This is actually my first MMO (I could never get past the cartoonish look of other ones), but I've been an ES player for a while. I'm mostly playing ESO as if it was a solo game, but I am enjoying doing some grouping and playing some group content as well - and also the social aspect. Who knows, over time I might start to become primarily a group oriented player.

I like my solo content and every time I try to group up with my friends we are always out of phase, so whats the point of even trying to quest together. I only group now for farming and PvP as its just too much of a hassle otherwise.

Ysne58 wrote: »

You don't have an option for no forced solo content. Everyone should have the option to group in the main quest.

Yes I do - it's the last option on the list. That's exactly what I meant by "no solo-only content".

The precept of MMOs has always been a balance of solo and group content without hindering the solo progression of each player.

Group content is great, just don't force each player to level to max level by grouping.

Hehe good poll for the current game pop. Methinks most of the group-centered players though have long ago left and lost their forum access. How is ESO going to grow relying upon the narrow playerbase of MMOers who prefer soloing?

Oh, and I should probably also note that even though I mostly play solo, and I would want to play all of the main story quests solo anyway, I think it was a bad idea to not allow people to group for those specific quests. I think it's perfectly fine to have some solo-only content, and it's perfectly fine to have some content that really can't be done without a group, but the main story should give people the option to play it either way.

Unless I'm grouping with the boyfriend (and he doesn't play this game) I play mostly solo. I like grouping for a few group quests here and there, and of course dungeons/raids. The main story for MMOs, and most quests, I usually do solo though.

I also don't mind it that way. I kinda disapprove of forced anything. So I dislike the forced solo quests of this game, and I dislike main story quests that force you to group in games like FFXIV. Anything that forces people into either side should be optional, and complete at your own convenience, as far as I'm concerned.

I really like the idea to make group parties! and I like to make solo.

But, nowadays, I've been just going solo, since we don't see many players making group.

We can see it, playing Veteran Content, sometimes we need to beg to someone party you.

While ZoS don't fix Social Interaction and Group Finder tool, (polish and make it better) we don't have many options.

Group it's amazing, solo as well we need both, but we need to complete each other, and for now we don't have it.

Play about 60/40 solo/group, pretty much done this in all the MMOs I've played over the years (even PvP only servers)

I prefer group content in an MMO.

But this is still an 'Elder Scrolls' game, so I understand & accept why it trends towards solo-play.

been in more than a few mmos thru the years, I love to group but what works out is that my friends arent online when I am, are on diff quests or dont want to work on what Im working and vise versa so in each and every game I end up soloing with my game time and using voice chat to hang out with my friends in game.

its just easier, more pleasant and efficient. of course this locked me out of group content in those games but I was ok with it. Im not ok with this game gearing more and more group only content, as what I exp during beta was a solo pve game with grouping options and massive pvp area. thats what I signed on for, not for entire zones locking me out and blocking any character advancement

I've tried grouping a number of times and found it harx to 'synch' up with other players. I fi d there afe just too many other variables - what level are you at? What quests have you already done? Which one do you want to do/not want to do? Are you gonna take time to search for treasure etc.? How fast is your questing pace? (like do you actually read thru and understand the questline). I'm not saying its the game bcoz this is mu 1st mmo and its very likely that its me not keeping pace. Even when I was the senior ranking player, there was a quest I had already done and it wouldn't let back in that area again. I think it was Forsaken Hamlet in Shadowfen.

I group up when I go to Cyrodiil, but in pve it is extremely rare that I do. I still like doing Dolmens or open world bosses with others, but usually we don't team up for that. We do our own thing, help eachother, res eachother... the only difference between a group and this is that we are not grouped in the sense of inviting eachother to a party. Same in public dungeons. Only been to a group dungeon once and been playing daily since early release.

So although I help people out, do things with others, I hardly ever group up in this game outside of pvp. To me this is what a massive multiplayer game means; I encounter many players and interact with them, help them, accomplish things together, but all that can be done without actually forming a group. This way there is no limit to the size of the group either.

The reason I do team up in pvp is because I love the war like AvA fights and you hardly get any credit for anything and lose the others too easily when you are not in the same raid with them.

I level up slowly and thus hopefully by the time I reach veteran rank with any of my alts there will be more to do without forced grouping, if not then I move on to alts and only pvp with that one until things change.

...grouping works 4 grinding out level tho.

I have to admit, I'm surprised the poll is trending so heavily towards the solo side of the equation, even if most of the people responding so far do some grouping. I expected a more even spread.