The only case I've seen in MMOs of strong scaling to group size in MMOs are LOTRO skirmishes.

In those you fight waves of trash packs (with randomized minibosses). Mechanics beyond that are pretty minor (e.g., don't let too many torch carriers get to the inn you're defending). The size and strength of the packs were geared to 1, 2, 3, 6, or 12 players. As a mediocre player, I found 1-person skirmishes trivial, 2-person skirmishes soloed to be a good challenge, and 3-person skirmishes solo extremely difficult. Our guild typically took 8 or more people to a 12-person skirmish, just as we would to a 12-person raid.

Is that sort of what people are asking for, or is it something more intricate?

J2JMC wrote: »

Some of the suggestions in here make me think ya'll just want to play a different game altogether.

And I do play a different game. It’s called Fable 2 and 3. Granted, they’re from 2010 and earlier- but still a lot better than dungeons in this game. The only problem is the amount of suitors trying to marry my hero or following me...

Edit: and it’s more adult than ESO is, I can tell you that.

More solo-able content. Just add solo-mode to existing dungeons (all the same but without group-oriented mechanics). I'd also be happy to play solo mode in trials. Well, because I don't like people voices in my head

Need more solo dun, public dun and dun like craglorn.

I wouldn't mind seeing a continuation of vMA, if that would make things easier for the development team. Don't make vMA any longer, just make a vMA II. And make it more difficult than vMA I. Add some new rewards, new mechanics, and seriously make it truly something to finish it unscathed. Reward the players who finish it with a new title, memento, color for dyeing outfits, and gold gear/transmute crystals/style mats/unique treasures/furnishings--- whatever. Make it something that takes some real skill to complete, or give it a hard mode and extra rewards for completion. I'd spend hours, if not days/weeks trying to complete it on a hard mode. Oh, and normal MA II should also be more difficult than normal MA.

I voted other.

Another MA style instance would be cool but I think a lot more people would like a story mode version of the dungeons for the quest only focused soloers (no achievements or loot attached).

I'd also like a vet standard tutorial dungeon that actually tells you what to look for and how to react.( ie when to block, interrupt, roll dodge, and how to read the in game animations) that you have to complete before vet content opens up. The NPC's would escort you through and you need to complete it successfully in your chosen role before the dungeon finder lets you queue. This eliminates the CP gating of good players from hard content and prevents players with high CP but who are totally inexperienced at dungeons from queuing for vet content unless they can pass a heal/dps/tank role and combat knowledge check in the tutorial. A solo escorted tutorial helps you see what you are actually doing as a healer or dps or tank against an in game standard without being embarrassed or kicked while you learn, as no one else would see your dps/hps/etc)

ealdwin wrote: »

An interesting suggestion I saw a while ago was to improve the rewards for normal dungeons if completed solo. Some dungeons might need to be tweaked in order to make this possible, either in mechanics or difficulty, but could be interesting.

I love that idea, soloing some of the easier normals is the challenge best suited for my skill level but there's little reason to actually do it. Same goes for normal Maelstrom Arena for that matter.

There are plenty of solo dungeons in Craglorn: Shada's Tear, Skyreach Hold/Pinacle/Catacombs, Spellscar Tower etc. As of One Tamriel you don't need multiple people to pull levers in order to progress trough them.

What i'd like to see is something like Arena, Arena +1, Arena+2,Arena +3....etc with better and better rewards the higher you get. There is a large gap in this game between easy content and true hard Vet content. In this way, someone who is attempting to improve their dps, understanding of mechanics/gameplay, Has a way to start slow and increase difficulty levels until they find a level that gives them a challenge to overcome and a sense of accomplishment in doing so. If the hardest levels get hard enough, it would also give people who are really pushing themselves to hit the highest possible skill level in the game bragging rights that they have done so by beating say, Arena +8. to be able to enter it solo or duo could lead to multiple leaderboards for the same event.

Personally, I would like the trials to scale depending on how many people are running it. If a full group of 12 goes in make it a battle fit for the 12 to work together. If someone goes in alone, make it scale to one person. Keep it hard but not 12 person hard.

If you actually enjoy vMA (i.e. you don't feel like scratching your eyes out after finally clearing it, vowing never to return), there are plenty of group dungeons you can choose to run solo, in a vast range of difficulties. Some are impossible to solo because of mechanics, or can be soloed only through a glitch or with a certain class, but quite a few are open to solo runs.

If you, like me, think nMA represents a more enjoyable level of challenge than vMA, I would bet you can solo at least the easier non-DLC group dungeons in normal mode.

Having said that, I wouldn't mind if we could have the option of entering delves and public dungeons as a solo instance. However, I suppose this would create a lot of extra load on the server, requiring it to spawn more duplicate instances of the same content, and we don't want anything that increases the load on a server infrastructure that is already struggling.

Keylun wrote: »

I would really like solo storyline versions of the 4 man dungeons

THIS!! The only way you get to see these stories now is if you can solo group dungeons, or if you get/find screenshots of all the dialogue.