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  • SarathaiSarathai
    Asmodron said:
    Frankly whenever an event becomes heavily PK orientated in the capacity it currently is, a lot of the playerbase will just opt out. This isnt a teams war concept such as Underworld wherein one can progress through several aspects. This has basically become a mass slaughter with, unshockingly, the very few players that have it down to an art, easily taking advantage of it.


    I am not seeing a war here, I am seeing dive-bombs by players, with Crucibles flying around, bright multicolored light causing fireworks, Deuc radiances setting people alight like a burning-man concert, and monks standing in the corner snickering as they radiance. Wot is this..
    Should have seen the first two days or so. Was almost literally Mad Max: Achaea Road.
    - (Eleusis): Ellodin says, "The Fissure of Echoes is Sarathai's happy place."
    - With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
    - (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
    - Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
    - Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."



  • AereidhnaAereidhna Dallas
    edited October 2016
    I think what turns me off is the intensity x the time of the event. It's one thing to sustain OMG END OF THE WORLD level panic and intense focus over a short period of time, or on and off for ups and downs over a period (with indications of progress perhaps, like the plague event), but it's been 24/7 shard gathering or fighting back the tide with no letting up for well over an IC year, with very little indication that our efforts are at all useful or meaningful. Unless you live for PK (and even then IDK) it just seems like a recipe for burnout. I am looking forward to what comes, but I'm super impatient and I'd feel better (and be more inclined to involve myself) if I felt like the shards and Tide fighting were having an impact.
  • YselaYsela
    The biggest problem with being an avatar is not that they can be radianced. The biggest problem is that avoiding conflict through purposefully dying to guards or other denizens is rewarded. On the rare occasion that I am not slain for moving towards a shardfall area, and have the luck to be able to subvert essence before a group of 4+ is on me, I would be safer running to an enemy city than my own. That's not an incentive for participating, and it's not an incentive for trying to play it fair.
  • RangorRangor
    This beetle... has something against me.

    https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/rIB2QWqr


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  • BannBann
    @Makarios - I think some of these mobs are spawning with > than max health.

    With expert precision, you draw Clarion Tigers from its scabbard and unleash a vicious slash towards 
    a goblinoid soldier.
    [Rage]: +4.1. Total: 4.1
    7886h 4013m 11740w 13837e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | 
    Sneering at you in disgust, a goblinoid soldier plunges his spear deep into your arm.
    7040h 4013m 11737w 13853e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | (-846h, 9.6%) 
    You take a drink from a clay vial.
    The elixir heals and soothes you.
    8586h 3953m 11725w 13853e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | (+1546h, 17.5%) 
    You remove 1 potash, bringing the total in the Rift to 1201.
    8586h 3833m 11713w 13853e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | 
    You eat a potash crystal.
    You feel your health and mana replenished.
    8820h 4198m 11713w 13853e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | (+234h, 2.7%, +365m, 8.0%) 
    You have recovered balance on all limbs. (1.877s)
    8820h 4198m 11713w 13853e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  ex) Shin: Target HP: 100% | 
    With expert precision, you draw Clarion Tigers from its scabbard and unleash a vicious slash towards 
    a goblinoid soldier.
    [Rage]: +3.9. Total: 8.0
    8820h 4138m 11701w 13843e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | 
    Rearing back, a goblinoid soldier spits a stream of putrid, slimy goo in your eyes.
    7649h 4153m 11689w 13843e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  e) Shin: Target HP: 100% | (-1171h, 13.3%, +75m, 1.6%) 
    You have recovered balance on all limbs. (2.136s)
    7649h 4153m 11689w 13843e XTG:72.7 (cdbk  ex) Shin: Target HP: 100% | 
    With expert precision, you draw Clarion Tigers from its scabbard and unleash a vicious slash towards 
    a goblinoid soldier.
    [Rage]: +3.7. Total: 11.8


    They'll drop on down normally after several hits, but seems like they're spawning at 110-120% hp.

  • AnkhareoutefAnkhareoutef
    I don't like this phase. I think it's really awesome, and the feeling of overwhelming, invasive peril is spectacular.

    But I want to spend my Sunday bashing for xps. I feel guilty doing that while everyone else is, you know, saving the world and shit.
  • ZenuiZenui
    Ankhareoutef said:
    I don't like this phase. I think it's really awesome, and the feeling of overwhelming, invasive peril is spectacular.

    But I want to spend my Sunday bashing for xps. I feel guilty doing that while everyone else is, you know, saving the world and shit.
    It'd help if the Tide monsters gave any worthwhile XP; they don't, alas, despite their high health and damage.
  • AnkhareoutefAnkhareoutef
    Zenui said:
    Ankhareoutef said:
    I don't like this phase. I think it's really awesome, and the feeling of overwhelming, invasive peril is spectacular.

    But I want to spend my Sunday bashing for xps. I feel guilty doing that while everyone else is, you know, saving the world and shit.
    It'd help if the Tide monsters gave any worthwhile XP; they don't, alas, despite their high health and damage.
    I don't mind that, though. You're not fighting them for xp. The reward is the "saving the world" high.

    I don't want to seem unappreciative! This phase is really well done, and the admin have been so good to us. I just don't want to take part in this particular part of the event, and have a hard time reconciling my guilt about doing other things instead.
  • KarrenKarren
    I just wish the gold cap was deleted for tide mobs. I don't want to save the world for 50gp drops
  • ZenuiZenui
    To clarify:
    ANNOUNCE NEWS #4662                                      (10/16/2016 at 16:47)  
    From   : Makarios, the Meticulous
    To     : Everyone
    Subject: A quick black tide change
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    We've just made a quick change to the black tide. To compensate for their 
    difficulty and the time it takes to kill many of them, mobs spawned in the tide 
    now provide a more significant amount of experience to the killer compared to 
    standard mobs.


