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Please have a good percentage of solo content.
delete5230
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Sure, who am I ?......... I'm just an active poster that thinks too much. But I just would like to humbly say a few things from my years of observations. With everything in life and with and a big obsession for mmo's, I study shit. I always go beyond just having fun. From day one of any mmo I go right for the " social panel " and check populations, tell me that's not obsession. Many here think I'm a troll or like to cause controversy but that's not true, I deeply care.......My negativity comes from a REAL knowledge that mmo gamming has 100% fallen apart leaving us with nothing but Asian grinders. I don't care if others here with this obsession say different, if so their wrong. This is not a troll statement because its true.
A few more things:
By studying shit and without access to the main frame here at mmorpg.com I can still safely say Pantheon sub forums are the most viewed and most posted. Arguments often breakout over an extreme range of topic's of how this game is being developed, I'll not go into that because we all know this anyway. This in my view is good..... You say what ?..... I say yes !.... This shows passion, it peeks intrigue, it causes the negative posters to want to play anyway too. And in my observation it's getting stronger.
Now on to the topic:
With the popularity of Pantheon and its truly getting stronger, a large range of people are jumping on board. Many say it's niche, I'm alone is saying it's much larger than that. But that doesn't matter anyway "people are intrigued and hoping it will be for everyone".
With this I hope V Realms can introduce a good percentage of solo content to open it up for more popularity !!!!....... Besides even the most die hard group player likes their alone time anyway...... This is the foundation of Vanilla World of Warcraft. It had a natural balance of everything. I would like to stress NATURAL BALANCE. And don't make the solo content easy !!!!!!
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It seems I have to edit this post a little:
I understand Pantheon, will have some solo content. However the average player would have to dig deeper in knowing this. Many just read the headlines and not the fine print. All I'm saying is please have a sufficient amount too, and let it be known.
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I'll close with this:
mmorpg.com is the most viewed go to site for mmo news, lets just hope the word gets out, because it's by far small compared to the mass population of potential players. Word of mouth is good, advertisement is crazy expensive.....But a long awaited game, if made right, could be that WOW killer
A few more things:
By studying shit and without access to the main frame here at mmorpg.com I can still safely say Pantheon sub forums are the most viewed and most posted. Arguments often breakout over an extreme range of topic's of how this game is being developed, I'll not go into that because we all know this anyway. This in my view is good..... You say what ?..... I say yes !.... This shows passion, it peeks intrigue, it causes the negative posters to want to play anyway too. And in my observation it's getting stronger.
Now on to the topic:
With the popularity of Pantheon and its truly getting stronger, a large range of people are jumping on board. Many say it's niche, I'm alone is saying it's much larger than that. But that doesn't matter anyway "people are intrigued and hoping it will be for everyone".
With this I hope V Realms can introduce a good percentage of solo content to open it up for more popularity !!!!....... Besides even the most die hard group player likes their alone time anyway...... This is the foundation of Vanilla World of Warcraft. It had a natural balance of everything. I would like to stress NATURAL BALANCE. And don't make the solo content easy !!!!!!
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It seems I have to edit this post a little:
I understand Pantheon, will have some solo content. However the average player would have to dig deeper in knowing this. Many just read the headlines and not the fine print. All I'm saying is please have a sufficient amount too, and let it be known.
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I'll close with this:
mmorpg.com is the most viewed go to site for mmo news, lets just hope the word gets out, because it's by far small compared to the mass population of potential players. Word of mouth is good, advertisement is crazy expensive.....But a long awaited game, if made right, could be that WOW killer
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I wouldn't say that. Just a percentage of solo is all I'm saying. No one is talking about just another average mmo.
It's amazing how people can twist things around here. For anyone to get a simple point across, it seems like you have to write a book with every extreme detail !
No...he's simply stating a fact. The devs have said there will be solo content but, if you intend to solo, do not expect to be powerful or get legendary/epic gear. If you are a solo player in Pantheon you better enjoy having a weak character and standing right outside town grinding on squirrels and bunny rabbits.
Ok, maybe a fact from the main frame here, I don't know, I don't care.....But what this is a Troll response !
And that's how it should be, weak character if you solo..... I agree
Also the main way to solo in EQ1 was kiting and fear kiting. Mobs in this game will not all react the same. When kitted some mobs may just play along while others will run for help. Others will root you or may kite you as well. The goal is a varied mob reaction so tactics will need to change, thus making soloing much harder. Not impossible but not the standard.
