!).

This should be quoted every time someone uses the argument that MMO = PARTIES.

[StateAlchemist]

Version 1.0 = Solo content.

[Felis]

Version 1.0 = Solo content.

Version 2.0 = solo content, too
Did you forget the treasure hunting for DoL? ^^
Chances to find a treasure map during gathering. It sound like a solo content.

But I hope PvP don't be solo content in 2.0 like 1 versus 1, but more party versus party or free company versus free company like in ragnarok online ^^
I don't like 1 versus 1 PvP