Insane amount of mobs for solo play

[doggirl211]

I'll admit I'm new to console gaming and don't completely have the hang of aiming/connecting with my shots just yet, but I am nowhere close to new at mmo gaming on the pc, and I am shocked by the sheer volume of mobs I'm having to face solo in this game. Lets get this out of the way first, I like this game and am excited to see where it goes, but I don't know how much longer I can play something that throws TWO DOZEN mobs at a time at me, most of which I have to hit at least a dozen or more times before they go down. And I'm not factoring in the times I obviously miss them because I'm not good at aiming yet. I can't hardly believe this is working as intended. It's not a case of bad tactics as I utilize cover when approaching a mission area, but no matter what I do, an insane number of mobs appears and mows me down.

I enjoy playing solo because I like to read missions and look around areas completely before I move on, so teaming up with me really just serves to frustrate most people as they're in a rush to move from one mission to the next. I feel like the numerous videos I watched of devs saying this game is easily soloable really aren't factual and am a bit disappointed in it due to what feels like a bit of false advertisement on that front. And please don't tell me that "it's an mmo, its not meant to be solo'ed". That's just insulting.

I want to love this game, I really do. I'm hoping someone will say that this must be one of the numerous bugs and will be worked out in the coming weeks, I just need to be patient.

[Deez]

Shoot, Run, Reload.
Repeat as often as needed.

[Jman2010]

You forgot dodge.

[Tango80]

Learn to roll that helps out tremendously. Especially against shield dudes, Tankers, Mutant mini gunners and Mutant grenadiers. It makes it allot easier to kill things with friends than solo. Doable but a pain in the butt.

[Deez]

dodge is not on the controller.

[AmishWarMachine]

I don't know that they said the game was "easily" soloable, since that's an extremely relative thing to say. So far, however, I have solo'd everything I've done in the game (completed the pheromones mission from the Iron Demon Ranch).

There are going to be some missions, that if you want to solo, you're going to have to have the perfect mixture of weapons, gear, tactics, and above all... patience. (this game can punish you for going rambo).

You might be surprised to find that there are people like-minded and choose to absorb the game as they play, instead of doing so in a rush. Find them. Group with them. Win-Win.

[Valethar]

Shoot, Run, Reload.
Repeat as often as needed.

This.

Do not stand still or you're dead. Use the terrain to LoS them, move a lot, learn leash ranges so you can work the spawn by luring them out and picking them off. Learn to recognize which mobs are the most dangerous and don't let them gang up on you (rioters for example, can smash you fast if you get more than two at close range). Use sniper rifles at range to pick off their snipers and rocket launchers.

This isn't a typical MMO where you can stand in one place until someone tells you to get out of the fire, and still defeat the enemies.

[AmishWarMachine]

dodge is not on the controller.

Double-tap Circle/B

[BlueRaith]

Follow the Five D's:

[PixieStix]

I know this sounds really stupid, but patience plays a factor if you are solo. Sniper the high threat targets before going in. Once in, dodge around picking off the smaller threats, then finish off the big threat.