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How solo friendly is it?
Shari
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Just wondering how solo friendly FFxiv is as I'm considering purchasing it however, I haven't played it yet.
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Here's what I wrote on the last thread that asked this.
As a rank 20 lancer I will say this...
...don't use a Lancer if you are trying to solo the game! Try to avoid support classes in general for that matter when soloing, as leveling up will become hell unless you're willing to spend days trying to upgrade your gear to keep up with your rank. Honestly conjurers/thaumaturges are the best classes for soloing as their powerful healing spells allow them to easily tank most enemies as long as their MP does not run out.
It is hard to say having only seen the early parts of the game but my impression so far is that they have attempted, quite sucessfully, to strongly encourage group play while making solo play workable. I have played mostly solo so far and I have run into no problems so far. But I can see how they want to enourage groups, especially in how the leves are structured and how crafting seems to work.
And by group play, I don't mean to limit the idea to just groups for hunting, I more mean working together with others in the broader sense. Working together at an almost strategic level rather than just tactical.
All die, so die well.
I would say if you build a class focused on solo gameplay you would be able to exp solo all the way without problems.
Theres no content now , so past the grind nobady knows.
They only encouraged it in certain classes. It's hard to go solo no matter what you do but they made it ridiculously hard for some compared to others.
For the record, the game was one of my remote maybes on installing but is now one of my no ways.
Hint,
If you whant to solo, get the best skills for solo on your class of choice, = godly soloer.
Yes its that easy.The game revolves around making your own class to beging with.Anyone complaining they cant solo on X class clearly havent understood the system correctly.Most classes are hybrids at start , you gotta get the skills that fit your playstyle, if your playstyle involves soloing , then make a solo build. Saying they only encourage certain classes to solo is plain wrong.
Im actually worried were is the group play on FFXIV since so far theres literally none, so i honestly dont know were you get the idea that is hard to solo no matter what.
If you whant to stick with playing only 1 class , this is not the game for you.
This one liner is the point entirely for solo play in FFXIV. If you are trying to play this game as a single class you are gimping yourself from the gate out. Its the wrong way to play it, period. You can solo anything fine as long as your build your skills up right. Let me give you an example, here is my favorite 'solo class' to play so far.
Marauder Axe in hand:
1. Light Swing (Marauder default)
2. Concussive Blow (Pugalist lvl 2) for accuracy debuff
3. Skewer (Lancer lvl 2) for attack power buff
4. Skull Sunder (Marauder lvl 8) for DoT
5. Cure (Conjurer level 4) Heal - spammable if I need it, hardly used except in emergencies
6. Bloodbath (Marauder lvl 6) Heal
7. Second Wind (Pugalist lvl 6) Heal
8. Stoneskin (Conjurer lvl 6) Buff
With using MP only for the occasional Stoneskin and Cure, I have very little downtime (alternating Bloodbath and Second Wind as they come up). Concussive Blow stacks 3 times, and works wonders on damage reduction. But you can see, even though I have Marauder as my main weapon in hand, I'm only using 2 (besides the default) more skills from that tree. I have 2 other builds for my 'marauder' main hand, one for group play and another for AoE solo. A simple macro click and I'm changed around for whatever I am doing at the time.
(DISCLAIMER - The use of the word YOU in the above post is not directed at any one person in particular, but towards those who fall into the category itself - there is no personal attack here, neither intentional nor implied.)
This game will likely be less soloable overall than any other major MMO to date (except Final Fantasy XI). No one knows for sure how soloable it will be 20+, but based on Final Fantasy 11 and what I've played to rank 10 in a few classes, this game is just not meant to be soloed.
Which is one of the cooler points in my opinion.
Actually, I'm going to say that even if you only stick to one class, you can still solo in this game. Granted, it won't be as easy as it would if you had all the supporting abilities and higher physical level from raising the other ranks, but it's doable.
This is in stark contrast to Final Fantasy XI, where it's suicide for most classes to try to solo in the majority of scenarios.
Lets say you're a casual player who can't be bothered to find a group, ever. No problem, just go do some lower level, trivial guildleves. You'll get plenty of xp thanks to the guildleve bonus, and they should last through the two hours you might have budgeted for the day.
Yeah, I'm sure it's going to be easier than FFXI to solo. I'm just trying to say that if you are primarily a solo player and almost never want to group, this game isn't going to be a good match.
Compared to all other major titles, this isn't as friendly as the others when it comes to solo play.