I have just started playing this game week before last and I've played the entire time solo. I do like the paranoia feeling. I've done all the major cities solo (very cautiously) I've only been killed once by a player. That was my 1st life when I thought it would be neat to climb up in a lighthouse for a look around... LOL yeah F'n newb... It's great fun solo imho, but I think I'd like to see the other side of the fence as well.