Alpha First Look: Video 5 - Quests and Combat

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Shoulda made some friends. We did everything in a party.

But seriously though, your argument is kind of an insult to people who share the same opinion as you. I mean..think about..

You are in love with party play, I respect that. But it sounds to me that you will only play in a party if the game forces you to. Do you just not have the incentive to play in a party on your own? Or do you only play in a party when you have to?

that is funny cause i went threw many guilds and every one of them were dead silent no matter how much you talk. most the time they don't even reply back even when you talk let alone keep convo's going. i assume you were on vent with people where lets face it is the only place people gather and talk in for these types of mmo's.

in ffxi on the other hand i was in multiple endgame linkshells that were full, many socials and a handfull of static shells for small game endgame like salvage. along with that everyday i partied with new players and it wasn't 5mins so even if it was quite most the time you still had some very enjoyable jokes and covo's here and there. and made good friends when you realize that 2-3 people are still the original players from when you first started the party 6-10hrs ago lol.

as for forced play yes most likely it has to be, i'm not gonna do it if it's easier and same exp solo'ing. i'm not gonna spend an hour putting a party together to get the same exp. one it would be hard to get a group 2. then i just waisted my time while others speed threw solo. don't get me wrong in ffxi i played tag and hid and seek in jueno with my one linkshell lmao. was boring and i quit very soon after but i just can't get into stuff like that. doing a suicide with poison pots in jueno was entertaining but it wasn't like an everyday part of the game. i like progression and party, it's a good mix

on a last note, by the end of ffxi if you did every type of content you probably could play 16hours a day and always have something to do and all of it was with groups, with the same players for most and lots of stuff to do with shouts and small man stuff with new people. so yeah forced grouping is where it's at on the fun factor for me.