02-18-2005, 12:13 AM
LochnarITB,Feb 17 2005, 05:47 PM Wrote:Keep in mind the following:
- Lochnar is a frost mage, seemingly the slowest leveling, weakest solo class/spec in the game.
I think mjdoom and his Discipline/Holy priest would argue with you on that score.
Quote:My concern is that, once I've finished the quests I now have that seem soloable, the rest of the end game is parties and instances and raids. Is that the case?
You missed PvP in that list, but basically you've got it, so far as I can tell. End game is, as the IF General spam goes, "BRD/BRS/Strat/Scholo". (Actually, it's frequently "Strath", which really annoys me. It's abundantly clear that the correct pronunciation for the city is "Strat-holme" as opposed to "Strath-olme", and yet the abbreviation cuts across syllables in a way that most abbreviations do not. End of digression.)
Quote:Am I just not finding the solo quests that are available?
There are a lot of solo quests in this game. As you approach the cap, however...they lessen. Or they get harder, or elite. The main incentive to do solo quests for most players is experience, and once that's taken away the majority of players don't do them any more. Blizzard, therefore, doesn't spend too much time on that kind of thing.
Quote:I really love this character, at least to the extent that one can love a non-being. He has been an important escape from real life and I want to continue to enjoy him. I want to be able to continue to find things to keep him occupied without having to resort to accepting the incessant whispers to join groups, primarily because I can make sheep and portals.
I don't think it's that you're doing anything wrong or that you're a poor player, Loch. It's just that you don't seem to enjoy group play. I'm sure there are a number of valid reasons for that, and I'd never question anyone else's personal preferences. However, it's true that groups are the end-game, and without groups you're mostly limited to alts.
Quote:Care to share your opinions on the direction your characters will go in the end game? I'm sure MJ will have much to say given his affinity for instances and raids and the end game.
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I'm having all kinds of fun right now in end-game instances and raids - even a little PvP. I'm looking forward to much of the new content. The only thing I'd like to see is more 5-man level-cap instances instead of raid zones and raid instances. Getting together 40 capped players who all know what they're doing for any length of time is significantly harder than Blizzard seems to think it is. You shouldn't need a dedicated uberguild to explore half the content in the game.