Solo. I have played with others, and well I don't get it. I still do it, I joined a clan, I will gladly help anyone but I am not a social chatty person so I am not talking unless there is a point of technical clarification. But now I have to listen to people instead of music or just enjoy the soundtrack or have a favourite movie in the background. Then there is the pace, most people do not play at my pace. They have their own unique playstyle and motives that may not match mine. The result is often that playing with a group feels mechanical, it becomes button hitting because the characters on the screen do not synch with the voices of the players. The exception for me is PvP and fighting Aetheon because the pace and strategy require discussion that is mission specific. Suddenly the voices and characters do synch and that is great. But then it is dependent on the team dynamic and those moments of good are hidden in a sea of not so good. And finding a team. Bungie says just find a team uh sure. I suppose if you are a Bungie employee in a Bungie building surrounded by Bungie people that you have years of history with picking up two people with a meshing playstyle probably does work just great. The world outside of Bungie, not so much. But yeah I solo, and mainly it is because I am trying to have an immersive experience and the group is not. The Raid is a great example of this, I despise the very idea of the Raid (yes I have played parts of it, yes I had a good time. This is about the idea of it not the practice). Something new, something expansive, something wonderful. Just around the corner your eyes fall on something you have never seen in the game before "sh1t" 'what is it? what happened?" "I dropped my sandwich' "what?" "ha ha Bill dropped his sandwich' "ha ha Billtard" "ha ha" "Guys, guys, focus. Stunning visual effects amazing music awe inspiring moment" "ha ha Billtard" "hey whats this thing?" "What?" whole team is dead. EDIT: From everything I gather the majority of people do not play the Raid to be immersed or to enjoy it. They play the Raid to get the freaking helmet they need or that one gun that never drops for them. They want to cheese it or rush it or just run it real quick or character after character. And that is awesome for them, I do not fault them one bit. If that is part of their enjoyment then all of the power in the world to them. It just isn't my enjoyment. For me the missions and the Raid should be worthy opponents and defeating them should have worthy rewards. With the loot system as it is however the Raid is only an obstacle to the gear and an obstacle to level 30. END OF EDIT But then I am getting the distinct impression that Bungie perceives games as mechanical objects intended as a device to fill time during human interaction. Like Jenga or Pictionary. I perceive games as complex puzzles, as interactive experiences, as cornerstones of Human evolution and learning. A game should immerse. The term it's just a game is used all the time by people trying to devalue games yet the original expression was designed as a reminder to the immersed that it was in fact immersion. now I am just rambling. tl;dr: I prefer solo

I team up with my little brother when I can but for the most part I fly solo, only relying on my quick wit and the big iron on my back

That's what they made the new raid for...

I solo as much as I can. I still do the strikes though. I'm not the best player so I try to make it up by reviving as much as possible.

i 10,000% agree. im a fallout player and my girlfriend and i both play solo. sometimes we team up for a challenge but we havent even done either of the raids. Not a fan of gaming with 4 other folks, and im usually too baked to communicate as needed.

New Years bump... Enjoy the thread and thank you

I would have solo'd this weeks on all three characters but died on the final boss (just needed to throw in a few more sniper shots to complete) through stupid mistakes. Then I just stopped and haven't looked at it since!

Love to solo. I don't trust people not to screw up. plus, with soloing, I can find all sorts of hidey holes and such. If it wasn't for soloing, I wouldn't have discovered the Valus Pipe trick

Solo helps me go at my own pace. I take breaks in between zones and pour another drink, grab something to eat, etc... After several hours of killing stuff my hands get sore and need a break, especially if I am sniping, I get cramps. So having the pressure of people wanting me to keep moving, I can do what I want and end up killing all the spawn (except for last week's night fall where the spawn never stopped).

Yeah I soloed for the longest time... I even tried the raid solo lol I was standing at the door like "why isn't this working?!" Not realizing there are three capture points. I like the idea of an "enter at your own risk" kind of wild.

