How Often Do You Play Solo?

HackTheMinotaur

In terms of your overall playtime, how often are you playing solo vs with others in ESO?

TaSheen

100% All The Time

Except I'm not playing at all any more.... but the 7 years previous, 100% solo.

AcadianPaladin

100% All The Time

Well, about 97% pure solo and about 3% with others.

Syldras

100% All The Time

Not 100%, but certainly over 90%. Rarely I do group dungeons or Archive with a friend or we sit around in a house and just chat (not sure if that's even considered "playing" by many). Other than that, I play solo, including some group dungeons.

ESO_player123

About 75%

I now only group with other people when I do some older normal trials (PUGs). Otherwise, I play mostly by myself. I do play ToT against players a lot, but I do not consider this a group activity.

However, once update 46 hits I will be doing a lot of RND dailies to level up those skill lines.

whitecrow

100% All The Time

These days 100%. When my trials guild was active a bit less.

Credible_Joe

About 75%

Good poll, no leading options or bias.

I'm both surprised and unsurprised by the initial results (presently split almost 50 / 50 between 75 & 100%). The overall sentiment I observe on the forums suggests the presence of a lot of old fashioned MMO players who see this more as a community competitive multiplayer game and less as an Elder Scrolls game.

But, being the Elder Scrolls IP, I assert all the time that a huge portion of players see this as an Elder Scrolls game first and a multiplayer game second. Myself being one of them. The multiplayer content is fun, but I'm always miffed that the technically engaging aspects of the game are limited to multiplayer activities, while questing and exploration is tuned for the lowest possible challenge.

A response to that grievance is presently in the works and slotted for this year. I'm really looking forward to it, but I'm still a bit disappointed that it won't launch with the new story. But I do have a brand new covenant hero fresh out of the wailing prison, anxious to start a new base game adventure. I haven't done the Covenant storyline since the first (and only) time I did Cadwell's gold & silver almost ten years ago, and it'll all be practically fresh and new to me after this long.

HedgeHugger

100% All The Time

My PC time is 100% solo.
My Xbox time is 100% duo.

Tandor

100% All The Time

Since launch on PC 100% solo, with 2 qualifications.

First, with delves, dolmens and world bosses I play cooperatively with others but see no reason to group formally. I've played for over 11 years and haven't actually grouped up or joined a guild in that time, they're simply not the reasons I play computer games these days.

Second, over the last year or so I have usually had one or two sessions a week playing duo with my grandson, mainly public and group dungeons, world bosses, Infinite Archive and more recently Dragonstar Arena. We don't get very far with the latter two because of time constraints.

Rkindaleft

25% or less

I used to do quests and PvP, but now I only do Trial content.

kargen27

About 75%

I am taking with others to mean joining a group. I often join others for world bosses, PvP and stuff like that but we don't actually form a group.

RealLoveBVB

25% or less

More than 80% of the current voters are mainly playing solo, which surprises me a lot actually.

That also explains, why the current development is going in that direction...

My personal game time are dungeons, trials and bgs. Therefore almost 100% not solo.

spartaxoxo

About 75%

I usually play with others but I also do group stuff like dungeons, trials, and guild events.

spartaxoxo

About 75%

kargen27 wrote: »

I am taking with others to mean joining a group. I often join others for world bosses, PvP and stuff like that but we don't actually form a group.

Yeah, same. I also do stuff like world events but I too counted that as solo since I usually don't actually form an official group for those activities.

MrGarlic

100% All The Time

I rounded my score up to 100% as my wife and I group together sometimes, to run Infinite Archive or a group dungeon for undaunted.

metheglyn

100% All The Time

Not quite 100%, but closer to it than 75%.

Unfadingsilence

100% All The Time

Xbox NA 100% Solo
Xbox EU 100% Solo
Playstation NA 100% Solo
Playstation EU "I dont play here"
PC NA 100% Solo
PC EU 100% Solo
........I have no friends

Cooperharley

About 75%

Hey Hack! Love your content man!

I said 75% due to the only time playing with groups being when its largely needed (vet dungeons, BGs, daily random normal, trials). Achievement chaser myself but so much of the day to day is solo.

Id play more things solo if that were an option. Like if all dungeons scaled based on the number of players in the group, id do that 100% solo.

bmnoble

100% All The Time

Maybe 95% solo, occasionally use the dungeon finder when farming sets or doing undaunted pledges. Aside from that taking part in world events eg dragons/dolmens/group bosses etc not grouped though.

Desiato

25% or less

It varies constantly. All overland is solo, but I don't do much of that. I usually play in cyro solo, but rarely go there anymore.

It might be 50% simply on the basis of inventory management which is entirely solo. :

SeaGtGruff

100% All The Time

It's less than 100% of the time, although when I do play "with" other players it's almost never as a member of an actual group, but most often as a solo player playing alongside other players, such as if someone calls out in zone chat for help defeating a world boss.

Northwold

100% All The Time

Credible_Joe wrote: »

Good poll, no leading options or bias.

I'm both surprised and unsurprised by the initial results (presently split almost 50 / 50 between 75 & 100%). The overall sentiment I observe on the forums suggests the presence of a lot of old fashioned MMO players who see this more as a community competitive multiplayer game and less as an Elder Scrolls game.

I'm guessing there's a difference between the people who are very vocal on the forums and the people who actually look at them. Polls quite often get a lot more participation.

rothan117

100% All The Time

100% solo since I started in 2016. Only group content I do is if I can solo it like base game group dungeons and base game world bosses that can be soloed if you know what you are doing. Only guild I belong to is a trade guild.

liliub17_ESO

100% All The Time

Close enough to 100% to count.

Blood_again

About 75%

It may vary from month to month, but currently I play solo more.
With a new trial and summer dungeons it will probably shift to 20-25% till autumn.

Freelancer_ESO

100% All The Time

I'm probably closest to the 100% of those options on my total time on ESO.

ESO's guild structure design and the massive effectiveness gap between players are the big things that limit the amount I participate in group activities.

sleepy_worm

About 50%

I'm going to take this to mean instanced content because asking if I run daily writs or overland quests in a group is kind of weird. I organize events for the guild I'm in, but I also really like to run IA or dungeons with a companion.

katanagirl1

100% All The Time

Not quite all the time, between 90-95% right now.

SilverBride

About 75%

It depends on what is meant by playing solo.

About 90% of my activities I do solo, but I often chat with friends while doing things on my own, and talk to others I run into while out questing etc., so I do have social interaction with other players while playing solo.

fizzylu

100% All The Time

Used to have my own guild and stuff, an active friend list.... I disbanded the guild after some issues and my friend list has been dead for a few years now, and I truly don't blame any of them for not logging in. I said 100% because that's the most accurate since even when I do random dungeons or am forced to participate in the terrible new BGs (golden pursuit, endeavor) I still don't really speak to anyone.

AzuraFan

About 75%

I put 75%, but it's closer to 90%. The poll needed more options.