Revel

The website officer went to go see a movie, so not all of us slacked! It was updated pretty fast anyway. If you really wanna know, Sparkling Deklium Torque. Pwned by shared humongous avatar loot table.

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Gaige

Couldn't, or didn't want to? I'm sure Growth was worth the stupidity it took even after the change from Thursday when you got it to 70% to Friday when it died, gratz on your 12th earring?

There is no reason to try to be good at EQ2 anymore, that is the problem. For me and our guild at least, glad to see you guys still enjoy raiding RoK.

When a scrub guild can kill Avatar of Flame and get the crit bp while a premiere guild finally kills Growth and gets the loot you got? What a joke. The only reason to bust ass on fucked up avatars is for bragging rights and the audience who cares about those kills is shrinking daily.

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Slippery

And the scrub ass loot off tangrin most of which is still undiscovered?

Gaige

Its so amazing no guild is busting ass to kill it /shrug.

Also how do you know its undiscovered, maybe he has a small loot table? Dev connections >
I'm just saying sure Growth is an accomplishment but one that, to most guilds, isn't worth the effort and certainly isn't justified by the reward.

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Slippery

I know it is undiscovered because no mob has a 3 item loot table, regardless of how shitty our luck is?

Trumak

I don't think a single person in guild cared about the chest. The margin for error is so small I have never felt better being a part of a kill. You kill mobs the first time for the thrill. The second time for the loot.

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Angelys

I wish more people could be thinking like that!

And grats Confirmed, the only relevant raiding guild in the last months it seems. I knew you guys would kill Growth after reading your answers to my previous post.

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dakkota

If moving is considered busting your ass I'd love to play this community in FPS games. I know when I played Quake 3 i was never in the same spot for more than 8 seconds. It was a rewarding fight that took alot of teamwork and the ability to keep your cool even when stuff gets hairy. The second you panic that mob is a disaster.

People bitched a long time about Eq2 being easy mode well, there you fuckers go. Avatar of Growth takes 100% attention and competence from all 24 players in raid. Isn't this what people asked for? After more first hand experience indeed the Growth adds are not end all. If you panic when adds spawn though it is end all. This is one of the first EQ2 encounters I feel takes actual skill and awareness. I never thought i'd state that Eq2 took skill but, this game has just proven to me it can step up and provide an actual challenge. Growth makes me revert back to thinking i'd relax a bit more mentally if I fired Quake 3 up again, impressive.

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razieh

Lets not get ahead of ourselves here, while i agree with alot of your points specifically the one bout people asking for harder encounters and now bitching.

Though I don't think growth is any sort of staple to how amazing encounters are, the movement thing in general is just annoying. If they increased the duration you have to move I think it would go a long way.

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dakkota

Well people better get used to moving if they are jumping ship to AoC! I frequent another forum with a handful of AoC gamers...


IMHO I have to disagree though about the movement thing. I think its a valid skill to employ in a game where the general context is to just stand still and click buttons. Thats also why I think its been the most difficult one to overcome because it totally breaks the mold as to how other encounters feel. Same way some people have had trouble on trak/byzola because the whole concept about 1 players getting a death to all buff unless he/she acts - totally broke the mold as to what was expected from encounters. They do stack the difficulty quite a bit compared to tangrin and below ill admit, but thats what made it all more rewarding.


ps. NO I don't want to see the Avatar of Bitch in a while, cause it took a toll on me. I felt like I was playing FPS for hours on end. But it was worth the accomplishment and experience.

pps. Your sig is just baffling me atm.

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