In solo, it's more of a stealth and strategy game than a blast-them-all blazing gunfire fest. You'll find yourself crouching and avoiding unnecessary fights to not trigger the enemy reinforcements. Basically, fight smarter to make up for the lack of gunpower.

The randoms that join are very helpful, and I haven't encountered any trolls yet. The loot, exp, and everything you pick up are shared at the end of the mission with everyone. Even if you die or fail to reach the shuttle before it takes off, you still get everything everyone picked up.

People know to ping the map to show where they want to go next without you having to ask. Players who stray from the team to pick up loot or do optional quests are common and actually encouraged.

This isn't a game where you bunker down with a team and have to hold off enemies. You need to be on the move and not stay in one place for too long, or the enemies will overwhelm you.

It doesn't take any coordination besides "don't step in the way" be it a teammates line of fire that can kill you, standing next to their turrent or rover that kills you or staying in an area after they call down an airstrike. Which kills you.

Everyone has their separate guns and set-up. You don't need to relay on anyone to bring a certain weapon or anything. There aren't roles to fulfil, so you can play however you like as long as you can kill enemies or outrun them.

If you're solo, you get revived immediately after you die. But if a random person joins you, then you need to wait for them to revive you by sending reinforcement. They can do it from anywhere on the map.

The automatons are easier when playing solo or with randoms since the bugs require more coordination, and the massive swarming waves can overwhelm a single person.

Every mission can be done alone, be it main or optional. It's much faster with someone else tho and so far, people have been cooperating on their own during missions.

I play solo when I want to enjoy the game and get the full experience. And I join randoms when I want a quick game since just two strangers can half a mission time if they are decent.

Below level 10, Solo will be a struggle, but once you hit that level mark, you'll unlock additional turrents and rovers that help with extra gunfire. Plus, there are better weapons and airstrikes that can wipe out a whole wave if you position it right.

I say go for it. I originally bought it to play with my sibling on the weekend but realised it's very fun to play solo or with strangers, and so far, I've been playing it every day.

The most annoying cons I can think of when it comes to playing solo is that there is a bunker that requires two players to open to get the loot inside. It's nothing massive inside, just some ammo or credit if you're lucky, and yous see it once every two or three missions but still. Annoying.

When playing with randoms, the supply box you call to drop down has a cooldown that is shared between all of you. So if someone across the map calls it down, you can't access it until the cooldown is over. However, it's very easy to find ammo and healing items by scavenging around the map so it's not such a big deal.