For the people who are saying “No” to dungeon finder…take a step back and look how you’ve made it to the level you are. If you’ve mostly leveled by yourself, then you’re a solo player.
Did you have a pre-made guild right off the start to get you boosted to your current level? Sure, that happens. Players form guilds to do that sort of thing. But how about the people who’ve been soloing since Level 1 up to I dunno, 50’s, 60’s even 70’s that would want to participate in group activities without being part of a guild/clan. Sure, it’s self sufficient to play at your own pace. But this is a ARPG with tons of players which should include some of the basic “multiplayer” avenues.
And people here are right, how often do you even see players talk on Local or Trade…barely.
Global, Local and Trade chat should be the most common three aspects of communication where Global should be the avenue where players can actually have conversations. Sure, some of ya’s don’t want that “toxic” life of Global, but, it’s better than playing hours without someone talking in Local or Trade chat. No one is trading stuff anyway.
Dungeon Finder should be part of a future expansion but nothing this early. Dungeon crawling solo is easy, sure, again, this is a multi-player game where the only way to play with other people is to group up with them. Unlike D2R, you can just look for a lobby, join and you’re invited into a party for D-ball runs and party up with 8 people. Easy day.
In D4, when there’s a Hell Tide, everyone is just out and about as the likes of Diablo 3 in the world slaying away.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m having a blast w/ D4, Level 67 Sorc on WT3 just slicing through mobs, getting the last of my Renown areas complete before Level 70 for WT4. I haven’t needed a grp, I haven’t ask for a group for open world or dungeon, thought I would stumble upon players in the Hell Tide. Some players are just self sufficient in their own ways, they really don’t feel the “need” to group up with other players. I see more people sitting around in towns than actually out in the open world with the exception of world bosses, then maybe you see around 10-15 players, other than that, it’s a hit or miss when you’re running around Sanctuary as vast as it is.
D4 honestly feels like a offline mode than multiplayer with as much solo playing is going around.