Punished for grouping with friends?

[CarsV]

I actually find this game pretty good with just two players. When I do drag myself to play, I often play co-op with a friend and it's pretty well-balanced. Things turn sour, though, once more players join because the screen turns into an indiscernible cluster**** due to the over-the-top skill/spell effects.

[KingMofo]

At this point I'm only playing in games with friends. I don't care if it is less lucrative, grouping is fun. Soloing is boring.

Completely agree, have more fun playing co-op with friends, although it bothers me that the risk vs reward is much better solo. I thought it was a standard in most games that 2 players should be able to tackle tougher content than a solo player (quad kiting in EQ excluded).

[Malicious]

In the case of leechers or soloing stuff by yourself in a group game... if ppl had a problem with it in game, they could always just boot that person, so I don't think that should be a reason to need a sharing of MF. In fact if u think about it from another perspective... u could now just come in with 0 MF and leech off other people's MF anyway? Even the current way things are doesn't stop ppl from just following ppl around and doing nothing.

[pulli]

In the case of leechers or soloing stuff by yourself in a group game... if ppl had a problem with it in game, they could always just boot that person, so I don't think that should be a reason to need a sharing of MF. In fact if u think about it from another perspective... u could now just come in with 0 MF and leech off other people's MF anyway? Even the current way things are doesn't stop ppl from just following ppl around and doing nothing.

If you have 0 MF you'll have better stats..

Leaving MF personal makes tanks in group fights much worse, they dont' have the luxury to be ever really able to buy much MF.

[Malicious]

Well there should be other ways to obtain MF imo such as enchants or something, but that's another issue really.

The argument about being a tank is still flawed. If u never had MF in the first place anyway, it would be the same if u had soloed. By sharing the MF, u r just leeching the MF from other people who decided to invest in it. I know tanks need pretty specific stats, but if u look at a lot of DPS builds they require a lot of specific stats too and can't always afford MF as well (if they don't want to get 1 shotted especially). I don't think tanks should feel entitled to get MF off other ppl just because they're a tank.

[whorhay]

As others have pointed out there is far more loot dropping in D3 multiplayer games than there ever was in Diablo 2 Multiplayer. It's just that since each player has individual loot drops you don't see all the other gear.

I have consistently progressed faster in multiplayer games with my Barbarian, why? Because I change to a multiplayer skill set and run interference. When I do that my DPS friends can unload for real and not worry about evading and kiting mobs as they usually do in solo play.