Devs are killing soloing

[Draugris]

There is whole zone made for dueling and 1v1 matches. And guess what, none is going there. Like literally, only times were there is someone there is when some event make ppl go there. If your solo fun consist fair match and deep respect vs known enemies go there and have your fun.
But we all know that zone will stay abandoned cos solo play is most toxic game mode

Whats make solo so toxic for you? :>

I think what he is trying to say is that soloers look for victims not for opponents. I don´t think the RR80+ in BiS has much of a challenge killing that lvl 16 dude trying to get to his WB. That´s of course an extreme example but i think it is safe to say that you meet all kinds of different level and equipped people. So the question is valid why all the soloers who pretend to be up for the challenge are not there where the challenge would be.

[FeelFreeToDie]

There is whole zone made for dueling and 1v1 matches. And guess what, none is going there. Like literally, only times were there is someone there is when some event make ppl go there. If your solo fun consist fair match and deep respect vs known enemies go there and have your fun.
But we all know that zone will stay abandoned cos solo play is most toxic game mode

Whats make solo so toxic for you? :>

I think what he is trying to say is that soloers look for victims not for opponents. I don´t think the RR80+ in BiS has much of a challenge killing that lvl 16 dude trying to get to his WB. That´s of course an extreme example but i think it is safe to say that you meet all kinds of different level and equipped people. So the question is valid why all the soloers who pretend to be up for the challenge are not there where the challenge would be.

Yes. that is true for alot of solo players, but not all of us doing that. personally i dont touch lowbies until provoked, if i kill somebody once and notice that he is undergeared or not even trying to fight back- i'm not touching him again until provoked and i know that some soloers do the same :>

[nocturnalguest]

Well, it's quite obvious where this brought this server, isn't it? Forums are full of solo complains, it's become harder and harder to find any actual fights and even less against non meta classes/builds. Who will those "OP characters" fight when nobody will be solo anymore except them? When there won't be any decent fights to be found for hours or days? Genuinely don't get this mindset of "it's supposed to be unfair and toxic", maybe I'd agree on a big official server but not on a small passion project server because every person who leaves is someone who just moves on and doesn't return which in the end only hurts the population of this server. Do what you feel like but don't be surprised when there won't be anyone left in the near(?) future to farm.

Forums are full of solo complains because thats the only place left where you can high-light them. Majority of population is not on forums and just dont post anything. Organised part of population (guilds, alliances, established groups) have many other channels for communication and people who are doing organised content use many other means to voice their concerns. Back in the beginning when discord wasnt so much mandatory and people used other platforms for communication forums were full of very high quality posts, feedback, game mechanics discussions etc. Nowdays they almost fully degraded into digital diary for soloers whinning.

Whole this topic is absolutely nothing new and going in circles with people questioning "why?!" however answer has been given numerous times already for past few years. answer is 1) rewards structure 2) campaign 3) killboard. Balance has so very little to do with all this, especially specific class balance.

Also it has absolutely nothing to do with devs (however they are surely theoretically capable of making things better but they all know how this game works, all play it in teams and in highly organised environments so i cant see how they can find a motivation to cater so much of actions for ~1% of solo population). Whole this "soloer proud honor codex" has been there since live and was a simple work-around for AoR devs not giving a flying f**k to indulge how people interact in game. RoR devs has clearly proved that all this honor codex worths s**t as unlike AoR devs they catered into soloers wet dreams way too much imo and literally just introduced a whole f***ing new map (!) for them to have their honorable fair duels. Want me to continue with explanations of why its completely empty for years? I dont think you will like the answer.

Whole discourse of searching causalities between class balance and solo scen is literally just painful to read. Its beyond me how ~40yo people still struggle to connect simple logical chains of cause-effect. Especially amusing to read posts with passive agression about people playing solo "meta" classes as if it wasnt always the case since the beginning of times... The dumber is only putting a blame into current situation upon regen items.

[salazarn]

Solo is dead and I don't think devs specifically killed it (sure didn't make positive changes though) but rather the playerbase ruined it. If everyone had more self respect, dignity and honor we wouldn't have everyone run around on meta classes with regen. The amount of times I didn't attack someone low hp and let them walk away just to have that person zerg me with an entire grp a few min later, being chased by an entire WB for minutes all the way into PvE, the corpse jumping and overall poor etiquette absolutely kills the soloscene. If I roam for 40h I can count on one hand the amount of decent people I've encountered who actually wanted a fair fight and not just to boost their egos. Before I quit right after mdps rework I had a WE log to Order to thank me for not attacking him in a 1v1 and we had some fights, or a certain someone who always blows me a kiss, some people who actually stop the fight we are having when zerged, coming back after losing or waiting for a rematch .. THOSE are the moments I solo'd for but over the years they became more and more rare to a point where I'd have to expect everyone I fight solo to be a clown because the chances are just that high. Especially ironic considering in this game you don't lose ANYTHING when dying and barely get anything from a solokill either yet so many are treating it as if your families lineage is on the line.

Sure, you can have your own opinions and views, but then people who think that's cute will take their OP character and just stomp you into the ground—it's that simple.
Red means dead.
If you want fair 1-on-1s, get organized—go to an area where it’s not too crowded, or head to the deserted arena they created just for you.
PvP is and always will be toxic; as soon as you enter the RvR zone, don’t expect anything—it’s just merciless, and that’s how it should be.
If you’ve been playing the game solo for a long time, you should just accept it.

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And that is why roam and solo is largely dead. Hope you have fun on your regen magus vs the 6man 2.2.2 now you bullied off the order roamers