More content for solo players?

[Deltara]

I was thinking about this the other day, when i was shouting for days and days for a cutter's cry party.

FFXI was frustrating getting six people together and now i have to get eight? jeez-mon!

[Murugan]

I was all hyped up (and sad) when I heard about Hamlet Defense coming with this patch! But it got delayed u.u

What I would like to know is if they are planning to release more content for solo players.

I got pretty much all classes (but gladiator/paladin) to 50 from a long time ago and I already got all af pieces for all my available jobs (except whm body) and to be honest...besides shouting for parties for the new dungeons...I have NOTHING to do battle wise.

Sure I could go craft to finish leveling my culinarian or gather to finish my FSH...btu I like FIGHTING.

All in all there's no content, right now, (at least IMHO) for max level people and that worries me.

Well hamlet defense is not really for solo players (I have no idea what it will be like they claim it will be "multiple linkshells coming together" but I'm afraid it will still be more like Chocobo escorts due to "engine limitations".

What you are really asking for is help finding a group it seems like. Solo content at endgame would be what exactly? Quests? If they have anything useful to group content they are just a grind for people who don't want to solo since 99% of the time they are not very fun or challenging.

With so little content coming out before 2.0 I think group content has more longevity and should remain the primary focus. People still do Ifrit to get the gear for new friends/members, and it can be a continuous challenge as you do it with new players inexperienced at the fight.

[Irana]

Well hamlet defense is not really for solo players (I have no idea what it will be like they claim it will be "multiple linkshells coming together" but I'm afraid it will still be more like Chocobo escorts due to "engine limitations".

What you are really asking for is help finding a group it seems like. Solo content at endgame would be what exactly? Quests? If they have anything useful to group content they are just a grind for people who don't want to solo since 99% of the time they are not very fun or challenging.

With so little content coming out before 2.0 I think group content has more longevity and should remain the primary focus. People still do Ifrit to get the gear for new friends/members, and it can be a continuous challenge as you do it with new players inexperienced at the fight.

I gave an example of what solo content would be like right on the post above you :3

Nah I dont want help finding anything...I just said that for a high lvl player like me who has pretty much completed everything except for the new dungeons(and craft gathering which I despise)...theres nothing battle wise to do!

I could do leves for no reason I guess xD I just want to do soemthing rewarding for being a high level...something like in the examples above.

[Peptaru]

I solo'd alot in FF's even if it meant kiilling off all but one person. I then solo'd alot in FFXI and continue to solo alot in FFXIV. there is a huge lack of solo content in FFXIV compared to all the others, even if it was only challenges you could present yourself with. As for the statement that this is an MMO and solo players should suck it up or gtfo is just stupid, people have been sayin this since XI as well. Its always people who don't try to understand why solo content is enjoyable (or totally fail at solo play so they say they don't like it, but i'm not saying that's the case here) that make statements like that. Sorry if you don't like solo content or deem it worthy of further development, but there are tons of players who DO enjoy solo challenges. Content that gets added all requires 8 people to enter, let alone to finish. Yes that is party content and that is why it takes a party, but more solo content should be added as well. MMORPG doesn't mean you have to team up with everyone all the time, it means that many, many people are all playing in the same virtual world and can interact with each other. It doesn't mean that everyone should have to party to get things done or have fun. You see 1,000 people any given day? more? less? do you need these people helping you to do everything you do in your day?.... why should you HAVE to in the game? You can't go into the bar without a party of eight! (a stupid example to be sure, but hopefully you take my meaning)

[Rokien]

I solo'd alot in FF's even if it meant kiilling off all but one person. I then solo'd alot in FFXI and continue to solo alot in FFXIV. there is a huge lack of solo content in FFXIV compared to all the others, even if it was only challenges you could present yourself with. As for the statement that this is an MMO and solo players should suck it up or gtfo is just stupid, people have been sayin this since XI as well. Its always people who don't try to understand why solo content is enjoyable (or totally fail at solo play so they say they don't like it, but i'm not saying that's the case here) that make statements like that. Sorry if you don't like solo content or deem it worthy of further development, but there are tons of players who DO enjoy solo challenges. Content that gets added all requires 8 people to enter, let alone to finish. Yes that is party content and that is why it takes a party, but more solo content should be added as well. MMORPG doesn't mean you have to team up with everyone all the time, it means that many, many people are all playing in the same virtual world and can interact with each other. It doesn't mean that everyone should have to party to get things done or have fun. You see 1,000 people any given day? more? less? do you need these people helping you to do everything you do in your day?.... why should you HAVE to in the game? You can't go into the bar without a party of eight! (a stupid example to be sure, but hopefully you take my meaning)

Even though you solo'd, that doesn't make it content they made for you to just take one party member and you have to beat an epic boss.

[Peptaru]

Even though you solo'd, that doesn't make it content they made for you to just take one party member and you have to beat an epic boss.

that was simply to point out my desire for doing things solo at times, i wasn't saying that wasn't party content as i also mentioned having to kill off all but one person. with work however, nearly everything in every game was solo'able, such isn't the case in FFXIV. Even in that setting though, with more than one character it was still just me in control of it, so idk that you can say it isn't exactly solo'ing from one sense. i don't have to rely on other humans to control my other characters in the single player FFs. There will always be very powerful monsters that require parties to kill, there will always be "hard" dungeons that require parties to win.... but this shouldn't prevent solo content as well.

[SirOleas]

^Stupid example indeed.
Just because you're a lonely drunk IRL doesn't mean you deserve solo content. Nor does doing things solo make you a more skilled player than others who prefer to not be a lonely drunk in game. I'm sorry that you feel like solo content is lacking in a world consisting of thousands of people that you could make friends with and go do things with...

Oh wait....you're a lonely drunk who goes to the bar alone. What was I thinking? ~.~

All you have done here is prove a point about solo players: They are horrible at getting along with other players or have some kind of issue with doing things with other players. Kinda like making friends to go to the bar with.

Derp.

[Peptaru]

^Stupid example indeed.
Just because you're a lonely drunk IRL doesn't mean you deserve solo content. Nor does doing things solo make you a more skilled player than others who prefer to not be a lonely drunk in game. I'm sorry that you feel like solo content is lacking in a world consisting of thousands of people that you could make friends with and go do things with...

Oh wait....you're a lonely drunk who goes to the bar alone. What was I thinking? ~.~

All you have done here is prove a point about solo players: They are horrible at getting along with other players or have some kind of issue with doing things with other players. Kinda like making friends to go to the bar with.

Derp.

That was retarded, i don't drink IRL, as i stated it was just a bad example and apparently you failed to take the meaning. I have friends and do party content daily, that has nothing to do with my desire for solo content. grow up.

[Kyra]

Solo 50 instances would be nice.

[Morticous]

If you want solo content go play a one player game.