Because there are multiplayer aspects to the game too? Because, strange as it may seem, there is a market for games where you see other people playing, but are not necessarily directly interacting with them.

Originally posted by lizardbones

Because there are multiplayer aspects to the game too? Because, strange as it may seem, there is a market for games where you see other people playing, but are not necessarily directly interacting with them.

real people or npcs walking around, whats the difference?  No need to interact with them so who cares who is driving that character.  

Originally posted by c0exist

Originally posted by lizardbones

Because there are multiplayer aspects to the game too? Because, strange as it may seem, there is a market for games where you see other people playing, but are not necessarily directly interacting with them.

real people or npcs walking around, whats the difference?  No need to interact with them so who cares who is driving that character.  

All I know is Dark Souls is entirely soloable, but it's a sure lot cooler when you see other peoples echoes/bloodstains/mesages. And when you can invite people to help you play, even if it's not strictly neccesary.

Originally posted by Psychow
Maybe the main story is soloable so that someone who doesn't start playing at launch isn't gated from the Main story after eveyone else has already done it and he can't get a group to help him out.

In games where the developers encourage interaction you dont have that problem because you have a healthy amount of friend in game or irl that are willing because you grouped with them the night before or helped them with a difficult quest.  Thats what builds a strong community and player base.  

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Originally posted by c0exist

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Originally posted by lizardbones Because there are multiplayer aspects to the game too? Because, strange as it may seem, there is a market for games where you see other people playing, but are not necessarily directly interacting with them.

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real people or npcs walking around, whats the difference?  No need to interact with them so who cares who is driving that character.  

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Originally posted by c0exist
My question is this, if leveling and story quests are soloable why not just make another single player game? 

Because a MMO doesnt mean that you have to group up with others all the time.

you don't go to the toilet with a healer-tank-dps group as well?  At least I hope not.

no where in Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game does it say you have to be grouped up with those other players.

Originally posted by NaughtyP
Sooooooo... am I going to be 1 of 3 million "heroes" or will the story actually make sense for a change?

I assume you get all your information from this forum so you have no idea what your talking about. If you actually knew the story line you would not need to ask this question.

On topic though to OP, its a main storyline. Who cares if it is soloable or not. There is other stuff to do in the game that will require others to work together.  

Grouping i like not because i need help in most cases, but because its a good way to see other classes skills, interact, be social, make friends, a good way to see if they are guild material. Also it helps people tone their skills to help people in group activities such as raids, pvp stuff, etc.

Grouping isnt required, just feels something is missing when you are alone running as fast as you can thru quests.

Sometimes it doesnt work well, sometimes you get people that dont know their role, and sometimes its just faster to go solo. But still, I would rather group up and adventure it kind of reminds me of older games and D&D settings.

I do both, sometimes though i just want my alone time to take it easy and explore.

Originally posted by Ecoces

no where in Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game does it say you have to be grouped up with those other players.

 

There's no point in an mmo where people don't group up organically and do PUGs.  Games with little/no grouping or guild/friend only grouping aren't worth a sub fee or anything past a box price, and most mmos like that aren't even worth the box price because the solo content (SWTOR GW2) isn't worth playing.