Diablo 3 Solo vs Public parties

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Just found out I'm getting Diablo 3 in a week or two as an early Father's Day present. I will have limited amounts of time to play (about 30 minutes around 7am EDT) during the week, and little to no time on the weekends. None of my friends are likely to be available then (plus they like longer play sessions).

If all I'm interested in is gaining EXP and loot as quickly as possible, is it more efficient to go it alone as a wizard, or should I be joining a public game for whatever quest I happen to be on? I'm not sure how the lack of coordination / play skill of the random Public players will balance against the 75% HP increase on the monsters.

Do these considerations change in Nightmare / Hell? Just going to leave Inferno out. What about with a different class?

Best Answer

If you have limited time to play and will not be online when your friends are, I recommend you play solo, at least for Normal difficulty. As Rachel mentioned, it is just as viable (until you get to very high difficulty), you will get XP and loot at the same pace, and also you may find it more fun:

  • You get to play with followers (unavailable in co-op play)
  • You can choose your follower and equip/spec them to complement your play style
  • Followers have interesting lore and great voice-acting
  • Follower AI is likely to be better than most of the random people on Battle.net
  • You can complete quests at your own pace
  • You can listen to dialogue and watch cinematics without people interrupting them
  • Solo gameplay is arguably more tactical and strategic as opposed to mindless click-spamming

Overall I feel that Blizzard has really invested a lot into the RPG elements of this Action-RPG, and if you play solo, you may enjoy them a lot.

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