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Edited by G33KBOSS01:
9/14/2017 4:16:10 PM
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Why Some People Don't Want to Play With a Fireteam
Hi,
I’m a D1 player who logged over 3000 hours.
I play Crucible all the time, it’s my favorite Destiny Activity. I’m decent, not great.
(I hate Rumble BTW. Ironic, I know. I actually live for being a team player)
I did all the Raids, a lot. (I didn’t get Rise of Iron)
I was in a very successful Clan in D1(Knights of the Phoenix)
I have a lot friends on my friendlist.
So why do I, and other people, prefer to play solo 90% of the time?
There are several reasons, and I will try to be as concise as possible.
I HAVE LIMITED TIME TO PLAY:
When I get home, if I have time, I just want to jump into whatever activity
I feel like playing. I don’t want to see who is online, what activity they are doing, jump into their party,
ask them if they want to do what I want to do, wait in orbit, wait for two other people to join, or respond
to my messages, and THEN deal with the apology messages of, sorry already full etc etc.
I HAVE EMOTIONAL ANGST ABOUT THESE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS:
When I ask for friends to join me who are engaged in another activity I feel like I am bothering them.
Whether this is true or not, this is how it makes me feel, and I would rather not deal with it.
I DON’T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE TALKING:
Often times in these groups people are chatting away about their personal life, and it can be
overwhelming to me. I DO enjoy talking about the game, like callouts in PvP, but usually the
constant conversation about day-to-day life stresses me out and takes me out of the experience
I am trying to enjoy. (I hate CO-OP in story modes, because I can’t focus on the experience AT ALL)
This probably sounds funny to some people, but I bet for A LOT of solo players this is one of their
main reasons for preferring the Lone-Wolf.
THE STOP-START EXPERIENCE WITH GROUPS IS GRATING:
Play a match. One person leaves. 5 Minutes in Orbit till someone else can join. Play a match,
two people leave. Find replacements. Another 5 minutes. This tends to stress me out a lot.
I don’t know if I am coming off as a whiny wuss, but I wanted to shed some light on
why a lot of Guardians might prefer to play Solo. Maybe I am way off base.
Comments will let me know I guess.
EDIT: There appears to be some confusion here so I will clarify. I don't want Destiny to change. It should be a social game. It's awesome that way. I DO have a good time in 90% of Fireteams. I play with people all the time. The ONLY thing I would want either removed or tweaked is Skill Based Matchmaking. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT. I'm just trying to give a perspective of why players choose to play Solo. Even with friends, not everyone can beat a Raid or go Flawless in Trials, and that is the way it should be. I LOVE DESTINY.
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1 ReplyI did write a massive reply about what it's like for us solo players. especially people like me with social autism and social anxiety, ADD, and far too little empathy to care about people unless it benifits me in some way. which is what people do with people or things in their life anyway, but as someone who can't lie, I often get slated for it for some reason even though they asked. if I don't care about something, and you ask, your gonna get the truth. im not being mean. just being honest.. being me. it's actually a good thing so you don't waste your time with it/me about that situation. I like coop. I love coop actually. just prefer to do it without talking, like darksouls or destiny strikes. but the strikes are fruitless. and d2 does not cater to solo players. and their idea to "help" solo players still involves keeping the end game content behind a social barrier which a lot of us don't want to, or can't, pass. i will happily look up "how to" on raids. like I did with Crotas end and how to solo it. for both versions. and did so. (love that glowhoo) it would be nice if solo players could get access to the raid gear through strikes(harder ones preferably as they are too easy atm. with matchmaking at some point down the line. like 3 months after each raid is released its contents get added to the strikes possible rewards. so that we can all enjoy and those who did the raid get to show off for bit still. I completed all the game and content at the time, and got to 272 light by the third day. I'm bored of destiny already. I thought, and hoped it would be different.. better.. than just a copy paste of d1. at least there is a really nice coop game finally coming to console early next year ^-^ monster hunter.. yays!. anyway. my two cents. I honestly don't care about what people think. but if speaking up means something might get done, then at least there is a chance that it will benifit me in the future, and therfore other solo players. so there are more people out there who don't invite me to a clan every 15mins X'D it's cod and warframe all over again x3
