Guild Wars 2

I would like to see the option to be able to solo the dungeons and final dragon. It is way to hard to do and my guild mate and I don’t enjoy playing with strangers. I have 3 level 80 characters which I want to get some of the dungeon armor for them and can not due to the above issue.

As a casual player I don’t normally comment on things here but…. come on mate, it’s MMO. Dungeons are just one of the few things requiring team work here. System kind of requires this element as it is. There is one million things to do besides those – why not enjoy them solo or just with your friend?

couldn’ disagree more, a solo dungeon will ruin the teamwork system anet has worked on. why would any1 bother gathering people for a group if they can just solo the content? sure some might wanna do things as a group, but the majoirty of players would simply solo it, this way they don’t gotta pick up bad players who ruins the whole run for you

Agree and disagree… Dungeons in explorer mode are made for parties, and they make more sense that way. In Story Mode though, players should be able to choose, from either doing them alone or in party. Dificulty would be accordingly the number of players in story mode.

BTW, there are PVE dungeons scattered across the map. They are called mini-dungeons. Check them out. You can find the achievments for these in the explorers tab.

Dungeon’s shouldn’t be solo-able, that said…
There are things in GW2 you should be able to solo like the orr temples or getting lodestones.

Like Yahtzee infamously once said to sum up an MMO:
“Sometimes I like to play with myself”
“But sometimes I like to play with myself while other people watch!”

:D

I’m not being funny, but if you refuse to group with any strangers then that’s your problem and not the games, Anet shouldn’t and won’t change their game to suit someone who refuses to play an MMO socially, the whole idea of an MMO…

FWIW, as a primarily solo player I nevertheless agree with those who say that dungeons should be teamwork oriented.

I do, however, despair of ever finding groups for every dungeon who are going to be willing to go through “slowly” while I experience the story/lore. (I tend to play solo because I understand that not everyone wants to play “my” way and I don’t want to inconvenience them.)

Full disclosure: I have not yet made any attempt at all to join a dungeon (only recently hit 80) so my fears may be unjustified.

DryHumour.1307:

FWIW, as a primarily solo player I nevertheless agree with those who say that dungeons should be teamwork oriented.

I do, however, despair of ever finding groups for every dungeon who are going to be willing to go through “slowly” while I experience the story/lore. (I tend to play solo because I understand that not everyone wants to play “my” way and I don’t want to inconvenience them.)

Full disclosure: I have not yet made any attempt at all to join a dungeon (only recently hit 80) so my fears may be unjustified.

If by “slowly” you mean watching all of the cutscenes ect it’s really not an issue. Once you’re inside just watch the cutscene and even if others don’t like it, it’ll still be quicker for them then to kick you and find another member, so most just let you watch the cutscene as they don’t take too long anyway. It is harder to get a group that don’t skip every add that is possible though, but it is possible to get a group that kills everything.