Why would you play a MMORPG. If you want to solo the content?
Freaking buy a single player game and you will get your solo content.
A bit more and you will ask us to play the game for you..
GOOD !!!!!!!!........ I never played EQ1...... This is what I assumed it was like. Even Vanilla World of Warcraft had weaker solo characters.
I hope every new player understands this, because this needs to be stressed to not scare potential players away.
What's wrong with you ?...... Read the post, how hard is it to get a simple point across.
Your trying to say I'm asking to totally dumb down the game !
FYI i am a Pantheon fan , and have great hope for it ... but you ... you are way off the mark here... Aside form what may be obvious knowing BM history of Game Development , im certain there will be a good mix , of SOlo/Group .. Overland and Dungeon .. Im thinking something along the lines of Vanguard .. Content spread wise..
Look, the post is simple. The game is being advertised as Group. I'm all for that by the way !
The average player will not read details. Come on this is a fact and you know it.
If you only read the headlines, people will get the wrong idea..... AND MANY ARE GETTING THE WRONG IDEA as per the headlines of this game....... I'm saying a good percentage of solo too, as in good percentage also. I don't think the best poster can word it any better.
- would it be better if I added six more paragraphs to get this point across.
- would it be better if it was worded differently?...... Writing is not my field. Does it have to be in order to post !...... You being here for a long time know, it's impossible to get any point across to people here. People can twist anything around.
And yes, I'm seriously saying, typing 7% is a troll post, true or not it's a dig.
1. The game is mostly group oriented (not almost completely as some have posted)
2. Soloing will be possible, but not as efficient as grouping
3. Important mobs will have anti-kite mechanics (which is no different than modern eq1)
So it sounds to me like soloing will be something you can do when you dont have a group, but not something most would choose to do over grouping. Which is fine by me.
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But that is a long established practice on this forum. Take what someone says and twist it to claim they want an Ez-Mode, dumbed-down hand holding mainstream type game. And then the more you defend and point out you said something quite different, the more they say go back to WoW. This can't be the first time you have encountered this here.
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I always preferred pet tanking. Easier to deal with summoning mobs and less worry about adds.
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I always preferred root-DoTTing over kiting with my druid. Safer, in my opinion, as it didn't need acres of space. South Karana - bring on the kiting. Dulak's Harbor - snare, root, DoT.
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There are people who play it for the social aspect and also the "live world" that players create.
Of course this gets the whole thing into the "solo vs group content" thread so maybe you should look in there for your answers.
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In PoP I used to kite 2-5 mobs at a time with snare kiting. I did do pet tanking at lower levels but was not nearly as mana effective at higher levels.
I did do allot of root kiting when I was in tight areas. Works well for everything but ranged classes. Second you rooted them they start nuking you but when it fit, it worked well =-)
I understand their will be solo content, it would be crazy not too. Everyone would need solo time for what I call prep work.
I'll try and rephrase:
The only turn off to a large amount of TRUE mmo players is the advertisement of group content. Please understand I'M ALL FOR THIS.
Pantheon has developed a stigma that may turn off many potential players, EVEN THE HARD CORE !
Maybe the group stigma through advertisement is real and that's what they want and only want. Understand I'm totally ok with this for myself........ But does it have to be totally niche ?
To rephrase again:
99.9 % niche ?........ By referring people to a Q&A web site saying "their will be some solo content" doesn't answer anything....... If developers are shooting for 99.9 % and this is their goal, then OK !
You have previously stated a preference (or belief) this game should (or would) rival WOW in popularity.
Clearly the devs here are not shooting for that niche and have set their sights on a much smaller target.
How small that ends up to be is debatable of course but to vary from their core design (and message) at this time would only serve to alienate their core target audience.
I'm not sure you have much experience with old school "camp grinding" games but players will find ways (sometimes novel) to solo content when they wish.
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I understand your point too Klyeran,
I don't have much experience with the very old school camp grinding, this is true.
I'm not saying to mess with their core design. But to "add on top of" is what I'm trying to say.
No one knows how much solo content...... V Realms is not clear.......Maybe 1%, maybe 20%, But one thing for sure, it's causing a stigma.....And a good chance an un-needed one !