User blog:Sonoris/Thoughts on parties and quests

When the quest system was first released and Trapper Santa unleashed, I was worried that I'd never be able to do 300 damage to him because I wasn't in a party.

My thoughts were: party = more people = more damage. Especially with mages and warriors around (I went healer, as I'd been on a dying streak). And those buffs! I haven't gotten a chance to try any sort of party buff. And to top it off, as a lv22 healer... I have 4 STR.

Pleasant surprise! This was taken into account when quests and parties were made I think! Assuming I do ~7 dalies and maybe 2 todos, I do about 9-12 dmg to Trapper Santa each day. On the other hand, I've seen people talk in the tavern, and complain that as a 20 or 30-something rogue they're only doing 1-2 dmg a day. Individual damage seems to scale with party size. I expect to take nearly the full time (till the end of January) to kill the dude, but I took a lengthy break over the holidays.

I wonder how the solo speed compares to parties?