Solo Being Left Behind

[NoctisUmbra]

Solo being left behind? In a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game? Oh heavens no!

[Geesus]

I work 8 hours a day, have two dogs, and a wife. Meaning, I need to be able to level up a char or do some form of out of group activity that builds toward getting to group content with friends I have that don't work 8 hrs, have 2 dogs and a wife.

I'll do you a few better sir/madam;
I work 8 hours a day, 2 hours in traffic round trip. Single Dad with 2 boys, 2 cats, 2 snakes. I have training Saturdays with my oldest son, which btw is only 9. I just solo'd Thm frm 22-30 in about 4 hours doing leves alone and maybe a Behest or 2.

Time management is what it comes down too. It's not the games fault you can't do X. If your Wife doesn't play and you get aggro; you may want to play something else where you aren't what seems to be so stressed about a game. *shrug*

[SionDurant]

I'll do you a few better sir/madam;
I work 8 hours a day, 2 hours in traffic round trip. Single Dad with 2 boys, 2 cats, 2 snakes. I have training Saturdays with my oldest son, which btw is only 9. I just solo'd Thm frm 22-30 in about 4 hours doing leves alone and maybe a Behest or 2.

Time management is what it comes down too. It's not the games fault you can't do X. If your Wife doesn't play and you get aggro; you may want to play something else where you aren't what seems to be so stressed about a game. *shrug*

Epic,

Time manage your life so you can play a game? That's disgusting. Point is and this is not even something any same person should bother debating is a game should be made for all players.

Whether you agree or not that's what it takes to have a vibrant game community.

Ps I'm not the one that's frustrated enough to type a rebuttal to a "seemingly frustrated gamer" with snide remarks and imagined emotional reactions such as "shrugs".

Officially done arguing. You should ask yourself, do you want to see xiv expansions? Another ff online game? If so you wouldn't try to chide everyone who raises an objective POV.

If you think that xiv will stay open and updated with infinite funds and only 200k to 400k subscribers you don't know the financial world.

Thanks all for the attempt! See ya in Eorzea, or maybe not.

[Kaeko]

Not sure what you're trying to point out there, but that post was to show that defense DOES indeed do something.

I'm leveling ARC solo right now (30ish). It's difficult and slow, but I'm doing it. I always make sure to have both stoneskin and protect on before battles.

This poster is correct. DEF matters a lot on normal EXP targets for the most part. It only starts not to matter on NMs and things like Primals. PLDs love to quote this post saying DEF is "useless" but what they really should say is it is "useless on high dLVL NMs". DEF is very, very strong on normal "trash mobs". This is why the solution to GLA/PLD damage reduction is not increasing DEF. This would make you do better on NMs, but completely overpower you on the other 99.9% of the content.

[Kitfox]

Soloing is very doable on all classes. Of course, the classes are different, so the kill speed and playstyle is a little different depending on class.

Tips: Assign useful cross class ablities for your current class' playstyle. Have up to date equipment, update every ~5-10 levels. Engage enemies that you can defeat most efficiently. That doesn't always mean engaging mobs 2-3 levels over your own (I actually often set leve mobs to EVEN or 2-3 levels LOWER level than what I am).

Enjoy the game!

[Geesus]

Epic,

Time manage your life so you can play a game? That's disgusting. Point is and this is not even something any same person should bother debating is a game should be made for all players.

Whether you agree or not that's what it takes to have a vibrant game community.

Ps I'm not the one that's frustrated enough to type a rebuttal to a "seemingly frustrated gamer" with snide remarks and imagined emotional reactions such as "shrugs".

Officially done arguing. You should ask yourself, do you want to see xiv expansions? Another ff online game? If so you wouldn't try to chide everyone who raises an objective POV.

If you think that xiv will stay open and updated with infinite funds and only 200k to 400k subscribers you don't know the financial world.

Thanks all for the attempt! See ya in Eorzea, or maybe not.

HAHA priceless. I didn't chide you at all and my "imagined emotional reaction" is the exact same "reaction" I would have if we were standing face to face.

Now I'll be a d!ck; if you want solo content, play a solo game. This game has that ability but don't start another useless thread because you can't handle your life and a game at the same time and look for responses from people to "feel for you" because you have a job and a wife and 2 dogs. Also, SE "won't go into the ground" because this game doesn't fit YOUR play style. Maybe you should have done some research before you put in your whole 10$ for a subscription.

If you want easy content go play another game. This is a FF series and if you have EVER played one including XI which was WAY more time consuming than XIV is you might get how this whole industry works. Either way, pic below just for you and if you send me your address, I'll send you some f*cking tissues too.

[Ruisu]

If you think that xiv will stay open and updated with infinite funds and only 200k to 400k subscribers you don't know the financial world.

There are plenty of MMOs that do this already. EVE, FFXI, SWG before it was shut down, etc. You don't need 1million+ subs for a game to be successful, especially with monthly fees.

[Frein]

If you think Melee outdoes DoM, you're crazy. 2 Casts and every mob dies, no need to worry about health, one cure max health, no need to wait for TP. MP? I got that, Blessed Mind or Sanguine Rite.

CNJ nukes are very MP-inefficient and the low HP and defense means you have to start curing yourself very early into a battle that doesn't immediately end to your initial nukes. I haven't leveled CNJ past 1.19 (boy was it strong before combos) but I have done so for GLA and PGL and I find them to be quite fine and I solo leves with +2 levels with no issues. At +3 the dLevel penalties become too harsh and that makes some leves unsoloable.

At L50 LNC also solos equal or slightly above level mobs very well and a couple days ago I used DRG to solo exp chain up to 4, possibly 5, several times while farming Unmarked Keystones. It's no WAR who can solo huge packs at L50, but if I had been nuking non-stop as CNJ all that time I'd have gone OOM long before my DRG had to stop pulling.

[leomike35]

I wish I knew how to start a thread. I must be missing something. I have ideas for things in game but can only share then with ppl during game play.

[SionDurant]

Well,

This wasn't really about anything at 50, it's early levels I was discussing.

I noticed WHM nukes as soon as I hit 45 had disproportionate MP increases, not sure if this is the same for BLM. DRG solo's perfectly fine by the time it reaches 45 from what I understand. But I don't want to create anymore flames so I dropped it.

People are entitled to their opinions.