Group vs. Solo

[Dantes]

I didn't solo at all during live because my gear sucked, but I have done some soloing here to finish off the last bubble in a level a couple times. I typically get half a blue bubble of exp per kill, and that's for a blue mob that poses almost no threat. Hell if I didn't have to sit for 20 minutes after ever 2 mobs I drop I might actually do it more often. Back when light blue mobs gave the same experience it was even better, I could kill 3-4 of those before I needed to rest.

[Shannacore]

Grouping is way more entertaining.

[nicemace]

i solo(d) in all games i play because after 12 years of playing MMO's and 16 years of online gaming... i have learnt one thing, general player bases are shit at games and are retard downies. so i play better and more efficiently on my own.

obviously ill try grouping here and there, meet some good players and then ill focus on re-grouping with them. but i much prefer doing shit on my own till i reach raid level, then join guild. i generally play games with friends too, so ill group with them more often than not.

[yaeger]

Well thanks for not insulting our community here Nicemace. But how about you add to the discussion of balance and the true-to-classic theme instead of telling us how you prefer soloing.

[nicemace]

whats there to discuss? nothing.. some people prefer soloing some people dont.

youre playing on emu server where everyone knows all the tricks in the book now, so obviously people will try to do things the best way rather than 10 years ago and EQ was 'a brave new world' when we first started.

methods change with experience.

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by azxten [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To be honest Mages are completely OP still. Their pets tank as well as an equal level and level appropriate geared tank except they can use fire pet and get a huge DS so it's the equivalent of being able to whip out a tank alt at any moment that has chloroplast and high level mage DS. Their DPS is classic but pets are supposed to get the shit kicked out of them more. A fire pet shouldn't be able to tank yellow/red cons without even getting a single heal. In classic you'd have to practically chain mage heals on fire pet if it was fighting a red not go AFK to get a drink while it solos.

If more groups were smart enough to use mage fire pet as tank using root proximity aggro to force it to tank this issue would get fixed when everyone realizes how OP it is. A mage in a group who doesn't do this is working at about 1/2 their solo ability.

Other than that everything appears to be going pretty much how classic did. Soloing as a solo class was ALWAYS better exp than grouping. Also, the emphasis on "soloing" you're describing is more just people asking questions on forum. Who is going to post a question asking which class can group the best? Actually, you do see these threads asking which class is needed at 50, etc.

There are tons of groups in game.

This is filled with gross inaccuracies. You didn't play classic, did you?

[Troy]

Part of the problem is only having to do 1 dmg to get full xp with a pet.

[Itchybottom]

Originally Posted by Shannacore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Grouping is way more entertaining.

Yes, players that group provide me with a lot of entertainment as a rogue. Bad pull? Is the group near-by killing the same faction? Run next to them and tap Hide, wait a moment for the tank of the group to do some more damage, then split a single off of it! Even after the fight, the entertainment continues in /ooc.

[Troy]

Just got out of lvl 45, took about 7 hours solo. How long does it take in a group?

[Arclanz]

Agree with the op. Too many people being PL'd here with clarity,DS,regen,HP buffs. Oh, sorry, I meant "soloing."