Solo mod - How Fatshark should implement it - No effort, no work needed

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Yes, an other topic about solo mod.

Let’s say it, I believe that Fatshark can implement a solo pretty easily. On patch 6 they created private games. I have never understood why they limited them to 2 players!

Frankly, is it so hard to change the number 2 to 1? or even remove this hardcoded restriction?
Actually we have to use many more tries to be able to solo. However, only PC players can use a mod, and this only works with a lot of manipulations (finding the map, entering code etc).

About bots. For a true solo mod, they don’t need to implement changes. But, if they wanted to make bots better they could:

  • allow bots to carry grimoire / scriptures. It does not make sense to make them carry ammo crate or medikits, unless they give them the brain to decide when using them (and I don’t think it will happen)
  • make them have enough brain to not walk in flames or try to revive a teammates in front of a gunner

But even without that, you can play with them.

I have just finished my first damnation solo. Yes low intensity, yes did several errors, yes I used the OP weapons (zorona, Combat axe with BM which is not totally OP but terribly strong)… but still, that’s entirely possible.
Did it with melee veteran.

Result of a solo run - Damnation low intensity - Melee veteran

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And yes, I need to raise the difficulty… But that’s how you can train. The main problems I had with the run were:

  • we had 2 monsters: plague ogryn and chaos spawn. As you can see, I had to kill them with too little help from bots. Tbh, it was not really hard to kill them. Game launched hordes at same time, but this is expected and was easy to manage.
  • there was hacking (repair mission - power matrix). When it is bots that are watching your ass, you feel “confortable” (joke inside) when using the hacking tool
  • did several errors. Was trapped at one time and that was clearly a bad move form me. But my “botty” has been smart enough to deliver me immediately. Other disabled states were mutants (cause I don’t really pain attention to them when a chaos spawn try to kill me) and a dog. This one was clearly also a mistake from me. But I was in middle of bots… so not a problem

So Fatshark, can you change the required number of players in a private game from 2 to 1? is it so immensely hard to do this change?

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No they can’t and the shouldn’t. Stop asking for your own personal spot on the server like you’re some kinda MVP and get in the solo queue.

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I really doubt that solo is something they’re avoiding because of servers.

Like there are things that might make them avoid doing solo (notably the bots) but not that.

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Ok. You did not read.

  1. I actually play solo games.…
  2. The fix is easy
  3. It was something promised
  4. It won’t impact you as nothing force you to play solo (or even play private game)

Why do you want to impose YOUR VIEWS on how others want to play?
Giving more options of how you can play the game does not make you in the obligation to play solo.
And about servers, what is better:

  • that I join and leave 8 games cause players use OP weapons, rush or other reasons before I find an acceptable team? And so, join, leave, rejoin etc.?
  • that I play a solo game when I am tired of what I see in mission? and that I can come back in a “normal” game after playing some time in solo?
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