Roger: It's time for you to step down. - Page 6

Slamdar · 02-27-2008, 01:57 AM

Coming to a raid encounter near you:

tracheaspider · 02-27-2008, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cracatoa

Some degree of "randomness" must remain, otherwise it becomes WoW where you can time every single thing a mob does down to the second. That's not fun nor is it challenging.(snip)

Yeh, some degree of randomness needs to be there. And even weird shit like like purple adds vision is fine... to a degree. But randomness needs to be designed such that player skill can make up for and overcome it.

I can accept wiping once or twice due to a massive string of bad luck and I can accept wiping a dozen times because the raid hasn't perfected the strategy needed to win yet. I cannot stand wiping thirty or forty times and giving up because, no matter how good our reflexes are, no matter what gear we pick, no matter what specs we choose, the only thing that will make a difference is impossible amounts of good luck.

And a lot of the new encounters employ several layers of these bullshit get-lucky-or-die elements plus the added indignation of random and incurable control effects! Why yes, I love randomly being unable to do anything at all. That makes my raiding experience so much more challenging.

Cracatoa · 02-27-2008, 02:43 AM

Evertyime I lose control of MY computer and MY game I pay 15 bucks a month to play, I lose time enjoying that 15 bucks a month and spend that time thinking about taking it elsewhere.

Short durations of this during a fight aren't a bad thing. Being stifled 50%+ during Mischief and Flames is fucking stupid.

Snark · 02-27-2008, 02:54 AM

I really all the people voting have fought Druusk, war, growth, or brell lol

Malignx · 02-27-2008, 02:56 AM

The key to winning against Growth is getting everyone in your guild to level 22 in Dance Online. Truth.

Illuminator · 02-27-2008, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Snark

I really all the people voting have fought Druusk, war, growth, or brell lol

Don't even have to.

tracheaspider · 02-27-2008, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Snark

I really all the people voting have fought Druusk, war, growth, or brell lol

Let's not forget Mischief and Hate. :/

blitzin · 02-27-2008, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Malignx

The key to winning against Growth is getting everyone in your guild to level 22 in Dance Online. Truth.

pretty sure theres only 13 levels!

Slamdar · 02-27-2008, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Snark

I really all the people voting have fought Druusk, war, growth, or brell lol

Haven't fought War yet, but Hate is worse than any of these. His incurable debuff he puts on the raid has a chance to charm you every X amount of seconds, similarly to the way the others work. So you can imagine the cluster fuck that ensues because of this. It practically makes Hate completely unkillable in my honest opinion.

Alania · 02-27-2008, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cracatoa

DDR meets EQ2. Fucking great.

Roger, gonna put in some lighting up areas of the game world? Have some symbols scroll down our screen with music that we have to hit the corresponding world tile to keep the mob from ass-raping us?

I would totally go back to raiding if having to DDR through a fight was part of a strategy (as long as it was handled well and accounted for lag n shit). LAWL!!! That would be SO awesome to see.