Is it concerning that most of my career in DRG is spent doing only Solo?

[TikusW1989]

630 hours, around 600+ missions completed and almost 500 of them were on Solo. I got 3 friends that play this game but they're busy most of the time.

[IEatCats]

The choice is up to you don't let anyone tell you otherwise

Randoms are fine for the most part

[Supa]

I don't like playing with others. It's like I'm pretending to be NPC and letting others to play the game for me.

[Chibbity]

Yes, it's weird.

You're weird.

Stop being weird.

[niceGuy]

people who play this solo scare me a lot. Stay away from me

[That Goddamn Scout™]

To each their own.
I have over 700 solo missions. I like the game mode, it's such a different vibe.

[JeanneOskoure]

Nosferu blessed you.

[Meredith K Pseudonym]

Solo is how you better understand what the other people in your team are doing and what you should be doing. More solo, more understanding!

[Amble]

I find this game terribly boring and frustrating solo when you get cave gen that your single class of choice struggles to work with. The friend or even public lobby experience is just so much more engaging.

More power to you though, you freak.

[Gravgon]

I have 2,400 hours in this game. The one achievement I don't have is to play 100 Solo missions. You are a mad man!

[chickenNugget]

Yes.

[MrPurple33]

Originally posted by TikusW1989:

630 hours, around 600+ missions completed and almost 500 of them were on Solo. I got 3 friends that play this game but they're busy most of the time.

I'm Also One Of the Oddballs With You Tikus- 1,661 Missions With 1,147 Being Solo-

In My Case I Had Both An Older 2014 Laptop That Could Lag a Team (and Still Have It) and Access To a Free Internet Connection On a Property I Was Renting For 3 Years That Was Behind the House Where the Router Was- So I'd Get Many Instances Of 'Lag Spikes' Where the FPS Would Drop So Low I'd Stall Or Get Disconnected and Get Auto-Kicked From a Team-

So My Philosophy Was To Not Join Teams So As To Not Annoy Others and Also Get Dropped Mid Mission and Suddenly a Team Is Short a Member They Had Come To Depend On- So I Ended Up Playing A TON Of Solo, Which I Found To Still Be a Great, Fun Experience, and Also Has Honed My Skill With All 4 Classes, As Depending On Each Skillset Solo, Just With Bosco, Makes Integration With a Team Much Easier

I Played So Much Solo I STILL Find It Somewhat Strange Over the Past Year Or So I've Had a Good Internet Connection To Be With Teams- I Of Course Love Being With Teams, But Still Do Solo Missions Every 4th Or 5th Time Just Because I'm Also Comfortable With Them





-There Are Actually a Few Things I PREFER With Solo Play-

-Being Able To Hit ESC and 'Pause' the Mission, Either To Use the Bathroom,
Answer a Phonecall, Take a Few Tokes, Or Refill My Drink

-Being Able To Take My Time, At My Own Pace, To Fully Explore and Grab EVERYTHING
On a Mission- Sure a 20 Minute Mission May Take 45 Minutes Now, But I Get To Do It All
On My Time, Without Annoying Or Delaying Others

-Using Bosco To His Fullest As a Helper- Especially Point Extractions and Egg Hunts, Or Him Grabbing One Cargo Crate Battery, and Me the Other, and We Meet Up At the Crate, and Lots Of Other Uses- Players With Teamwork Often Do Tasks Faster, But When You Know
How To Fully Command Bosco, You Can Sync Tasks Smoother

-A Scout/Bosco Combo I ALWAYS Forget I DON'T HAVE With a Team- And That's Where
With a Big Swarm Attack, I Use an IFG and Instantly Slam the Mass Of Bugs With a Rocket, Killing 5-10 All At Once- It's Such An Ingrained, 'Extra Attack' I Assume Scout Has, That With a Team I Will Automatically Point and Hit M2 After Tossing An IFG At Least ONCE,
EVERY TIME I Play That 1st Mission With a Team- I Use Bosco's Rockets Solo With
All 4 Classes, But Not As Often As I Do As a Solo Scout, Because You Get That 'Extra' Explosive Attack Scout Usually Doesn't Have- It Always Throws Me Off At Least Once,
Where I'm Clicking M2 2 or 3 Times Wondering Why My Rocket Isn't Firing

[Kino Black Sheep]

When I was a noob, I played like 40 hours before I even tried matchmaking. Playing solo means that YOU dictate how your time is spent. If you want to speedrun a level, you can. If you want to chill and mine resources, you can. Bottom line: if YOU are having fun, that's all that matters.

There are currently many green beards online and that can sometimes be extremely frustrating. I myself have been playing a ton of solo lately. The downside being that missions take longer.

[Sokaku]

Originally posted by Meredith K Pseudonym:

Solo is how you better understand what the other people in your team are doing and what you should be doing. More solo, more understanding!

I would contend that it does not. Solo does not teach you how teams collaborate. For instance, Bosco doesn't benefit an engineer to place a platform to reach minerals, and cannot fetch objectives like Fossils. Bosco is also a crutch for learning cooperation and even spatial awareness to a degree, such as the importance of sticking with your teammates and paying attention to what they are doing. Bosco can dig out large items like Aquarqs where teams need to learn how to cooperate and play to strengths to get objectives done. For instance as a gunner playing solo, you only need to drop a shield to protect yourself. A key part of team play is knowing to throw a shield to protect other players in certain situations. You won't learn that solo, so many green gunners seem to forget they even have a shield until it's too late.

Developing these skills makes running missions a lot faster and smoother, and the way to develop them is to play cooperatively. Yes, it will mean the first few games you're going to feel out of place, maybe even be scolded for having to be reminded to do "your part" whether flares, platforms, or dropping a shield, but that is the learning process. If you pay attention to what others are doing in various games, and listen/participate, you pick it up pretty fast. The vast majority of the player base is patient with new players and happy to mentor.

[Azure]

Play how best suits you

[Frisky]

nothing wrong with that if it's enjoyable to you