Veeshan's Peak - WTF - Page 17

Tiermes · 12-14-2007, 05:20 PM

at the very least it brings some 'fun' back into the game. huh, ''fun''

kaif · 12-14-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cracatoa

I knew when I listened to that moron at Fan Faire (the designer for Veeshan's Peak) give his gay ass roleplaying speech on VP that it would suck. He also looked 21 years old at best, so I highly doubt he's had much experience creating raid zones.

I am pretty sure its a chick.

Cracatoa · 12-14-2007, 07:32 PM

lol I wasn't sure, to be honest. I do recall it being a rather androgynous looking person.

I remember Pistola asking me "Is that a dude?"

Pinski · 12-15-2007, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Cracatoa

lol I wasn't sure, to be honest. I do recall it being a rather androgynous looking person.

I remember Pistola asking me "Is that a dude?"

It's definitely was not a guy, and was some new female that they hired who had played WoW and thought to try to implement some "cool" WoW-style scripts into the game. Of course, they seemingly failed to do it.

firamas · 12-15-2007, 01:16 PM

some of the scripts arent that bad

however, permarooting is a fucking HORRIBLE, LOUSY, WORTHLESS mechanic. the only mob that even comes close to using that correctly is the Taskmaster, and even that could be tweaked.

sitting at max range and plinking arrows/throwing knives at something for 45 minutes doesnt make me want to keep playing this game.

Fomka · 12-15-2007, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by firamas

sitting at max range and plinking arrows/throwing knives at something for 45 minutes doesnt make me want to keep playing this game.

fight is 4-5 times faster than that

firamas · 12-15-2007, 03:03 PM

im talking about the ranged fights in general

15-40 mins depending on which named and raid makeup

Davram · 12-15-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Choadley

Indeed. Fully equipped tanks being one shotted by a double attack equating to 24k from a trash mob is complete bullshit. It sums up the problem with the combat mechanic in this game. Knowing the strat and performing it flawlessly can't save you from shit like that.

Disagree. It actually makes fighters worth a fuck. One shotting is the only difficult mechanic remaining in the game. It is piss-poor design, I'll give you that, but as a fighter having to be ready at any point to take over, IS skill.

Euron Greyjoy · 12-15-2007, 03:19 PM

And how do you suggest making priests worth a fuck, brother?

Because no matter what we do, the tank WILL die sometimes. And sometimes? That's CHANCE. LUCK. NOT SKILL.

firamas · 12-15-2007, 04:13 PM

well, technically the entire game is driven by the RNG and thus is "chance"... it's just a matter of how narrow the "this unlucky event is going to ___ and fuck something up" band is (or how narrow you can make it)

tanks getting one shotted only means that you need to be prepared to do something other than your standard vanilla MMO strat of "funnel all the focus of the mob's dmg into one heavily buffed tank for 8 minutes while everyone else heals off weak ass jousted AE's and does their little dance"

the majority of RoK encounters are lame. i dont enjoy tank n' spank fights, or even slight variations of them. i dont enjoy ranged fights. i want my heart to be racing as the entire fight hangs in the balance and everyone is required to pay perfect attention and play at 100% of their capacity. when your main tank can literally go afk for 25 minutes during the fight and you end up with an exquisite chest on the ground, something is wrong.