raid is for 8 players? please don't forget the solo players | Forums

[scarp99anzz]

As a casual, my questions are:
What is the time frame for completion?
Will it have complicated mechanics that need YouTube school to get through?
Is there matchmaking?
Will I get a group, get to the last of it and then get booted so someone's friend can have my spot (sadly, it happens)?

Cant help you on the first question.
I don't look at youtube vids of the game for builds or how to do a mission etc. I did for the hunter masks, I guess 99% of others did too for that though.
Yes I guess there is matchmaking
I have played a good number of hours and I have only been kicked once, not sure what for, but once in something like 14 days game time is not bad. I haven't seen that many kicks for no reason, mainly its because someone has disconnected, but yes I guess it might happen.

[Mrshilka]

As an Australian player I look forward to 3 hour wait time and then a raid of non English speakers.
fail for a few hours and then repeat process.

[chefie]

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What would be nice is if you would remember the solo-casuals and put a solo story mission in the new area just to give something new, in the new area, for players like myself. Not make the raid solo-able,.[/QUOTE]

They have literally nerfed the game to death for the solo-casuals players
This is why the game is so easy now
My two cents on the raid will be
2x 4man squads doing 2 stronghold style missions then meeting up at the end
One The UI doesn't show 8 man
Two 2x4 teams separate for the engine reasons

[Oatiecrumble]

As far as im aware the raid must be done in group as i think both teams at times split up, so a solo player cannot be two places at one time.

[zanth420]

She. And no, I know raids are multi-player but solo exploration options of the zone aren't too much to ask are they?

Everyone knows there's no females on the interwebz! Can you believe this guy lol good try.....

[Staazvaind]

group up god damn it.
it wont hurt you for the time of the raid.

[Zimbo78]

Not again please.
The crying solo players ruined the game enough.
We already have a game that is more built arround solo play than a former team based game can endure.

[GameJumper765]

Not again please.
The crying solo players ruined the game enough.
We already have a game that is more built arround solo play than a former team based game can endure.

I NEVER asked for this game to be stripped to ez mode. I loved the difficulty as it came out of beta. Challenge mode should be for 2 or more, heroic mode should be for 4. Heroic mode should get the best drops. Weren't all the gear changes more for trying to balance pve/pvp?

My only point was, this is one of the 3 big updates of the year. How hard is it to open up the play area, or another neighborhood, so that people who don't raid have something new to do? NOT to get equivalent drops as what should drop in the raid, which should be where the best gear drops.

I don't know who they listened to for the strips to ez mode and the gear availability but it wasn't me. I never saw a poll. I think that is a vocal minority out there that devs assume speak for all of us.

I will and do group, if there is matchmaking. If it can be completed in a morning, great. If I don't have to look up crap on YouTube to know what I'm supposed to do, alright. If it takes a week of regrouping, boss failing, etc etc, I will just continue on with what I have been doing since beta.

[k3z4]

The best drop should not depend on teamplay. This enforces teamplay which not everybody wants, plain and simple. You play together cause you want to play toegther, why would you get better gear? makes no sense at all. When I solo challenge, or with two others I would expect the same type of gear to drop. Only thing different is tougher and more enemies.

[MutantCowboy x]

Lore wise it would be cool if they had a solo raid "event" as in you are the agent scouting and discovered the Black tusk massing forces in the area. Kinda like how the DZ missions worked, but hopefully much better and more in depth. Updates should bring stuff for everyone I think. The raid proper should remain an 8-man event, but no harm in sharing some of the bordering/less guarded areas for simply fun's sake.