Is anyone playing but me?

[Metaljunkie]

Lots of MMO's don't have a LFG tool so not sure why you keep throwing that around.

[Sanguinesun]

a little much? have you played MMO before?.. I think not... unless the quest I am on is bugged and there is not supposed to be enough MOBS to 2 shot me..... you do realize that a game without an open community will fail.. maybe last 3 months.. have extremely low population and not make enough money even for one expansion...? do you like the game? are you concerned for the games future? sounds like you are not. or are just naive... sorry if I offend but your replies are not helpful... to leave it as is would be game suicide...

This isnt an mmorpg. Understanding this is a shooter with some rpg lite elements in it may help reconfigure things for you.

Death in this game means simply a 5% loss of scrip and is otherwise a learning tool. If you're dying alot you might want to see how you have your perks set up with your playstyle and weapon choices. Being in a group as you feel wont change your dying either as things get harder too at times when you got more than one person(because they'll trigger spawns of mobs on top of you or some other things etc.

The game's community issues are much less revolving around trying to turn the game into a WoW LFG style game and more with some issues to improve with the chat and voip systems(which have been griped about for months). Make or breaking of this game I assure you is not going to be due to LFG :P

[mayh3m]

Also since it is a shooter and not a RPG... you might want to rethink how you are approaching your missions. This is a shooter, so you cover. Retreat tatically. Flank enemies. So forth. I have yet need a group to finish any mission I have run. And I have done majority of the Beta missions. Sounds like your just playing wrong...

[Sanguinesun]

Also since it is a shooter and not a RPG... you might want to rethink how you are approaching your missions. This is a shooter, so you cover. Retreat tatically. Flank enemies. So forth. I have yet need a group to finish any mission I have run. And I have done majority of the Beta missions. Sounds like your just playing wrong...

It sounds like he's mainly used to WoW style game play(flat footed clicking and keyboard turning, LFG lobbying, thinking its an mmorpg, etc).

[FizzyMyNizzy]

OMG no one uses chat, no LFG tool.. can not progress... is this a sign of the game flopping even before launch?

I asked the same question to my brother. lol Where the hell is every one. There was a lot yesterday. but not today.. Maybe their play all day all night yesterday?... shrug.

[mayh3m]

I run across people all the time. I was playing most of day today until server maintance hit. Alot of people still killing hellbugs, mutants and raiders. I will say that there is times where I do find noone in a area I am in. But they are there.

[Gradius]

a little much? have you played MMO before?.. I think not... unless the quest I am on is bugged and there is not supposed to be enough MOBS to 2 shot me..... you do realize that a game without an open community will fail.. maybe last 3 months.. have extremely low population and not make enough money even for one expansion...? do you like the game? are you concerned for the games future? sounds like you are not. or are just naive... sorry if I offend but your replies are not helpful... to leave it as is would be game suicide...

No need to be rude, because I certainly wasn't. What builds communities are the clans and guilds that make up the majority of a game's memberbase. LFG tools were created for the people who couldn't or wouldn't join the existing communities in the games. Adding a tool to find someone to play with for a single quest doesn't build community, it severely hurts it. If we all used an LFG tool for a something as simple as a quest, there would be no need for guilds/clans because we could just instantly group with people we don't know and never have to speak with each other again when we're done. How does this build community?

Also, you should take a look at the posts I make. They are VERY pro-game and pro-community building.

Source: YEARS of MMO gaming and community leadership.

[Sanguinesun]

I run across people all the time. I was playing most of day today until server maintance hit. Alot of people still killing hellbugs, mutants and raiders. I will say that there is times where I do find noone in a area I am in. But they are there.

There is also some phasing at play too so if you're on certain missions you dont see everyone else if they're in a different phase of it. Iron Demon Ranch mission stuff for example.

[GinsterUnit]

A LFG tool wouldn't hurt in all fairness... I don't think anyone could summon enough butthurt to deny that.

[Sledgehammer70]

OMG no one uses chat, no LFG tool.. can not progress... is this a sign of the game flopping even before launch?

Jump in chat and talk... Ctrl or right D-Pad Matchmaking, It is Beta so you can only do so much...