do people solo maps or only group?

I only solo play this game. I also haven't topped I think 55 or so on any of my characters so I have not yet started doing maps.

I look at the prefixes and suffixes and note all the crappy things that happen like 'player takes x chaos per second' or 'many totems' and I just get to wondering if someone can solo maps or if you need groups to spread auras out and not deplete one persons mana pool.

I soloed through 70 maps with out any real problems. Haven't done any of mine past that tho as my friends finally started playing and I've been hording maps while helping them level.... and re-level (bums keep re-rolling to new builds).

From what I read it does get more costly to maintain the maps 70+ solo tho. If you don't mind doing a lot of lower level map farming its probably doable.

Just my limited view on it, hope it helps.

Saelro

i soloed up to 75 maps, but I was playing double ice spear totem (pretty damn easy and op). I went completely out of currency many times, so it wasn't sustainable without farming lower level areas/maps. When your friends get to higher levels, get them to chip in for map costs.

I can solo maps but its more fun AND I always seem to have better luck with map drops and drops in general if I go with one other person. It makes a huge difference in difficulty also.

i run solo maps only:

1) i don't like ninja
2) i have bad computer
3) i don't like people in general
4) i don't have problem turning 5 maps into 15+ on a daily basis

If I want to do maps fast I solo them. It takes 5-15 minutes per map.

If I want to brag about my awesome chars I party, but maps take longer then.

totems is very easy mod I lookfoward to seeing, pull out of totem range and voila.
chaos damage is fine as long as mods like cannot regen or regen 50% slower aren't there also.

I solo maps. Got to lvl 71 map so far without any problems. When i play in groups i don't feel i'm plaing the game. I don't need to make any tactical decisions, just move my mouse and hold right button.

Just imagine......ninja get kaom's heart.
And you get only 50% quantity per additional person, so you must clear maps 33%(or more) faster if you want same reward. And more, PUB player do not have IQ and IR.

Solo maps better, unless you want exp.

I solo maps too but the big problem are the very extreme costs to roll higher maps (71+)well to get new maps in the same level-range. In parties you can split the costs. The result is that I can't get maps higher than 73 (maybe with a 0,1% chance).