Solo players complain in WoW. For them, there are few improvements possible. But is that actually true?
While the current expansion World of Warcraft: Legion is viewed positively by a large portion of players and is already considered the “best expansion since Burning Crusade”, there is also a group of players who are not as satisfied. Especially pure solo players feel a bit left out when looking at the English forums.
For example, player Testora complains:
“World quests are great, but provide no progress after item level 850, the same goes for professions. You need mythic dungeons. Heroic dungeons, LFR, and unrated battlegrounds do not provide progress.
The re-design of Karazhan is great, but never accessible for a large part of the players.
Your team needs a “casual” who does not raid or visit these dungeons, someone who tells you every evening in the office that he has nothing significant to do. I’m sure that would change things for the better.”
Community Manager Aerythlea promptly responded and clarified some points.
“We have some new content in 7.1 that is tailored for solo players and also some changes in PvP that should make it more rewarding [see the post about the changes to PvP rewards].
With the recent changes to the emissary quest chests, which now provide better rewards, it is possible to obtain equipment with the quality of mythic dungeons without ever having set foot in them. You still have the chance for these rewards to be warforged or titanforged, making them on par with those from higher “Mythic+” levels. Therefore, good gear is more available than ever before.”
You can view Aerythlea’s full post in our sources.
Cortyn says: Honestly, the endless “whining” from solo players is a bit annoying. In my opinion, WoW currently offers more solo content than ever before with world quests and various story campaigns for different classes. Moreover, one must simply consider that WoW is an MMORPG whose main focus is on group activities. Those looking for a pure solo experience that they can invest 8 or more hours daily into on weekends without burning out after a few weeks have strange expectations of an MMO. For such players, perhaps looking at games like SWTOR would be worthwhile.
