New FFXI Expansion info: "Raids?"Follow

Assault looks interesting. I'm digging the way the new places are looking, and the Rat people. Anyway, if you didn't see it:

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/ahturhgan/index.html

What I'm looking at is the solo factor in this.. I hate CoP.. Why? Not because of how long missions are, or the cost, but simply requires people, and often times, people do not wanna help after they have done it, such as they did in Zilart.. I found help easy in zilart, and finding a static in CoP is damned near impossible..

So I ask if people have any confirmation of the solo factor for the storyline? I know you get areas accessible through only missions, and SE had said this will be a mostly solo expansion for missions..

I hope it is, so I may work on a story line not requiring 5 hours or more for one part of a mission, where 4 hours is spent just finding the people, lol..

~Nieko

Nieko, the Zilart missions are much more linear and straightforward than CoP, and since so many people want to party in and/or fight gods in sky, a lot of people are willing to help out.

As a SMN, you could easily find a CoP static, but you have to make sure you know who you're working with - pickup parties don't work because yes there is a lot of preparation work. But I really like the amount of strategy and teamwork this involves, and the rewards and story-line are awesome. I just hate the stupid sh-t like "how well can you move a controller? - climb this ***** *** mountain without falling off" crap.

I agree that I would like more solo missions and quests, though.