Soloability...The Movement Forward.

A question to those of you who want to solo all of the content:

What percentage of the game's population do you think can solo AVs?

I've always sided with Bill on this. Most of the TF's I've run have not needed the team size required. In most cases it could be done with half the required size and probably less and virtually no one in my circle of friends uses IO sets to any great degree.

Minimum team size for task/strike forces should be suggestions, not requirements.

Mmmm...

Some very interesting arguments indeed...

There has been much argument about the game being solo or group oriented. I can tell you at the beginning the game was meant to satisfy both styles to an extent; yet Task Forces were intended to be grandious enterprises; thus many challenging missions and of curse a large group of heroes to perform them.

All things considered to the soloer, that did not matter; TFs was just a good way to get experience and nothing else. But that changed as the game evolved, we began to get shiny badges and we just had to have those, then we could get accolade powers by doing them, so we had to get those, and then the TFs gave out merits, and we really wanted those!... Because of this evolution, the solo part has been kinda left behind, I had in the past suggested that special task like threads be developed for solo types to do and earn badges and merits equivalent to those that can be earned in a group format (I'm still smoking from the relentless flamming).

Given that the "classic" Positron was sent to Oro and can be done solo, we do have a presedent of this being doable and not a mortal sin. It seems only reasonable the other TFS/SFs could be done Oro style as well; perhaps one blue and red could be released with each new release, say starting with I20 and up...

There is another reason, based onthe above, that I wouldlike to solo TFs. I am avid collector of power giving or enhancing accolades. One of them, requiresme to have done the TFs beginning with Positron and ending with Numina. Because of the time I can play the game, server population, and what not. It is difficult to form or join a group that would want to do the TF I need for the set. I often have to wait days, before such an opportunity can be presented to get the coveted TF badge. THus it would be courteous, if I could simply go to Oro and do the TF I need.

The other issue with soloability, which has to an extent be resolved through the use of IOs, is the various AT soloability capabilities. I can play my tanker, and frankly there is no mission that would give me cause for concern at standard difficulty levels, higher ones are not that much more challenging. Play a Defender, and short of some very exceptional power combinations, the challenge is quite high even at low level of difficulty. Would be nice, if the soloability capability of each AT gap could be narrowed some. But as I said, IOs, have done much towards narrowing this gap, but it would b nice if the power sets were rebalanced to accomplish this as well, and within reason.

Hugs

Stormy

I thought of one last point I should mentions:

I'm simply asking for a QoL change.

If all I'm asking for is the possibility of opening up certain epic parts of the game to singular players, then why are some of you so dead set against that change?
If the change has no negative effect, and is done properly, doesn't that also make the option available to you?
Even if you don't use the soloing aspect it is still there for you. There may be that one day off work/school/ect... when you're on alone. TFs/Trials/Giant Monsters are the truly EPIC parts of the game. However 99% of that content needs to have a team effort. And Thos Epic opportunities are also a large chunk of the game content too. So, basically, if you ever decide you don't want to team then you're jammed. See?

Also, why does it have to be a Solo vs. Team issue? It's not. It's about having more options to play FOR EVERYONE. Period.
The common mistake being made is much like the one involving politics. Voting Democrat because the Republicans are bad/vice versa doesn;t solve the greater issue. The system is flawed.
It should be about voting for the personb who gives the best/most options.
The same can be said for here.

There is no valid reasoning to say why it shouldn;t be implemented. It can be worked into correct rping, and even so it's not like any of our characters are canon anyway. We all make our own stories, so what another person can or cannot do is unimportant in truth.

One other point to add in relation is to Giant Monsters. I understand the need to have them configured the way they do because of POS griefers. However, how often can the casual person fight one of these, and win, without knowing how to use the Global channels anymore. Alot of newer players will miss out as such from not understanding too.
I can;t count how many times a GM has popped up and nobody is really about to take it down. Certainly without having to SPECIFICALLY use a channel that may or may not be know. Broadcast, Local, ect. are usually no help on most occasions. And for the argument about some servers always...blah, blah, blah. Well, unless its uniform across all, or at least MOST servers, then it doesn't count as a useable/viable argument.
Uniform, which is nobody being around to be GMs on a regular basis, is the norm.
Ok now since we've established that GM fighting is somewhat skewed (though a necessary evil), that means that they will always be ONLY beaten by teams.
There are 4 Epic things in the game
1. Raids: Hamidon
2. Task Forces
3. Trials
4. Giant Monsters

These are all BIG events that make a character truly HEROIC. They shouldn't all be only team oriented.
Raids and GMs (as stated, need to be team oriented.

SOME (I said SOME) TFs/Trials do not...and should not. This is the area that can add more options, and why shouldn;t we ALL want more options? To have options is better then to not have them, and everything eventually can become a grind. This option I asking for helps delay that inevitability.

It's a reasonable request, and one the community as a whole really should be getting behind. It only adds dimensions to the game. And a unifed voice is one that is responded to faster.

Being against Quality of Life game changes is a very poor way of thinking.
Think about it.

Sorry for all the continued typos too. I don't have time to spell check at work as I've written when I could.

GMs can and have been soloed. They do not require teams.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Britisher If the change has no negative effect...

You cannot be sure that there won't be a negative effect. I am one of those people that probably could solo all of those TFs you'd want this enabled for, but I run them often with teams. If I could solo them, there would be plenty of times that, rather than form a team, I just solo a Sister Psyche.

What I'm saying is there is a high likelihood of a negative effect on the entire community, in that TFs will be harder to find, as the people who organize them will be less inclined to do so.

I have been playing this game for 6 years now. When the game first came out, I was younger, and had far fewer responsibilities and consequently, was able to team more often, and for a longer period of time.

These day's, I dont have the spare time. When I log in, I am able to do one, or two missions before I need to log.

I don't want to start a TF over and over, and do the first mission 50 times over to see some new content.

I dont want to have to tell a team, that has spent 45 mins trying to come to gether, and get their **** together that I need to split after 1, maybe two mish's. It is not fair to them.

Sure, I could solo a TF, but frankly, I dont think it is fair to ask a stranger to keep a toon unplayable for a week before I am able to finish the tf.

So therefore, I don't play the new TF's. Anything that REQUIRES teaming for me is pretty much off limits.

Now, I understand that it is a MMO, and fine, whatever, I guess I don't really need to see new content additions. I am happy to truck along doing whatever it is I do, but for a development team that historically trys to force people into playing content, it is suprising they don't give everyone the chance to play said content.