Please add solo and duo modes

Great combat, but please let us play solo (1 per team)

Arkheron nails the core loop the on the fly looting, the build experimentation, the fast isometric fights all feel fantastic. My one real frustration is that everything is locked to teams of three. Every mode, from Spires to Ascension, is built around a trio, and that’s a problem for players like me who mostly queue alone.

Playing 3v3 with random strangers I can’t coordinate with is genuinely frustrating, and honestly, even when I have friends online I’d often rather just play by myself. Right now there’s no good way to do that.

My main ask is simple: adapt every team mode so it can also be played 1 player per team. Keep the same maps, the same objectives, the same Tower just let solo players face off one-on-one (or one-per-team in the larger modes) instead of forcing a group of three. A true solo queue where I’m only responsible for my own build and my own mistakes would make the game so much more enjoyable. No dead weight, no silent teammates, no coordination breakdowns just me, my loadout, and the fight. For players who prefer to go it alone, this single change would completely transform the experience.

On top of that, it would also be great to have a 2 player team option for those who want to duo with just one friend a lighter, more manageable way to play together without needing a full squad of three.

The foundation is excellent. A solo option (with a duo mode alongside it) for the existing modes would make it a game I’d play far more often.

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I have to agree in regards to “everything is 3v3”.

I do wish we had an Official Solo Mode available.
A lot of Custom Matches actually seem to be Ascension Solo´s too (with 10+ People going Solo against each other, starting Floor 2/3), and they are fun as heck.

Also, a couple of people form 1v1 Custom Spires.

While the game is certainly, currently not balanced around Solo´s (lots of Items are pretty powerful in Solo)

I must say, I personally still prefer Solo over Trio´s (In Ascension) - because the experience that I have is most often than not is that my team dies by their own error, funny enough they mostly die solo because they are too far away from the team and got caught. So then you are there.. 2v3 or trying to constantly respawn naked mates.
The only real solution to that is to always run premade teams, but I personally dont prefer that - I prefer to go solo, lone wolf it - and the custom matches do give exactly that, and i have to say its AWESOME to be part of them. The Beacon fights in particular are so much slower, more thoughtful and less chaotic.

I hope we get a Solo Mode, at least for Ascension (or even Spires 1v1).

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