Druushk wtf SoE - Page 3

Dakis · 02-22-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sciomar

Call me sick but I like the Nexona fight the way it is, I think there needs to be those "cockblocking" mobs early in a zone. But I definitely agree Druushk is a poorly done encounter and should be fixed...again.

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Originally Posted by Gaige

There is nothing wrong with Nexona other than she punishes you for doing good raid dps. Druushk is fucking retarded though.

Couldn't agree more.

tracheaspider · 02-22-2008, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fuckyousoe

(snip)then 3 motherfucking days on drusk and no luck. I hear that the guilds who beat this mob all exploited or used some kind of trick. (snip)

I suspect several exploited, but I know for a fact not all did. As for using tricks, there are legitimate tricks, such as having key people spec a certain way or stacking up on gear with effects that work zone-wide (like the aforementioned overloaded heals), that are within the bounds of fair play. I'm sure everyone who killed this mob without exploits used several such tricks.

What's bullshit about this fight is, no matter how much skill you bring to it, no matter what preparations you make and precautions you take, you can still be undone time after time by luck and shitty coding. (That, and the mob hits way too hard for a first floor encounter.) Luck should never be the determining factor in success for raiding, but it seems like SOE sees this as the easy way to make things "hard," a la Mischief and... now several other avatars as well. I really hope they figure out the stupidity of this soon, though I have little hope for it.

TANGARTH · 02-22-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaige

There is nothing wrong with Nexona other than she punishes you for doing good raid dps. Druushk is fucking retarded though.

that seems like something that's very very very wrong :\

Gaige · 02-22-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TANGARTH

that seems like something that's very very very wrong :\

I suppose it depends on how you look at it. People always complain that fights in this game are just tank and spank, and the faster you can spank the easier they are.

This mechanic pretty much makes that argument null and void.

I personally don't like it but it certainly gives a nod to those VP guilds that don't build their raids around DPS but build them around survivability.

Shinzul · 02-22-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaige

I suppose it depends on how you look at it. People always complain that fights in this game are just tank and spank, and the faster you can spank the easier they are.

This mechanic pretty much makes that argument null and void.

I personally don't like it but it certainly gives a nod to those VP guilds that don't build their raids around DPS but build them around survivability.

But in that same vein, it gives a big fat f-you to the guilds that don't build their raids around DPS when you're fighting Druushk...

LFG · 02-22-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaige

There is nothing wrong with Nexona other than she punishes you for doing good raid dps. Druushk is fucking retarded though.

My opinion is exactly the same.

Snark · 02-22-2008, 04:29 PM

druusk is really easy when you have your epics. however that makes little design sense and the loot still doesn't equal reward.

word on the street is that druusk was just the beginning. And the items arent getting upgraded any time soon.

BOYCOTT VP `08

Deludar · 02-22-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Snark

druusk is really easy when you have your epics. however that makes little design sense and the loot still doesn't equal reward.

word on the street is that druusk was just the beginning. And the items arent getting upgraded any time soon.

BOYCOTT VP `08

Did that already. After spending 4+ hours on Druushk the previous night just to have a) clickers dying and getting feared on the other side of the room and b) second and third adds spawning by the time the first even made it to us. We decided to NOT go back into VP this week, finish off the other zones we have happen and hope they fix the fucking mob by monday/tuesday

Deludar · 02-22-2008, 04:38 PM

PS. does anyone know if anyone has killed him since wednesday?

Gaige · 02-22-2008, 04:39 PM

From Snark's commentary they have.