Randulf.7614

I agree that the Runic set was a superior way of doing things.

> @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > Does feel a little like they didn't really test this properly to see what issues would occur. First the lfg problems, now the looting problem. > > > > I think I'll stick with doing gold on public or just holding off completely until they rethink all this and add in some fixes and reworks > > You cant do gold on public since you cant activate the challenge motes. Hmm I could have sworn my last gold was public. Guess I somehow got into private and didn’t even pay attention edit: ah yes we left and got reinvited to a private. Now I remember

Does feel a little like they didn't really test this properly to see what issues would occur. First the lfg problems, now the looting problem. ~~I think I'll stick with doing gold on public~~ or just holding off completely until they rethink all this and add in some fixes and reworks

> @"Ashantara.8731" said: > Yeah, so annoying. I wish I could find a map instance right now that is already at the last step (i.e., the fight against Kralkatorrik). Ugh... There's one right now in EU

> @"Delita Silverburg.8632" said: > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > @"Delita Silverburg.8632" said: > > > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > > > @"Delita Silverburg.8632" said: > > > > > 5. Yet another chapter of living story released without a strike mission that prepares players for raids. I thought the goal was to give people a clear path to raiding content? That is what you claimed back at the beginning of the Icebrood Saga. > > > > I don't believe that this was ever stated as a goal. Do you have a quote somewhere? > > > > > > Clayton Kisko (Senior Game Designer) said the following at the announcement of Icebrood Saga Episode 1. > > > "A new type of content, known as Strike Missions, is coming with the new Living World. This is 10-player content against challenging bosses and are meant to be an easier stepping stone to raids. This comes with a Public Mode where anyone looking to go for the same boss as you in the map will be put in the same squad, which should allow for more organisation as you tackle open world content together. " > > > > > > Unfortunately I can't find the official link atm, but here is a review website if you wanna read about it in detail. > > > http://virtuallyinterrupted.com/the-icebrood-saga-announcement-summary/ > > > > Thanks, again. Where does it state that there will be a strike mission released with each and every chapter? That is what I am trying to find out. > > Neither I nor anyone has said they had to release a strike mission with every single chapter. I'm just disappointed they haven't released a proper strike since Whisper. IMHO Forging Steel and Cold War don't count as they are much more Meta event and instance dungeon based. (Meaning you don't fight a single raid boss as a 10 man group that needs heals, boons and a tank.) Strikes had so much potential, and now it just feels like yet another abandoned piece of content. I get that and yes they had potential, but seemed fairly clear that as stepping stone to raids, the number would be finite. Once Visions came out and the structure for daily rotation was in, it was clear that they had designed all that was coming. I'm not sure they have been the success they could have been, but I think the Saga has done all it intended to do. 6 is pretty decent number - we don't have to see one per release. More might come with the expansion. I wouldn't say it is abandoned just yet. Just a complete set for this Season

> @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"roederich.2716" said: > > lets see where this episode goes to lol. the current release is dry grind, the most boring release we ever had. i hope we can get the crystals in another way later cause i cant motivate me doing these copy paste missions more than once. > > > > its like the restaurant anounces nice fresh bread and you get dry toast from yesterday lol > > I would say its 1 step above season 1 repairing signs. There's a certain irony in that episode began the Flame and Frost arc which so many speculated would bring Jormag and Primordus into the story in one big battle (and of course was utterly unrelated)

> @"Daniel Handler.4816" said: > I wonder if them bringing up the Pale Tree again is a red herring. It's most likely because people keep complaining we never hear anything about the Pale Tree, so this was about the only way they could squeeze some info in

I agree it needs adding and I am sure it will get it eventually (and probably in an upcoming random choice box) FYI the Skyscale has been around for 18 months, not 3 years

> @"kharmin.7683" said: > > @"Delita Silverburg.8632" said: > > 5. Yet another chapter of living story released without a strike mission that prepares players for raids. I thought the goal was to give people a clear path to raiding content? That is what you claimed back at the beginning of the Icebrood Saga. > I don't believe that this was ever stated as a goal. Do you have a quote somewhere? Strikes were always mean to bridge the gap to raids by having a series of boss instances which stepped gradually up to raid level, acclimatising skill level as they went. Something I assume Delita was referring to since the devs have been pretty open about that. In terms of what they designed, they kinda got it right. There is a clear gradient between them all. However, what the devs never said is that there would be a constant supply of them. I think they only ever intended to have half a dozen of them and by the time Cold War launched, they had the structure in place through the Visions release to rotate them as dailies in EOTN There's an argument a 7th would be one a day each week, but 6 allows them to rotate the set so that it isn't the same one on a set day every week (eg Monday not always being Kodan) I get people want more, but if they only ever intended to have 6, then Strikes are done for the Saga and 6 is a pretty balanced number given that a) the public versions have died a complete death b) there's already too much player based gating stunting their growth as content now

