Love this game,Only one complaint

[CrazyCanukk]

I really really dislike the fact i am forced into group events to progress the main story. Ive never been a big player in groups, dungeons etc. Im not very good at group roles and have always been a PVE player mainly.

I cant progress the main story unless i do the "The Things We Do for Cheese" and i have to complete the dungeon just to get a main quest item. I really wish they have a single player version of these events and didnt force me into groups.

[LeeraSorlan]

its an MMO.its kind of expected that you will be playing with others at some point.


luckily you can entirely turn off your chat and completely ignore them, as the content you are required to do is very face to keyboard worthy

[CrazyCanukk]

its an MMO.its kind of expected that you will be playing with others at some point.


luckily you can entirely turn off your chat and completely ignore them, as the content you are required to do is very face to keyboard worthy

not totally true but i see your point. In ESO i can progress through the whole story and never be forced to group.. same with SWtor.. running delves in ESO our still playing alone but assist other players at times and public dungeons are the same. Swtor you dont group unless you que for it..

My issue is they are forcing me to get in a group just to progress the main story.. if i choose not to group...i cant finish the story.

[RaijinSupreme]

not totally true but i see your point. In ESO i can progress through the whole story and never be forced to group.. same with SWtor.. running delves in ESO our still playing alone but assist other players at times and public dungeons are the same. Swtor you dont group unless you que for it..

My issue is they are forcing me to get in a group just to progress the main story.. if i choose not to group...i cant finish the story.

wait, I don't understand.

You said in Swtor you don't group unless you que for it, and apparently you don't have an issue with that.

But that's the exact same thing here. For the quest you mentioned, you have to do the brayflox long stop dungeon, which you can que for.

Why are you ok with queuing in Swtor, but not in ffxiv?

[savageink]

wait, I don't understand.

You said in Swtor you don't group unless you que for it, and apparently you don't have an issue with that.

But that's the exact same thing here. For the quest you mentioned, you have to do the brayflox long stop dungeon, which you can que for.

Why are you ok with queuing in Swtor, but not in ffxiv?

You are misreading it. He said he doesn't have to do group content in SWTOR. The last statement is separate. You only have to if you want to, the story is not dependent on it.

[KisaiTenshi]

not totally true but i see your point. In ESO i can progress through the whole story and never be forced to group.. same with SWtor.. running delves in ESO our still playing alone but assist other players at times and public dungeons are the same. Swtor you dont group unless you que for it..

My issue is they are forcing me to get in a group just to progress the main story.. if i choose not to group...i cant finish the story.

Just use the Duty Finder.

As someone who prefers to do the least amount of content in groups, I know what it's like in other games having to practically beg people to do content. At least in FFXIV you don't ever have to do this except for Coil/Extreme Duties.

If they ever bring back the Adventuring Fellow Path Companion mechanic, which is for all intents identical to SWTOR's Ship Crew, that would probably be a viable way to allow "solo" play through some content but it would never be useful or smart enough for high end content.

[Bluejay]

not totally true but i see your point. In ESO i can progress through the whole story and never be forced to group.. same with SWtor.. running delves in ESO our still playing alone but assist other players at times and public dungeons are the same. Swtor you dont group unless you que for it..

My issue is they are forcing me to get in a group just to progress the main story.. if i choose not to group...i cant finish the story.

ESO and SWTOR (both favorites of mine, I still play ESO) were heavily criticized for not 'really' being MMO's but just Single Player games with MMO trappings. FF14 is often praised as one of the few MMO's that actually is true to its MMO roots and requires groups for content. It's a major selling point for the game. If you don't like group requirements I would recommend moving to a different MMO as the grouping requirements for FF14 get much much worse as you progress. Most of the end game content is group based and progressing past a certain point will be only possible through group content.

[Nandalowell]

MMORPG= Massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

It's the way the game is meant to be played. Tank probably isn't the best role if you don't like working in a group either.. >3>

[CrazyCanukk]

MMORPG= Massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

It's the way the game is meant to be played. Tank probably isn't the best role if you don't like working in a group either.. >3>

Im 50 years old and played mmo's since WoW was released.. I kind of know what one is.

Still dont like being forced to group with people. it should be a choice..... i shouldnt have my main story progression stopped and pretty much cant finish the game because im forced to group up.

[Nandalowell]

Im 50 years old and played mmo's since WoW was released.. I kind of know what one is.

Still dont like being forced to group with people. it should be a choice..... i shouldnt have my main story progression stopped and pretty much cant finish the game because im forced to group up.

I wasn't insulting your intelligence, just reiterating games in this genre, this one especially, are usually made with grouping up in mind. It just seems silly to ask them to make a 7 year old game more solo friendly but more power to you old man.