Any point solo queuing dungeons?

[YelloMit]

So I'm queued up for Aquilok's Tail just because I wanna see if anyone else plays and all I see is bots running in solo. I never see real players outside of major cities, so is there any point to queuing? Should I just run all the story dungeons solo?

[Dragonmaster]

The story is solo. NO one plays thru the story twice since you get skips after your first go thru.

[YelloMit]

Originally posted by Dragonmaster:

The story is solo. NO one plays thru the story twice since you get skips after your first go thru.

Wait, if the story is solo, why does it give the option for matchmaking?

[tankanidis]

Originally posted by YelloMit:

Originally posted by Dragonmaster:

The story is solo. NO one plays thru the story twice since you get skips after your first go thru.

Wait, if the story is solo, why does it give the option for matchmaking?

When the game first came out everyone did it in party

However after you reach level 50 and make it to Vern you get some 'power passes' that let you turn an alt level 10+ char into level 50 instantly when used

You also get stronghold feature that lets you 'knowledge transfer' (power pass ish) more alts

So you're not doing the exact 10-50 gig again

Anything before say Yorn Dungeons is a dead zone atm due to so many bots, so few new real players and all the real players just doing alt stuff at 50+ (and the more you realise there's noone in the queue for dungeons the more you solo so over time there's even less in what could be the queue)

[YelloMit]

Originally posted by tankanidis:

Originally posted by YelloMit:

Wait, if the story is solo, why does it give the option for matchmaking?

When the game first came out everyone did it in party

However after you reach level 50 and make it to Vern you get some 'power passes' that let you turn an alt level 10+ char into level 50 instantly when used

You also get stronghold feature that lets you 'knowledge transfer' (power pass ish) more alts

So you're not doing the exact 10-50 gig again

Anything before say Yorn Dungeons is a dead zone atm due to so many bots, so few new real players and all the real players just doing alt stuff at 50+ (and the more you realise there's noone in the queue for dungeons the more you solo so over time there's even less in what could be the queue)

Ahh, I see. I'm a new player, so i had no idea about any of this. Thanks for the clarification.

[Dragonmaster]

I shoulda clarified, sorry about that. Yes no one is in the sub 50 zones except new players (or bots). After your first 50 you get passes and ways to skip the entire 10-50 level grind thus no one is seen much in the newbie zones doing the story thus essentially the story is solo.

[Cae]

just enjoy the solo story till lvl 50, after that u can do party up content

[tankanidis]

Originally posted by YelloMit:

Originally posted by tankanidis:

When the game first came out everyone did it in party

However after you reach level 50 and make it to Vern you get some 'power passes' that let you turn an alt level 10+ char into level 50 instantly when used

You also get stronghold feature that lets you 'knowledge transfer' (power pass ish) more alts

So you're not doing the exact 10-50 gig again

Anything before say Yorn Dungeons is a dead zone atm due to so many bots, so few new real players and all the real players just doing alt stuff at 50+ (and the more you realise there's noone in the queue for dungeons the more you solo so over time there's even less in what could be the queue)

Ahh, I see. I'm a new player, so i had no idea about any of this. Thanks for the clarification.

Pro-tip

After you complete Vern storyline (at 50, its after Arthertine-Shushire?-Vern or some mix of that) DONT USE the powerpass until you reach Ronhendel and have completed ALL the purple roster quests in the zones previously

Roster quests are 1 time quests for the most part that give their rewards to your entire account

The reason for this advice is that power passing basically clicks 'complete' on everything before that point in the game, which also included the roster quests in shushire etc so if you power pass before actually doing them, it counts you as having done them but you don't get the rewards (its not the end of the world, but something to pay attention to as many made that mistake early on)

Get your Main character into Rohendel, do the purple ! quests that pop up along the way previous to that and then you can power pass your alts freely without losing anything in the process

You start off on the Luterra Continent (Rethramis / Yudia / West Luterra / East Luterra) then you move to Tortoyk - Anikka - Arthertine - Shushire - Vern - Rohendel

I may have gotten the order mixed up but basically once you've finished with that you are done with Tier 1 gear (level 50 gear starts the tier sets, starts at tier 1 - 302 vern set and ends at tier 1 - 600 which you will be done with Rohendel and ready for Tier 2 800 in Yorn. There is no gear inbetween 600-800 you can just buy the tier 2 gear once you hit ilvl 600 or finish Yorn story and do chaos dungeon there to pick up the gear directly yourself)

Trying not to over type to a new player but there's so much i want to make you aware of to help you on your journey so ill' shut up now and you can reply here if you have more questions a long the way

[Dragonmaster]

Clarify on the above, you DO get certain roster rewards (the important ones like skill point potions and such). Main stuff you miss out on is the potions, XP, Adventure tome consumables.

[Morning Glory]

lol its because you are already 3 months late. it was pretty fun and alive when it launched. Everyone partied up on starting dungeons and people try to farm the area boss. Now starting areas are dead af with only bots around since most people are on T1 and above. Most people you see in the starting area are leveling alts so they wont even party since they already know everything.

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by YelloMit:

Originally posted by Dragonmaster:

The story is solo. NO one plays thru the story twice since you get skips after your first go thru.

Wait, if the story is solo, why does it give the option for matchmaking?

I think it is because some people have friends, I dont know none but I heard it is a thing.

[hh375]

I go back and re-run dungeons occasionally, just for a goof, always try to queue first in case anyone has been waiting 10 mins for other people, never find anyone though, and it probably wouldn't be very exciting to watch a 1340+ one hit everything.

only way to fix that would be readjust the game and add scaling of players and loot drops, but I love that this game doesn't have scaling, as it's an awesome stress reliever to go back to early continents and just wreck everything w/o even getting scratched.

but yeah, if you missed the first couple weeks, basically all story stuff is solo, which sucks as you'd basically have to schedule with groups in order to complete festivals and other co-op stuff that absolutely nobody does anymore, but can't be completed solo

[apple juice]

People do go to those places for various reasons, but they are unlikely to be matchmaking since the level difference is so crazy you practically can't take damage, and some of the reasons to be doing those has nothing to do with actually trying to beat them.

[Kernel Cinders]

I have leveled five characters to 50 not using PP.

It isn't my fault other players are too weak to do it.

At least I earned the "Amazing" title doing it and I didn't even know about it until I got it.

THAT is how you play an MMORPG game.

[hh375]

Originally posted by Data Not Available:

I have leveled five characters to 50 not using PP.

It isn't my fault other players are too weak to do it.

At least I earned the "Amazing" title doing it and I didn't even know about it until I got it.

THAT is how you play an MMORPG game.

Good job!

I would recommend this strategy, as I don't really buy stuff on the auction house, mostly 'self-found' I guess it's called, and you miss out on a TON of stuff if you knowledge transfer to 50 instead of grinding it out. I KT'd 5 alts, and regret each one, and am now finishing up my 4th grind from zero to 1325, and it isn't really that bad, shouldn't have paid any attention to the hyper-players racing to max level, play it like an incremental, if it takes years, whatever, just enjoy the ride and collect much loot.

Edit: also, don't confuse knowledge transfer with training camp in the stronghold, training camp is a HUGE benefit, use it as much and often as possible, it absolutely has no downside, just raw combat XP, which is kinda what I thought knowledge transfer was, sigh...

[Avalanche]

I wish other mmos did the whole solo dungeon thing.....sadly, they have to ruin the games with a grouping mechanic and the player aspect tends to ruin games because players tend to be unreliable....die once, they cry and leave.....if they don't get their way, they have a hissy fit and leave.....it just ruins the games.