Why do you play an MMO (massively multiplayer online) if you want to be alone? These posts are starting to get ridiculous.

Athory wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom

• Does ZoS have plans to turn ESO into something like a Dark Souls-style game?
• Do they have any plan to push solo players out of the game?

No and no. It'd be pretty fatal for them to do either since the vast majority of the game is solo play oriented, even if it is an MMO.

One piece of remotely challenging content and your takeaway is that zos wants to turn the game into Dark Souls? Really? After a decade of 2 out of 4 updates being solo quest content.
One update that requires grouping. One. Single. Update.

Athory wrote: »

Bguk wrote: »

The only issue I see is the mentality of locking oneself out of content they want to play by refusing to group with others. Being a mainly solo player myself, I understand the reason why one does play solo. Simply refusing to group is childish. There's been multiple posts with suggestions on how solo players can do the content, yet you continue to hold your hands up to yours ears. Is it harder solo than not? Yes. Can it be done? Yes.

Prove it. Make a video and show it. Go play solo, engage in fights, kill a boss, just participate in the event, and prove it with a video. You can do it solo!
And read the topic again, because for me the problem isn’t joining a group. The issue is; I simply refuse to be used by ZOS. I refuse to be turned into “event fodder” just so others can participate.

Think there's a bigger overlying issue of your build/player skill. You can post the former and maybe someone will help you.

Athory wrote: »

Calling solo‑friendly content "brain dead easy"

LittleLionLeone wrote: »

not every piece of content needs to be solo friendly or brain dead easy.

Notice how I said "or"?

I am a solo player, I know some solo stuff is hard. But if something like the night market was easy then you would be able to solo it a lot more easily.

Night Market is like a step above vet dlc dungeons.

Athory wrote: »

Just two trolls waking up… oh boy. Both still have so much to learn…

Acting like that does you zero favors.

I can see both sides of the coin on this to some degree. The thing about all MMOs is that you're almost always going to have an easier time by interacting and playing with other people. Can you solo it as an alternative? A lot of it, sure but its not really made to be that way. There were a lot of great suggestions and builds put forth on the forums about helpful builds and other things in Night Market. That really is the true spirit of Eso! We need more of that in the game!

I play all content in the game. People who run trials a lot like myself, and I run them all the time, need something new to break up the monotony from the same old content. Same old systems. There are a lot of gatekeepers in that sort of content and I will never be someone who participates in such behavior. Or condones it. We clear it just the same only without excluding people or making them feel inferior. Or even worse, demanding a resume from them. We are not too good to play Eso with ANYONE.

Night Market isn't explicitly trial content either but its a better way for people to be able to experience group play with various size groups, not just 12. And all levels of players can be included in this where a lot of trials or other things really make it difficult or even impossible for lower cp and other things to participate. The nice thing about groups in the Night Market is that you're not automatically looking at the same 4 supports with the same gear sets and pretty much 8 dps with the same 1 or 2 blender builds everyone is selling in online videos. You can have people in your ranks at 300 cp and they can go into this content. Or people wearing gear that isnt totally suitable for difficult content can succeed if only a couple people in the group do.

You can follow groups around solo but its not much different than walking up to a Mirrimoor Incursion that's already in progress. Can those be soloed? Yes, but you're really going to have to work for it. It wasn't intended to be that way. Even PvP, can you do it solo, sure. If so, it's probably going to be a very long bumpy ride. Dungeons, of course they can be soloed, but its going to require a lot more time and work. Some of them simply can't be soloed because of the mechanics. Zos really has done a nice thing by introducing the new solo dungeons to reach the solo player community. Not really my cup of tea, but I'll still run it anyway and be happy that it exists for people who enjoy it and wanted it. Maelstrom Arena, totally solo. I don't like it so much, but it doesn't stop me from participating in it.

Solo play and content is also a very important part of Eso and I wouldn't want to see it diminished or taken away. At the same time, people who only really do or enjoy group play deserve to have new things like Night Marjet added to the game. I and all of my Guilds are really having a lot of fun for this event! And we are bringing along as many solo players and people who aren't exactly used to group or difficult content as possible along for the adventure. The bulk of the fun for us comes from making this event brighter for them.

I think if a normal mode were added to this type of content it would basically eliminate its intended purpose. It would cease to be challenging group play. All you would see are the big dogs out there alone farming it for furniture plans and that sort of thing. It would just become a ghost town like many of the overland zones.

You're not thinking about how some people like harder or easier content. Because you're talking about how you think ESO from here on out will only be NM-level difficulty content (this is the assumption I'm calling absurd) and bemoaning how not everything in the game is tailor made for you, while I listed off several upcoming cool pieces of content that will not be like that. I think it's great that they're providing new things to do that appeal to different audiences and that they're doing the things I listed demonstrates that they are obviously not excluding overland solo players from the future of the game.

SilverBride wrote: »

Psyphiman wrote: »

Man, I wish people were able to enjoy this event as much as I am.

I wish we were, too.

You could. Shrug.

If your bullet points are your opinion, then I suppose we're on agreement on those, but then you flip to asking why "exclude" solo players. If you think it's great that there can be content that's group focus or that is or isn't made for players at a high skill level, what's the issue here? I'd also argue that NM doesn't exclude solo players at all, even if they're playing as a solo. If those players are having trouble soling NM, there are plenty of people who enjoy doing things like vet arenas, soloing dlc dungeons, and pushing IA, that would be willing to help out with build advice. But as far as I've seen many attempts to give such advice or ask what kinds of builds people are running if they're having trouble is very often dismissed or ridiculed.

Not really an important point here, but I'm just curious - why do you call it "snip" market?