Thoughts on a solo instance

Think he basically wants to play with himself and not have to be bothered with anyone else.

Maybe they should take away companions also so he can truely be by himself.

Next time don't 'think'

The OP proposed ONE solo instance. Something Bioware themselves have said they're going to introduce anyway (bare with me, looking for the link). One instance...not every instance will be made soloable but just one new one for those that like to mix up their gaming between grouping AND solo play.

Your sig needs a bit more thought too imo

Grouping should be the incentive to grouping. Playing with your friends to have fun. If incentives are required to get folks to group, then clearly grouping isn't what they WANT to do. And why would you try to convince them to do something they don't want to do?

Umm.. have you NOT leveled from 1 - 50?

good portion of quest in planet is solo instanced - that the one where you pass thru green glowing doorway.

In fact, I think all the "end-of-quest-line" are instanced.

And you can tell they are solo cause it doesn't have [HEROIC #]

And I do believe almost ALL class quest are instanced.

Sooo.... wanting something we been doing pretty much for whole time since launch is laughable?

I personally think there's a dogmatic view of MMO grouping that's actually hurting the grouping community.

Let's say there's a great piece of armor, and two instances to get it.

One is an easier instance, that has you fighting easier mobs, but at the end of the instance you get the gear.

The other is a group instance, that has you fighting mobs 4 times as hard, but gives 4 times the xp (split 4 ways, making it even out). At the end you get the same gear.

Imagine how much more fun that group instance would be if all the people that are only in it for the gear are over in the solo instance. Every person in your group is in it because they like to group, and they enjoy the challenge and they enjoy the cooperation.

I think adding the solo instance would improve grouping, not hurt it, because it would make the experience itself much, much better.

And if the counter argument is, "If you do that, nobody would do the group content just because the other way is easier" then my question is, why waste the time developing group content if group content isn't what people want to play? I think they do want to play it. And I think letting the experience of the adventure be the incentive, the quality of grouping would improve dramatically.

Again, just my probably wrong opinion.

So ... You want:

- Purely solo content in an endgame MMO.

- Content that is roughly half the size of an entire starting zone planet.



Seriously, why not log & play Torchlight instead?

As I have said before there is to much solo play in this game and not enought MMO. 99% of anyones gameplay is solo with their companion and the companion doesnt mean its not solo.

If everything is solo why would you pay a sub to play online. To run an operation that take 1-2 hours to finish.

One instance. You think thats it? This is just the beginning. Next will be a solo instance for each multiplayer instance they add because I mean once they add a new raid instance with better gear they will have to also add a new solo instance with equivilant gear.

Maybe instead they should add more multiplaying content so the OP doesnt get bored instead of making single player content in an MMO. That I would have no problems with.

The OP said it himself "This would have to almost be a totally new game in that it would take a lot of work to design.". You really want them to make a new game and spend all this time on it to make it solo. Its an MMO.

Would also like to know what the OP really expects the rewards to be from this solo instance. Also how would you balance it between tanks healers and DPS.

There would be tons off QQ threads about the rewards are not the same as raid rewards or that they are to hard for certain classes with companions they prefer as to other classes whick in returns just means a dumbed down version that good players can clear in 30 mins instead of the 7 hours it takes casual baddies to do it. Which in returns means even more nerfs so they can do it in their casual playtime of 30 mins.

This game is already to much of a single player game, no reason to make it more of one. Maybe they can just make it playable offline also so I dont have to pay a sub for a single player game.

My sig is just stating something by all the fanboiz of this game in the forums prove.