Solo Players - Thoughts?

So as the title says, this discussion will be based on solo players. I am currently in a glorious guild & community that I have been in for a long time so I don't personally plan on doing many things solo, but I know a lot of people enjoy doing a bunch of solo adventuring and perhaps maybe I have a solo character just to see how that turns out for some fun when the game launches.

So what are your thoughts on a few things.
What do you want as a solo player
Personally if I was to tackle this game solo and with the knowledge that it's tailored to group gameplay, I would say that for a solo experience I would like to see at least some things implemented in terms of content like for example; perhaps the tower of Carphin has a secret area that only allows one persons mortal coil to enter and it is essentially the same as other games with tower content, you kill trash, kill a boss go to the next level and the Mobs and bosses get harder and harder until you get to like the final boss and for that you really gotta be a skilled player in order to kill it. And with that keeping it to the Ashes sort of hardcore theme, if you die then have it set so you drop everything you got from the Tower till you leave the tower. Then when you leave it reverts to the dropping 20% of materials sorta thing, that way people cant just unalive to get out of the Tower quicker.

Perhaps you can even have mini little ships that you can take out to see and attempt to fight some see monsters etc without needing a massive ship?

Some smaller dungeons that aren't massive and filled with mountains of things, just a small little crack randomly in the side of a mountain with some little hidden corridors and traps etc. (obviously you can't stop people from swarming with guilds but going for bigger fish is more beneficial anyways, so why waste time)

How do you think the game will play out for solo players?
We already know the game isn't going to be tailored for solo players, but despite that I don't see it being impossible to play for solo players. I'm hoping that they implement some sort of LFG (calm down and wait, not a WoW LFG 😂), what I mean by LFG is probably the wrong wording but having the ability to go to a tavern or something and see like a board or something that shows groups and if they are getting a group together for a boss etc. It has the username who put it up and when and where to go, then you can message them and tell them to add to group and then you head over and done pretty much. Think that would be cool and immersive.

As for how it will play out potentially in reality, I see it being hard. I mean if you are artisan main then going round chopping trees and mining etc in the open world, it won't be terrible as long as you keep an eye out for people and stay away so you don't get attacked and loose materials. For people who want to do dungeons and open world stuff I can't really see that being an option to tackle solo unless you are very skilled and just very good at kiting Mobs and pulling set amounts etc. But even then I don't think you'd survive against the bosses haha.

The questing I think will be fine for solos for the most part and just enjoying a nice adventure will be amazing in the game with all the scenery, you could just be a travelling solo adventurer going from city to city meeting people and such. Perhaps even become a merchant and build connections and pay for people to defend your caravan etc.

What does everyone else think?

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Otr

Dygz wrote: »

You can get help from other players while playing Solo.
Solo is not synonymous with non-social.

Maybe we should agree on what solo means.
A player can be in a guild, being invited through the game, but might never talk in discord with them and never considering playing with them more than with any randoms.
In that case, if the player prefers to not group up, I call it a solo.
If he groups up with randoms when he needs a group using in-game group finder and not asking in the guild chat, I consider such a player just taking advantage of guild benefits. If he asks first in guild chat but nobody join then it is a casual guild which encourages playing with randoms.

Dungeons and raids are not for solo players. If they group with randoms, we may still call them soloers because they are not in a guild. But the OP explicitly said it wants dungeon sections where a single player can do things. If such sections exist probably will not be explicitly made for soloers and groups will just clean it up fast if it is even worth going there. Or maybe groups will just run through.

If there are more players in that sections who do not want to group, then they compete for drops, even if those are less valuable, just like groups will compete in the more difficult sections.
There will not be enough space for everybody, or better said not enough drops for everybody, because resource scarcity is part of the game design.

Economic systems require scarcity. And in a game, all scarcity is artificially created in an attempt to simulate supply/demand structures or as we would call them points of player friction. You may progress within your processing profession by being a member of a guild or family of a person who owns a freehold and has setup the infrastructure necessary for t4-5 processing. With the intent that players will be able through effort to find a way of progressing and accessing late game processing. If that is not the case through testing then we will adjust the designs as necessary in order to achieve the systems.[22]

IF soloers will end up playing together because they are citizens of the same node, and avoid citizens of other node chains because economic or political reasons, then I say AoC achieved it's goal.

Effah

i'd be fine with gathering/crafting as solo progression. maybe an option of lowering the material cost of an item but automatically making it untradable.

PrinceMaslama

I just want to cut trees and occasionally PvP. I've been a part of many guilds in many MMOs and I feel it saps the life out of you, so I'm planning to play on my own pace and do stuff that I find fun (lots of rp).

Slimurgical

I'm greedy in my requests, they probably won't be doable.

I've always wanted to play a taskmaster-like summoner, who controls minions who do menial work for him, like a 1-man factory crew, or at the very least, like a 1-man mining crew.
I've also always wanted to play as a "minion"-like character whose minions are permanent human followers he pays and can equip and gives them bonuses, kind of like a squad captain.
I'll also just settle to be a Summoner who just summons footmen, or just a summoner who summons minions that can either do very limited summoning of their own, or said minions can heal.

I just hope the exploration is amazing, so people can just dedicate their playstyle to just being pure explorers/surveyors/prospectors, etc.
If I go solo, I plan to try my hand on something related to Mercenary or contract work, or something that heavily synergizes with a more nomadic style.

Vospha

PrinceMaslama wrote: »

I just want to cut trees and occasionally PvP. I've been a part of many guilds in many MMOs and I feel it saps the life out of you, so I'm planning to play on my own pace and do stuff that I find fun (lots of rp).

Lots of RP and relaxing in Verra sounds fun 😁, I feel a lot of people will have the same solo experience with just gathering etc. Rather than gathering in a group, do you intend to group up with random people in the future for other content or are you planning on staying away from that side and sticking to only solo style play like gathering and RP etc.? Curious what approach you'll take with stay away from guilds 😊

Vospha

Slimurgical wrote: »

I'm greedy in my requests, they probably won't be doable.

I've always wanted to play a taskmaster-like summoner, who controls minions who do menial work for him, like a 1-man factory crew, or at the very least, like a 1-man mining crew.
I've also always wanted to play as a "minion"-like character whose minions are permanent human followers he pays and can equip and gives them bonuses, kind of like a squad captain.
I'll also just settle to be a Summoner who just summons footmen, or just a summoner who summons minions that can either do very limited summoning of their own, or said minions can heal.

I just hope the exploration is amazing, so people can just dedicate their playstyle to just being pure explorers/surveyors/prospectors, etc.
If I go solo, I plan to try my hand on something related to Mercenary or contract work, or something that heavily synergizes with a more nomadic style.

I think that's a great idea to take on as a solo, being hired out for mercenary work etc would be so sick! And just exploring the world in general while doing it, tavern to tavern, town to town. Just seeing what work you can get and slay some enemies!

I too am quite passionate about becoming a summoner, but I am more on the side of beasts. I plan on maining Beastmaster on release but we will see after testing 😁

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