I thought this was a "massively multiplayer game"

[Peprika]

nah i disagree, players had more then enough time to learn how to play the game before level 10. it never effected them on how to play in a group in ff11. and that game did perfectly fine. sorry, hiding all the multiplayer features untill after the game is done is frankly bad game design. it should be found throughout the game.

[Hawklaser]

I'm a bit mixed on the frequent solo content. Coming from FFXI where it could often take 2 or more hours to get a group for some things, the main story being mostly solo able is nice. However I would also have loved a more group based progression prior to endgame as well. The ideal MMO for me would have both solo and group progression being viable for all of the pre-end game, even if the solo way was slower and less efficient. Very little grouping along the way to the end game tends to result in a bad community in the end.

[Sayura_]

I played the whole main story quest with my bf and every single side quest together. We each had to do our own class quest instances but it was very easy to play together. Granted we did slow down to make sure we weren't rushing past one another. Now at end-game we're always grouped for dungeons. The only solo things we do are crafting/gathering.

[Alavastre]

Currently doable in groups:
Quests
Story Quests unless there is an instance
FATES
Dungeons
Guildhests
Primal Fights

Currently not doable as a party:
Instanced story quests
Leves

OP, looks like reality is against you.

[Kosmos992k]

For being in the category of MMOG, this game has so many mechanisms that force people into solo play its ridiculous.**snip**

It's just really saddening to have to play half the game solo when my gaming partner is sitting right next to me doing the same content... alone.

It just doesn't make any sense. Please allow at least light parties to enjoy all of the awesome content this game has as a group - don't force us to play ALONE when we are all paying to play a game TOGETHER.

Party up, every FATE you work you will help each other, and you can also run linked leve quests as long as you are both of a level required to run the leve, and have accepted them from the levemete. Other than solo story quests and GC quests, I think everything else is either multi-player capable or multi-player required..

Currently not doable as a party:
Instanced story quests
Leves

You can take the Leves off that list, you can run leves as linked leves in a party as long as everyone meets the requirements of the leve. The only ones you can't run that way are Grand Company leves.

[Tareel]

Massively multiplayer does not mean that every single piece of content should require a group.

IMHO, an MMOG should be flexible about group sizes so that people can play with who they want to play with.

That said, the forced solo on story missions and GC leves can be annoying when you want to play with others.

[LordSideKicks]

To Op . I and my wife do thing together like she craftand I do the shard farming. We play dungeons together all the time. Sometime mix around with other ppl and chatting. We did not play together until lvl 50 btw.

[Dorfentyme]

This game also has by far the smallest MMO world to have come out in a long time. I think Wizard 101's world might be bigger.

Before I get picked apart by fanboys, that was a JOKE.

But the world is super tiny.

[Sidious]

I see what you guys are saying but partying takes up time. SE is heading into the right direction. Noone has enough time now to play for hours and hours. Making a party requires time!

I fail to see how this is the "right direction". Every ultra-casual P2P MMO released in recent memory has fallen on its face shortly after release.

MMO's take time. If you don't have time, then I'm sorry to say that you need to be looking into another genre to participate in. Period.

[Gazelleee]

let's be real here.

Duty Finder is solo play.

You can literally Q for an AK or something, run the entire dungeon for your tomes, without anyone saying a single word.