[2023] Solo/Group - Casual/Competitive

NiKr

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just hoping the scales won't favor playing like that too much, making you feel like a sucker for playing more casually.

Most likely they will. The game's pvp is balanced around groups. Content is targeted towards groups. The existence of open world pvp itself is already a "group" thing at its base, because it's always better to be in a group for safety. Caravans, sieges, wars, events - all group/guild-based or at least guild-targeted.

There will be solo content, but it's better not to expect that you'll somehow be at the top of the world by being a casual solo player. Steven's "this game is not for all" usually means "you gotta work real hard to achieve things". And that hard work often means working in a group and due to how mmo groups work - you'll need to work a lot.

There will be places for both solo and casual players (I know that because I will create one), but they'll be most likely few and far between, because people these days like to optimize their gameplay and in Ashes that means being in a strong guild that dominates as much as possible.