Personally, I’d broaden the question of solo play beyond the experience and level gain. I’ve been talking about it with a friend lately, and what Everquest did, in our opinion, right, is provide lore as opposed to a storyline.
In classic tabletop RP…
I think we are suffering from this idea that the population must not be spread too much at the beginning of the game lately. So to have all these old EQ starter cities is probably not realistic. That being said, Guild Wars 2 did offer a good variety…
I recently start playing EQ Classic, only Ruins of Kunark available server, and it has been such a blast I was really surprised. Totally addicted to the game again, and it’s got nothing to do with nostalgia, it’s all due to the fun this games gives …