Why do people want solo play in an MMORPG?

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Link? Quote? What people are you talking about???

Is FFXIV your first and only MMO?

Some people don't like being forced into social interaction.

Some of those same people like playing MMOs.

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edit: Missed 2 words.

(Personally, I will just wait until friends log in, but I can see why others solo)

Developers trying to pander to Solo only players and group play players ontop of the crowd who craves PvP is why MMOs have been crap lately, because of people who fear spending time in an MMO or doing group stuff throughout rather than just 1% of the game.

Sadly though, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game dropped the Multiplayer aspect because people who think MMOs should be solo personal playgrounds. So these days, MMOs are more MOGs than anything. Having the option to solo is fine, but developers took that option to being the standard.

Also i think it would be ridiculous if normal/random mobs were so hard, you must party. Wouldn't make sense, unless there's an army of them, and they are linked. But i think it's fine with raids/instances being party driven, while normal content is soloable.

It doesn't make sense to be able to solo most of your gameplay in a MMO either. There's a plethora of offline games that suit that.