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At the official Anarchy Online site, Game Director Gaute Godager wrote an editorial about playing solo vs. team play in Anarchy Online. Here's a bit:
We have tried to make Anarchy Online an MMORPG where you can solo through a large part of your gaming experience, if this is indeed what you want to do. I think it works quite well for the most parts. I know there are occurrences where people report problems fighting "experience-giving monsters" (non-grey monsters). To me, those are to be considered bugs, or imbalances, and will be looked into. It might take time, but we shall get there.
What I would like to ask your opinion about, is to what degree you feel you are able to cooperate well in teams. I have played AO with many different people on both Dimension 1 (Rubi-Ka 1) and Dimension 2 (Rubi-Ka 2). Sometimes it seems to me that people are so used to soloing, that cooperation and team related skills are forgotten, or simply never learned. Some complain to me that other players are responsible for getting them killed, running around like as they were "soloing together". (parallel playing style as opposed to cooperative playing style.) When I first heard these complaints I thought: "Hm, maybe people just don't know how to do it yet?" Then it struck me that it might not be the lack of skill, it might be our (Funcom's) fault? |
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AO: Soloing and Cooperation
