Most enjoyable encounter in EQ2 to date - Page 2

Rhymez · 03-10-2008, 12:21 PM

The Krathuk or how its called because it was hard

Cheldrak

gods in eq1

Mayong in eq1 (demiplane of blood)

actually every PoP mob in eq1

Feithen · 03-10-2008, 02:54 PM

Another vote for Chel'drak!

The original Venekor/Vanarak fight in Spirits of the Lost was fun other than having to position your raid so that the 4 clickers could actually take part.

K'Dal was interesting: having to perform a specific HO that required the whole group was an interesting twist.

I liked that previously there were fights that hinged on really hard burn dps. There are NONE like that any more, other than maybe burning adds at Overking or keeping glimmers locked down in Nexona. I mean encounters where the core and sole goal of our raid was to really fuck up the mob as fast as humanly possible, or die. The Underworld Summoner, Mutagenic Outcast (at least the way we did it), that raid in Zek that ate your gear.

EoF avatars were all a lot of fun IMO, other than Mischief with the fucking bullshit perma-stifle/mez/stun/disarm. Valor, Flame and War were a blast.

I'm rambling. How about this? I like raids where:

1) Everybody has a role.

2) That role has people PLAYING THEIR FUCKING CLASS, not running in god damn circles or clicking things.

3) Roles are relatively interchancable. For example, you need 6 healers. Not, you specifically need 6 templars because they have one itty bitty ability that nobody else gets that you NEED for the fight. Fun raids are raids you can go to with any well built raid force and have a chance of beating, not raids that require so many specific classes you have to spend your time coordinating peoples schedules to pull them off.

4) Raids where I can do my job. Stop with the god damn uncurable stifles, stuns, mezzes, charms, and fears. There's absolutely no fun factor in this stuff. It happens, you can't stop it or fix it, and it completely fucks up whatever your job is (dpsing, healing, etc). Being interupted all the fucking time is frustrating as too.

... so much for positive.

Phrogg · 03-10-2008, 04:27 PM

As previously mentioned...chel was a great encounter as well as the prenerfed matron.

Emanji · 03-10-2008, 04:34 PM

nuff said.

Lt Trojan · 03-10-2008, 04:41 PM

shrug my favorit encounter out of all MMo's todate has to be the ring event in North Temple Veeshan (EQ:Scars of Velious Expansion)

That ring event rocked, you fought and fought to get to the named if anybody died you got more adds making the fight that much harder. If anybody tried to leave the ring event area a lovly aoe death touch went off.

It definity tested your skills. (didnt require clicking shit, didnt require harvesting items) it only required you pay attention kill the wave after wave of adds and not die... then when your not ready POP comes the named and well that was fun too if other named where spawned during your fight or you left them up they would instatly port on top of your raid and really make things interesting.

Widem · 03-10-2008, 04:44 PM

Brutal Acts of War

Emanji · 03-10-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Widem

Brutal Acts of War

yeah that's a good one too.

love the Nightwish music on this video.

Widem · 03-10-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Emanji

yeah that's a good one too.

I think its not only the best, but one of the most underated and least understood of why it was actually popular.

It was the total package of difficulty, reward, and lore immersion.

You really felt like you were storming the lair of the gnolls in the final battle to drive them out. Pushing through the commanders as they call wave after wave of elite troops and ultimately resorting to utilizing beasts they had trained until finally you must confront Faroth Mal.

If it wouldn't have been made like one struggle where failure at any point you would have to start over it would have been crap, but they made it not like an encounter, but more like an assault.

Saltaf · 03-10-2008, 05:15 PM

Brutal Acts Was fun as a Guard. I can't imagine how much fun it would have been if I played Lock back then =)

dakkota · 03-10-2008, 05:20 PM

With my only experience being eq2..lemme see..

chel'drak, I always had fun doing this fight.

PHH I actually enjoyed alot. It was such a simplistic strat but was fun to execute. Pumpkins...RUN, lol. Or it was the type of pull where everyone ques up maricles and overpowered shit to see if you could burn it before the move, fun stuff.

I always thought Wuoshi really had that epic encounter feel to it.

And these encounters to me didn't feel anything like any other of the encounters in the game.