Thread: 4.1 Adventurer Squadron Updates

Originally Posted by Rokke

Do you want players to interact with each other or no? Cross world whatnots allow people who want to play with other people to..you know, play with more people.

If this explanation of what playing with others in an MMORPG is supposed to be is not enough, I don't know what would be. I couldn't have said it much better myself.

As with regards to the squadrons playable in dungeons, it is not for all dungeons. So new contents would still be played with actual players. Like what others have said, soloing a dungeon is already existing so having your squadron with you shouldn't be an issue. There are players out there who could probably use the squadrons to practice doing dungeons which may increase their confidence to play said dungeons with actual players.
Sometimes one just have to check what benefits a new feature can offer instead of bashing it down before it can even be released.

Originally Posted by SnowyPoupa

Just a question then :
It is going to be allowed for roulettes ?For example leveling ?
Or only for specific so you can farm your pets and so on ?
Also it will apply on raids that we can unsync and Trials ?

Likelihood is next to none for roulettes and probably not for a long time on unsync'd raids/trials. You gotta keep in mind we're talking about the devs who are extremely hesitant about the idea of soloing in general. It's the exact reason why we have to conform to holy trinity setups (unless you pre-made a full party for the content involved), why nerfs to jobs like SMN and their pet tanks are so harsh, and why we cannot undersize current content without manipulating the system unnecessarily. We can't even undersize 24-man raids (I think).

It would not surprise me if they hit us with the first 3 low level dungeons as the only accessible Squadron areas. Then by the end of SB, we'd at best be able to bring them to the end of ARR MSQ dungeons. A rather lackluster thought if that were true, given the pace of such dungeon access release, but the devs aren't exactly well-known for proper execution of new, yet very simple, ideas. See Diadem and The Hunt for just a couple references.

Originally Posted by Solemn

Avoid this argument. There are two parts to the term "MMORPG", there is the "MMO" and there is the "RPG". Some play for both, some play for one or the other. Some just happen to like the IP, which would be especially likely in a game like this, tied one of the most popular RPG franchises in the history of ever.

I agree. Avoiding the blind argument is honestly the best thing to do. I'm personally of the solo-preferred playstyle, but I don't hate the party play at all. That should honestly be the extent of it for anyone, regardless of style of choice. This is what the genre is and how the populous chooses to play is their own within the limitations permitted.

Further, as others have pointed out, we have been able to solo dungeons for a long time, now. Yet, years after ARR, I'm still CONSTANTLY, ANNOYINGLY ROLLING THE FIRST 3 DUNGEONS IN EVERY LEVELING ROU FOR 2 WEEKS NOW WTF so, history suggests your concerns are unwarranted.

Well to be fair, it is a different situation given how most jobs/players can't really solo dungeons of their level, unlike how it seems it'll be with Squadrons. That's pretty much it though.

Personally, I'm very excited to have more things to do with my squad. It worked wonderfully in Guild Wars. I hope the system is as well-developed as I'm imagining it to be.

Again, agreed. I don't know how it worked for GW, but if Squadrons can function similarly to how they do in XI with the Trust system, then it'd be quite the improvement to QoL possibilities. Then again, I'd imagine they'll function similar to how NPCs do in current combat situations, which is mindlessly basic. Should work out fine for this game though with that low of an AI.

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