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Originally Posted by Alphablue
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I {...} only really have time to solo.
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Just want to address this misconception about "casual" and playing solo.
I think most people just don't want to spend the time and energy to group because they're antisocial hermits, but don't make it sound like a natural conclusion of being time constrained and casual...
Grouping on P99 is only clicking on "FOLLOW" - it takes literally 0.25 seconds.
I am, also, a "casual with no time" player (6 month baby and all, altitis and all the package deal), but I also happen to be a social person, and grouping is VERY easy on P99.
The population on the server is 750-1250 any time of the day and year, and basically all levelling zones from 1 to 60 are always full stock of players.
Every single "solo spot" that these guides write about you'll find players near or around, in and out, and because we're not 12 years old anymore and we all know basic math, pretty much everyone and their mother will accept to duo, trio and more.
Some camps are just very hard to share (i.e. the sisters in lfay, or the hermit in south karana, or the ice giants in everfrost peaks, etc.) but these camps are usually boring "AFK camps" ... i'm not sure it's such a nice nostalgia trip to go kill the south karana hermit solo style for 3 hours .... when you can just walk 30 seconds west and duo/trio+ at splitpaw entrance etc.
This takes no time.
Go there, if there is someone click on "INVITE", kill mobs.
When you have to go because baby is crying type in
/g baby is crying, i gtg sorry
then click on "DISBAND" and/or type /q
and nobody will be mad at you ever.
The state of the server today is that you can play 30 mins a day about 2 days a week (aka very very "casual") and still group 95% of your playtime.
Long story short; i am a filthy casual player with IRL obligations that force me to leave on a whim, and I still had much more fun on my SK or my Warrior (80%+ in group) than on the Mage and Necro I made to solo...
Play the class you want to play, play the class that looks good to you and you will feel powerful and have fun when/if you get to level 50+ - if that ends up being a squishy untwinked gnome rogue that can ONLY group past level 10 well so be it, you will be able to find groups no problem.
Finding a group being time consuming only starts kicking in at 45+ or so, and even then not for all hunting spots. Getting to level 45 untwinked casual takes more than 120h of gameplay, which is almost a year if you play 2-3 hours a week.
Casual != Solo