The Solo disease?

[Azurus]

heres a direct paste from wikipedia,
Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D[1] or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997. It was derived from miniature wargames with a variation of the Chainmail game serving as the initial rule system.[2] D&D's publication is widely regarded as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry.[3]
D&D departs from traditional wargaming and assigns each player a specific character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Master serves as the game's referee and storyteller, while also maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur. The characters form a party that interacts with the setting's inhabitants (and each other). Together they solve dilemmas, engage in battles and gather treasure and knowledge.[3] In the process the characters earn experience points to become increasingly powerful over a series of sessions.

A MUD (originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain),[1][2] pronounced /ˈmʌd/, is a multiplayer real-time virtual world described primarily in text. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read or view descriptions of rooms, objects, other players, non-player characters, and actions performed in the virtual world. Players typically interact with each other and the world by typing commands that resemble a natural language.
Traditional MUDs implement a role-playing video game set in a fantasy world populated by fictional races and monsters, with players choosing classes in order to gain specific skills or powers. The object of this sort of game is to slay monsters, explore a fantasy world, complete quests, go on adventures, create a story by roleplaying, and advance the created character. Many MUDs were fashioned around the dice-rolling rules of the Dungeons & Dragons series of games.
research ftw

[Frisque]

It's like watching Bravo.... you want to turn it off but you can't look away....

Anyways:

If someone is rude ignore them I've been told this many times, when I try to get ppl to understand me. (which they do not nor wish to.)

But all in all I still think it is very rude to come to forum of an mmo say who you are, and stand on a soapbox and declare to everyone that you hate grouping, and avoid it whenever possible..

You've made it abundantly clear in your hundred-odd posts that you disagree with the OP and think he is rude. You could do your part to make the community a better place by taking your own (albeit second-hand) advice and just put the OP on your ignore list.

Just my $.02

[odette]

i agree with SOLOING lvl up for the class, like a WoW system, the BIG problem with FFXI you need lvl speciallyclass if you wanna receive invite for lvl up party, sometimes is ridiculous waiting for hours for lvl up party
in WoW you level alone or group, but endgame is in big group and raid bosses really are more hard that HNM

[Asmeret]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...erning_content

"As a consequence of the open structure, Wikipedia "makes no guarantee of validity" of its content, since no one is ultimately responsible for any claims appearing in it.[110] Concerns have been raised regarding the lack of accountability that results from users' anonymity,[111] the insertion of spurious information,[112] vandalism, and similar problems.

Wikipedia has been accused of exhibiting systemic bias and inconsistency;[16] additionally, critics argue that Wikipedia's open nature and a lack of proper sources for much of the information makes it unreliable.[113] "

[Azurus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...erning_content

"As a consequence of the open structure, Wikipedia "makes no guarantee of validity" of its content, since no one is ultimately responsible for any claims appearing in it.[110] Concerns have been raised regarding the lack of accountability that results from users' anonymity,[111] the insertion of spurious information,[112] vandalism, and similar problems.

Wikipedia has been accused of exhibiting systemic bias and inconsistency;[16] additionally, critics argue that Wikipedia's open nature and a lack of proper sources for much of the information makes it unreliable.[113] "

feel free to double check any of that info, just because wikipedia is incorrect in some things does not mean that it often does not carry legitimate and accurate knowledge. Next time ill be sure to find a scholarly journal or case study, perhaps ill write a grad school dissertation on moms, muds and dnd that way there is some scholarly sources for this subject. until then i believe the info contained in those particular wiki articles are legitimate and accurate.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

feel free to double check any of that info, just because wikipedia is incorrect in some things does not mean that it often does not carry legitimate and accurate knowledge. Next time ill be sure to find a scholarly journal or case study, perhaps ill write a grad school dissertation on moms, muds and dnd that way there is some scholarly sources for this subject. until then i believe the info contained in those particular wiki articles are legitimate and accurate.

Or just go look up dungeon and dragons. The wiki info is correct though many rpg do base their style off D&D much like "dice roll" or the newly used "RGN". But it is said the D7D paved the way for rpg and co-op rpg.
Even several MUD do credit D&D when you look up the "what are MUD?"

[Roaran]

Comes down to this: Whether to solo or not, it is a personal choice. If the developers are smart, they will develop a majority of the content for the majority of the player base.

Because they are physically limited by human capabilities, they are only able to produce a certain quantity of content. If a majority of the players play solo and a minority play group, one can assume the developers will likely create a majority of the content for solo players and a minority of the content for group players.

Irregard of all personal feelings, this is what drives development. The reality is, not everyone purely plays entirely within a group or entirely alone. So one can assume development will have some mix of the two. It then becomes a decision on what type of content to offer to solo players and group players.

I don't understand the OP's point or if there even is one... and I skipped through most of this thread, but arguing anything other than the type of content offered to each player base seems like the only tangible object to even be debated.

[Dreadnought]

"in WoW/Rift/... u can solo to max level , howerver ,if u party (dungeons) u get some nice xp , plus items to help u leveling /PvP "
works for many people with jobs but want to get those extra 10 levels/uber gear over the weekend in groups or dungeons.
the people who have more free time are the ones who dont have as many credit cards to pay for video games.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

Pretty much forums breing out the worst in people. Instand of communitcating or socilizing people just debate/ fight. I try to never judge people by their posts. And will try to talk to them about how to better word things so either not causing uneeded drama, but so no one is misunderstanding them. Its a habit :P (used to proof read alot for my schools newspaper)

[Dreadnought]

i like to solo i dont see anything wrong with it.
instead of reading 43 pages of peoples arguing and who is doing what wrong, i figured i too would just drop my 2 cents.
I solo alot because i enjoy my character. soloing can be peaceful, rewarding in a few ways over grouping, and if you RP (i kinda sorta do, just not majorly) then soloing allows you time to really immerse yourself with your character, which is what works for me.
i also solo because i enjoy the game updates, the new story lines, level increases, theres alot to playing an MMO behind grouping.
i however, do not go out of my way to avoid grouping, as far as im concerned im just playing with more ingame NPCs which would probably happen in my guys world anyway. if i need a group or if im bored then im all for it.