> @"Vraanween.1576" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > Everything seems set up to expand over the next few months - like how we have the masteries list already there, but can't unlock at this time. They did say stuff will update over time. I'm guessing they are desp trying to stretch all this out as long as possible > > > > I enjoyed the dialogue sequences a lot, but the content was rather dull - mostly due to the bosses health pools being massively too high > > Hi, I dont know if you've found it by now, but you can buy the new mastery track (Dragon Slayer) via the merchant in the Eye of the North. > It's two crystal bloom support marks to unlock it :) Only the first two lines are unlockable. The rest aren't until later. That was I meant to infer

> @"Tanek.5983" said: > > @"Jilora.9524" said: > > > @"Tanek.5983" said: > > > Hello, all. I logged in yesterday to get the update and unlock the new episode, but probably won't have lots of time to play until the weekend. (Also, I am a couple of episodes behind at this point and need to catch up.) When logged on, I saw there is a 6-day timer on an event to assist the factions. > > > > > > In general I lag behind the crowd when getting the story completed, but the game has been very good about not time-gating content (with the obvious exception of LW season 1 and events around that time. I am hoping that is the case here, too. > > > > > > Without getting into spoilery bits, if I don't get to the content covered by the event in the 6 days, what, if anything, am I missing out on? If I _am_ missing something, is it worth me jumping ahead and trying to rush through for it? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > No, just rewards maybe from t1 which aren't even much. You can basically trade mats for 5 crystals in eotn vender and if you spend 5 you are eligible for tiered rewards. I did that on my alts > > Thanks. I'll have to check out what these rewards are. Anything like armor, weapons, cosmetics, account unlocks, etc? It wont be anything like that. It's almost certainly like the fractal/boss rush events where you get some extra materials or tokens. Anything like what you mention will be in vendors and should be permanent. They have said previously the chapter would release more content for it over time between release and the next chapter, so we are assuming more content potentially in 6 days.

I find keybinding the easiest way. 1 button press for each mount. Easier than any menu system

> @"coso.9173" said: > I wonder though. if this is an episode split into 4 chapters, what are these weekly updates? > so we have a story (living world) divided into seasons (season 5 icebrood saga) divided into episodes (episode 5: champions) divided into chapters (truce) and divided into what now? paragraphs? XD Just wait til we get Season 5. episode 5, Chapter 2, Paragraph 3, Sub section 4

I enjoyed the VA and some of the teaser bits of story for what is to come. The dialogue between Taimi and Braham was well done and it was nice to see the Asura have their own agenda with Primordus and not care as much about any threat of Jormag or the Frost Legion. That was a welcome bit of story lore consistency that has been lacking for years There was also a piece of music which felt very Canthan - to the point I almost feel like it slipped in by mistake or as a teaser to come. It's rare the sound team ever under deliver and they didn't this time To be honest, i don't necs think we should be creating threads purely to praise or bash the episode. Episodic feedback threads should contain both types of feedback to help improve content going forward, but for now I'll leave it at the above so as not to drag this off course with everything I felt they got wrong

> @"coso.9173" said: > hmmm I have mixed feelings about this. > overall I enjoyed it, and I like we'll see more as soon as a week from now. > the dialogue was nice, and I appreciate the story moving forward. > The part of rata sum was nice. > for the dragon misions, even though I did have fun, and they're finally doing what I've been wanting for a long time (taking parts of existing maps to create new instanced content) to be honest it looks like they were all done in an afternoon. seriously. > well the dialogue in them is very nice, it's just a preset map, with a very random final boss, that doesn't look or feel special at all, and doesn't have much of a strategy. at least it has *some* strategy but could have been done with less HP and better attacks IMO. > still, it was fun. and I hope the next thing coming wil be entertaining too. I wonder what's this about a wekly progress now, since they told us that it would be 1 chapter every 2 months. It's still one chapter every 2 months, but they said every chapter would be built on between chapters as well. Which likely means more missions - potentially at the three locations Taimi shows us on the map like The Flame Citadel. They are adapting a similar approach to LS1 where they took an episode and 2 weeks later added to it. So whatever we get in a chapter, we will then get additions to it in stages after that I'm uncertain how I feel about it at this stage. It feels a little jarring with the Icebrood Saga which only just felt it was getting started and now we've moved onto an additional Dragon and a completely different structure. But, if they can improve on this initial and rather shaky implementation, it could work out. They need to sort the lfg issue out, add in some actual variety, mechanics and decent rewards