I solo everything I can. To be honest I wish that the strike matchmaker had options for solo'ers Sometimes random people aren't what I want to deal with... Nothing worse than trying to do something properly, only to have the 2 randoms run off to the hidey hole in the corner (happens alot on Mars and Venus Archon strikes) If I die, i accept the penalty of having to restart at checkpoint/orbit... I really dislike staring at my ghost while 2 inept -blam!-ers squat under a box and fire randomly at whatever they can see while adds and minutes wasted pile up. Would really like to see options for selecting which modifiers the enemies have. Would love to ramp up the difficulty to the level it is at with 3 people in party but do it myself. Or a Barefisted with a busted Ghost mode, where your ammo synth abilities are gone due to ghost being damaged....It can't process the ammo you pick up, but it can boost your melee damage(lights out for guardians). Would be an awesome challenge to have to deal with certain enemies at melee range. As for the WILDS idea... I can see it being interesting, but the loss of things on death gives me horrible Everquest flashbacks /corpse anyone? A Large world zone sized mixed combat area would be awesome (pve/pvp faction based) with bounties geared towards resource control/target elimination. Maybe a larger version of a Public event, with a HUGE boss encounter out in a normal zone.... One day a week the top of the hour event turns into a brutal slug fest that lasts say 10-20 minutes or until boss dies. World Bosses would be amazing things Bungie....

Solo player here for life. Too much of a lone wolf. I like the challenge and I feel superior when I can say I beat something by myself.

Soloing nightfalls once you get a feel for them can be a lot easier than with 3, but i like switch from 4v4 8v8 in this game.

I remember the first time I soloed the nightfall. It was the Cerberus vae strike with arc burn. Got my first two exotics that day. Wish they would put the bonus damage back in when you were bye yourself or with less people.

I'm a solo gamer myself as I mostly played offline single player games since the mid 1980s. When I did play multiplayer back then, it was usually offline versus modes (Street Fighter, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat) and offline co-op modes (Contra III, Konami beat 'em ups). That said, I have had some online multiplayer experiences over the years. First, I had fun with Mario Kart DS's online multiplayer, but an assortment of cheaters, hackers, sore losers, and connection issues were utter buzzkills. Second, during my Final Fantasy XI days, I quietly logged in to solo or assist other players as Linkshell members talked about various topics (Linkshells were another name for clans in FFXI). As for Destiny, I tend to stick with the single player content because I DON'T enjoy competitive multiplayer in recent FPS. Granted, I played offline multiplayer in the N64's Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, but those weren't enough to make me a fan of that mode as a whole. It would be great if Destiny had more solo friendly modes to appease players who don't enjoy The Crucible. I feel modes add some much needed gameplay variety besides running, shooting, and looting are definitely welcomed. To date, my favorite boss in Destiny is the Fallen Walker because that boss battle felt like a boss from the recent Legend of Zelda games. In those games, players had to expose that boss's weak point in order to do any considerable damage and that weak point only available for a brief period of time. I find this game mechanic more interesting than gratuitously shooting bosses that only move and shoot.

Fallout 3: Loved that game. The subway systems were a whole world upon themselves. I like solo and enjoy co-op with my brother. The Public Events are my favorites. Bunch of randoms working together to get gold. I would love to see a solo section of the game, but I do enjoy the mix of randoms in patrols and events. After doing much of the game co-op, I find I miss that extra gun or flanking teammate when I play solo. Up till Borderlands 2, I had done all games solo. I still like the choose your own pace and direction of a solo game. Even with the malaria aggravation, I really enjoyed Farcry 2. No wild animals hunting you, just enemies to shoot and a vast open world to explore and take out enemies.

I don't mind doing co-op with others (since i enjoy doing co-op missions), but it's one thing to allow us to have a co-op option and another to be forced into it. And i for one don't like being forced to co-op when attempting to raid, that's why i wish a solo mode was implemented into the raids.

I like solo, but it looks like Bungie hates solo players so much.

Yes, Solo FTW but on the other hand...Some of these Ideas are just messed up. They are so bad that it makes not having the dark below at this point look like a pansy problem... then again... I can empathize with those with groups that are full of (pardon the term) NOOBS Regardless... I still agree with a true solo gametype that actually promotes XP gain and other faction gains (No, Rumble doesn't count) Good luck Developers, P.S. Don't give so good Ideas that companies can't but agree with them and end up messing with everyone in a negative way