heimdall14_9 wrote: »

TairenSoul wrote: »

I'm really surprised that Zos failed to mention from the get-go that this was a group zone. I was really looking forward to a new area, but as a first and foremost solo player, I'm disappointed. I was wondering why the area wasn't packed with players. Now I know why! I understand this game is an MMO, but there are a ton of solo players that this content will not appeal to. Oh well.

from one solo player to another what does it do that you cant handle alone ??? it hit to hard ??? has to much resist ??? what makes it so you feel you cant solo it as ive tested it on pts 1500cp , had fun was a little weak , died a few times due to just that factor but could have tanked up more too , had no issues killing mods bosses , and now live with my 2800cp i have to block roll out heal and time my attacks as just doing a heavy attack aint going to kill this zone like EVERYWHERE else in overland and 85% of normal dungeons adds you have to rethink your builds and skill use and make real choices here not just play solo and say solo play is dead here because not all solo players are actually soloist they just dont group but need others to do things

I'm level 3037 and have a high dps arcanist build. I can solo basically all game pve content on normal difficulty. In my opinion, this is like doing a group dungeon on vet or a trial which are not soloable, in general. I went into my faction and got killed within seconds, even with other players fighting the same enemies. Those other players also got killed. Arcanist is not known as having high sustainability, so I guess it also depends on what class you play. Again, I wish zos was more forthcoming with details about how this was going to play out. I'll be skipping it until they make a normal difficulty, also. I'm glad you can handle it. Have fun!

We provided plenty of feedback on the Night Market when it launched on the PTS. None of it has been taken into consideration.
Also, we provided feedback on the rewards, and again, nothing has been taken into consideration.
Not sure why you need more feedback. We will stop providing feedback, because you have already decided what you want to do, and things stay the same.

Only a very few players are playing, on day 1, the launch, when there should be "excitement". There is none.
I played a little bit just to see whether anything had been changed. Nothing has been changed. Not interested.

So I picked up the starter quest on 1 character, but didn't do it.

Then I picked up the starter quest on a second, and now it won't advance when talking to the curator.

Is this a bug?

EDIT:

If I abandoned the quest, and then talked to the curator again, I could progress the quest...

I won't be voting right away until I wrangle two of my friends to try it, or if I bite the bullet and go in solo again like I did on PTS.

iirc i played a game some time ago that had an auto-group function in the game. whenever i would enter an encounter area i'd get a prompt to group with others already engaged. can we do this in this game? imo this would help with all that group content...just spit-balling here.

Sounds like content I can bring my healer in and feel useful. I'll have to check this out after work.

Very, very bad design. Last desperate attemp to FORCE group play, miserably failing. Bow to the vocal minority. Clearly indicating there is no internal playtesting nor understanging of their own game.

DoofusMax wrote: »

Far be it from me to say "I told you so" when we were testing during the U49 cycle, but .... well, I told you so. You can kinda sorta run solo, but it doesn't work well and the single respawn point mostly results in being chewed up and spit out over and over by respawning trash packs.

This is me as well lol. I very much told everyone so, and everyone berated me for it too.

**Please do note that I am a casual player who loves the questing and exploring aspects of the game, but I despise pvp and being forced to group with lots of players just to be able to progress. My play style and many people's probably differs greatly, but here's my opinion, for what it's worth.

It seems that there's a giant portion of players that all joined the same faction right from the get go. I logged in right when the area opened and within the first ten minutes the thousand eyes faction had already pulled away by hundreds of points. If they somehow manage to lose it would be a miracle, as of now they are over 300k ahead of 2nd place on xbox na.

The instances are basically empty of players and trash mobs can one hit kill any casual player, like myself. Even grouping up with a friend who runs trails regularly, we're still struggling just to make it to the quest objective. We happened to run into a group that was roaming and killing bosses for a while, but many times they would split and go in different directions making it difficult to tag along.

To be quite honest, I can't see any casual player, who's just in it for the fun of the game, finishing this golden pursuit and event in general. Without having a dedicated group to run with, it's just not feasible to sit around and hope a group wanders through that you can tag along with. Many players are in it for the fun of the game, not to get so frustrated that they rage quit. What's the point in playing then?

In my opinion if you want to keep players engaged in the night Market, you either need to nerf the monsters from vet trail level down to something doable for 4-5 people or increase the instance population cap. I realize it's the opening day, but instances are just too empty to support any kind of enjoyment for the average player.

Based on what we're currently seeing, I predict that the order of winning factions will be:

The Thousand Eyes -> The Glittering Goad -> The Ruckus

There's no way The Thousand Eyes will lose this first campaign. They're so far ahead of everyone that it's not a competition. It's basically Vengeance with the faction stacking all over again. It's only fun if you're on the winning team.