> @"Carcharoth Lucian.1378" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > @"Jilora.9524" said: > > > > @"lare.5129" said: > > > > > @"Jilora.9524" said: > > > > > Not hard. I thought lare likes challenge. > > > > not everywhere .. raid content mostly skipped from me. > > > > > > > > > Just go 250kp like fractal CM. > > > > It was 250, we ask 50, but most people link very more. > > > > > > > > >Did you try after patch or before? > > > > yesterday > > > > > > > > > > Just did all 3. No reqs in lfg. Wasn't super easy or fun especially the harpy or bridge one. I mean 5 sec kds with little tell in bridge and the tornados and kds in harpy. GL w that shooting star nonsense unless you hide and hope your team carries you. I had it kd by something and then shockwave tapped me. Can't really seeing me do those 3 times each as its only 20 instead or 5-7 of the medals and loot seemed the same. maybe after all the extra loot masteries I'll try again > > > I'm struggling to find groups so far for CM to do multiple times for the other achievement though > > For now, ppl put lfg in "central tyria" Ah I'll check there. Thanks

> @"Jilora.9524" said: > > @"lare.5129" said: > > > @"Jilora.9524" said: > > > Not hard. I thought lare likes challenge. > > not everywhere .. raid content mostly skipped from me. > > > > > Just go 250kp like fractal CM. > > It was 250, we ask 50, but most people link very more. > > > > >Did you try after patch or before? > > yesterday > > > > Just did all 3. No reqs in lfg. Wasn't super easy or fun especially the harpy or bridge one. I mean 5 sec kds with little tell in bridge and the tornados and kds in harpy. GL w that shooting star nonsense unless you hide and hope your team carries you. I had it kd by something and then shockwave tapped me. Can't really seeing me do those 3 times each as its only 20 instead or 5-7 of the medals and loot seemed the same. maybe after all the extra loot masteries I'll try again I did shooting star one yest pre-nerf. I went ranged during the adds phases. I almost got caught once, but as long as you keep your dodge energy up, you should be OK to avoid the concentric circles I'm struggling to find groups so far for CM to do multiple times for the other achievement though

> @"Carcharoth Lucian.1378" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > @"aspirine.6852" said: > > > They have way to much health.. And lets not talk about Anets love for knockdown.... But for the love of god lower the health, its annoying as kitten these health sponges.. > > > > They did last night apparently > > I tested CMs (not normal) after patch and i didn't really notice any difference in boss health -> still sponge OK, well normal is very much nerfed at least. At least 10-15mins faster now. Because of the lfg wanting squads and it being set up for parties, I haven't lucked into any cm's today to see if cm is better than yesterday

> @"Ashantara.8731" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > @"Ashantara.8731" said: > > > There is a home instance node? Where do I get that? > > > > Both the faction vendors in EOTN sell it for 50g and 245k Karma > > Yes, thanks, got it by now. :) > > The response missions aren't as bad as expected, they are actually okay and somewhat fun. I just want to know how we will be able to replay the episode on other characters once the community event is over. The community event is almost certainly just the bonus rewards. the episode and content will be fully replayable - it's more a case of if people will actually want to. I assume there will be more things to buy as time progresses to incentivise

> @"aspirine.6852" said: > They have way to much health.. And lets not talk about Anets love for knockdown.... But for the love of god lower the health, its annoying as kitten these health sponges.. They did last night apparently

It's an interesting idea and I can see the reasoning behind it. I do think it might be stacking too much onto Warrior shield which feels pretty good already with interrupts, stun and reflect already a strong defensive option. Guardian shield needs something for sure. Not sure if taunt is thematically correct for it, although again it's an interesting enough proposal

> @"Ashantara.8731" said: > There is a home instance node? Where do I get that? Both the faction vendors in EOTN sell it for 50g and 245k Karma > @"lare.5129" said: > to hard cm .. probably they calculate something wrong.50kp requirement cool toxic group left 75% for last boss .. I did Gendarren yesterday with a party of 5 using my spellbreaker in soldiers gear. If my naff dps/high cc can get through it, even if the 4 others were likely better dps than me, then it's not anywhere near raid level. I'm not defending the overpowered health pool (before the patch - I haven't tried yest as I've seen no groups yet), but I disagree that we are talking raid level here.

> @"PseudoNewb.5468" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > Phlunt also mentions that Primordus could have "changed" to accomodate Zhaitans and Mordys magic whilst it slept. I wonder if that is a hint to another model change > > DIdn't he say either Primodus was able to purge Zhaitan and Mordy's magic or accommodate it? I personally thing the purging theory is more sound. The exact quote is; _"Primordus' slumber may have allowed it time to process the foreign magic - or alter itself to accomodate it. We don't really know at this point"_ So could be converted or purged, but purged does seem less likely based on the wording. And it could mean a model change. If it's the latter, maybe he's fixed his underbite...

There’s no such thing as best gear. It’s whatever stats work best with the build (skills/traits) you use which is the more important thing to work on. You wouldn’t need anything beyond exotic level though

> @"Vavume.8065" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > The biggest issue seems to me that the instances do not appear to scale which means group based story content. > > I solo'ed one and then I did the rest in groups, the bosses seemed to take longer in groups so I think the bosses scale at least, could be wrong though. OK, I'll have another look at that tomorrow and see