So one thing that seems pretty obvious to me is that everyone will want to play in a group with healer or two (I mean classes with heals, not necessary dedicated healers). Playing alone is too dangerous for most classes. Playing in a group of 5 in an open world does not seem to dangerous.
So do you think that every game session will start from yelling in the city “22 priest LF party to level”?
Out of all the things, this particular thing seem to remove most of hardcore challenge IMO.
I, myself, would welcome this game style, because I don’t really seek much of challenge. Grouping and playing with people that you need to trust your life might actually promote friendship which is a good thing in MMO to me.
I think it will just be like a regular classic fresh launch - grouping where you need to, grinding and questing solo elsewhere. Anyone caught with their pants down will be playing catch-up.
Sure there will be realms first 60s, but will they continue progress race? Not all of them. Will realm first survive to killing of KTZ in Nax? Most likely not it takes more that extensive knowledge of quests and location and speedruning to do it in end game.
A recepie for disaster. Solo leveling is slower in regard for content you can take alone. Yes the risk of taking too much because you think a party can handle it and wiping is always there, but a a solo you will most likely skip many quests and grind green boars.
Oh yeah, the infamous Rested exp addict “Elite” had entered the chat. Anyway solo or group leveling is everyone’s free choise and I find both ways serving their purpose.
People always choose the path of least resistence. Most people are happy just floating through life without any challenge.
Personally i will do SSF without armor and only weapon.
Not because of glory or bragging but for the feeling i get from doing it. This is how i do it irl as well.
I want to play WoW an MMO, but this time with character having 1 life only. If I wanted to play it solo only with self found rules I would. But I want to socialise and help players out in open world where I can. Sure I will most likely play solo on 50-60 not risking final lapse to intentional or unintentional griefing from others.
Is fine we can all play One life how we want to. Is the real nice thing about official HC server. I will play Self Found, but not Solo. Everyone else is HC around me too Not any dungeon for me though.
I do as always Iron Man rules - only in Era I do with professions, as I like them and they give no XP.