Quote Originally Posted by Xirean View Post
Having limitations or being less skilled is not a reason to say those players don't get to play with other people. People should be able to play multiplayer or single player and enjoy the game regardless. It's not a situation of "you're not good enough for people so go play with bots."
This ^

Additionally, whilst it definitely has benefits, the downsides of playing that way are:
- takes a lot longer
- NPCs rarely use AOE attacks
- I found that I picked up aggro before the NPC tank did (since the NPC tanks tend to, as noted, focus on single-target attacks)
- you don't receive player commendations
- it's rather unforgiving if you die - none of the NPCs can revive you and you get sent back to the start, which can often mean quite a trek to reach the point you were at before being KO'ed.

Personally, I also missed the sense of 'community' that often follows - whilst it doesn't always happen, I've sometimes encountered players who wanted to offer some encouragement.

However, in contrast to the generally low opinions of poorly-performing players being expressed here on the forums, my experience of in-game teams is that they're almost always very forgiving of inexperienced or low-performing players, particularly if you take the time to tell them (in chat).