    Penned by My hand on the 14th of Ero, in the year 725 AF.
    Woohooooo
  • XadenXaden
    Roaring at you in challenge, an enraged ogre destroyer swings his axes, the blade sinking deep into 
    your flesh and opening large wounds in your side.
    You have been slain by an enraged ogre destroyer.
    (0:@)0h|0% 6610m|85% 99% 96% (ex)(ogre:46%:0)(20:01:10.331)  (-9776 Health, 100.0%) 

    What the fuck is this?!
         He is a coward who has to bring two friends as backup to jump people hunting.

  • AegothAegoth
    That's you being a little girl. Grow some balls, punk
  • CooperCooper
    Probably recklessness?

  • XadenXaden
    I thought that the first time.. But that one was literally the first hit I received.

    Can gods spawn Tide creatures? :)
         He is a coward who has to bring two friends as backup to jump people hunting.

  • FrederichFrederich

    15:00:13.005 An enraged ogre destroyer barrels directly into you, using the momentum of his body to throw you to the ground.

    15:00:13.005 The fall breaks a limb.

    15:00:13.005 Your left arm breaks with a loud crack.

    15:00:13.005 Roaring at you in challenge, an enraged ogre destroyer swings his axes, the blade sinking deep into your flesh and opening large wounds in your side.

    15:00:13.005 You have been slain by an enraged ogre destroyer.



    "YOU CAN FIGHT IT BACK AS AN AVATAR!!!"

    This ogre just friggin 1-shot my avatar state ass.  Plz

  • MathildaMathilda
    A goblinoid soldier flails about clumsily.

    Dance my pretties, dance!

    The change is good, speaking as someone around level 80. The gold is fantastic, too!
     <3 
  • ArmaliArmali
    Speak for yourself, dude. I've made like 400k over the past 2-3 days.
  • JonathinJonathin Retired in a hole.
    Yeah, speak for yourself. I don't even have to pay attention unless some knobhead comes in and spawns stuff on me.
    I am retired and log into the forums maybe once every 2 months. It was a good 20 years, live your best lives, friends.
  • AhmetAhmet Wherever I wanna be
    I have to run in/out in avatar form with azelhurium and runes.
    Huh. Neat.
  • DatriusDatrius
    edited October 2016
    Ya know what? FUCK THIS. I'm done. I'm fine with having to fight people for splinters. I'm perfectly ok with that. I'm fine with having to fight the creatures from the vapour. But to have people that just come in while you're trying to get essence and spawn more creatures on you already is making me not even wanna participate anymore. I have no problem with dying, but when it's literally no chance because of that crap, that's a line for me.

    Edit: And since I already know I'm gonna get told "It's an event. Shit happens." I have treated everything in this event with that attitude. I have worked with others, lead my own small group calmly, and generally had good interaction with the other people in the event. But this just makes me feel like I don't even wanna log in. It's too much.
  • CooperCooper
    Datrius said:
    Ya know what? FUCK THIS. I'm done. I'm fine with having to fight people for splinters. I'm perfectly ok with that. I'm fine with having to fight the creatures from the vapour. But to have people that just come in while you're trying to get essence and spawn more creatures on you already is making me not even wanna participate anymore. I have no problem with dying, but when it's literally no chance because of that crap, that's a line for me.
    Yep. Mhaldor has pretty much given up due to the griefing done by the coalition. Earlier I had four people flying above me wherever I went trying to collect splinters. I went through some of my logs since Mhaldor left the coalition. I've died just under 100 times when I wasn't subverting, an avatar, attacking, or defending anyone. It's not possible to count the number of times I was attacked and survived, but it would easily be double that number. I don't mind being attacked in splinter areas so much, but so, so many of the attacks have been outside of splinters or avatar battles.

    While I was trying to fight the Tide earlier, I had several people just follow me around phased to spawn creatures on me.

    Kind of at my wits end with this, and so is a lot of Mhaldor.

  • CalynCalyn
    But I thought the Nihilists and Mhaldor were the griefers by ruining the chance for everyone to work together.

    Did the forums lie to me?
  • DatriusDatrius
    Cooper said:
    Datrius said:
    Ya know what? FUCK THIS. I'm done. I'm fine with having to fight people for splinters. I'm perfectly ok with that. I'm fine with having to fight the creatures from the vapour. But to have people that just come in while you're trying to get essence and spawn more creatures on you already is making me not even wanna participate anymore. I have no problem with dying, but when it's literally no chance because of that crap, that's a line for me.
    Yep. Mhaldor has pretty much given up due to the griefing done by the coalition. Earlier I had four people flying above me wherever I went trying to collect splinters. I went through some of my logs since Mhaldor left the coalition. I've died just under 100 times when I wasn't subverting, an avatar, attacking, or defending anyone. It's not possible to count the number of times I was attacked and survived, but it would easily be double that number. I don't mind being attacked in splinter areas so much, but so, so many of the attacks have been outside of splinters or avatar battles.

    While I was trying to fight the Tide earlier, I had several people just follow me around phased to spawn creatures on me.

    Kind of at my wits end with this, and so is a lot of Mhaldor.
    Yeah. It's on both sides and frustrating for a lot of people. It's 100% a dick move. I've pretty much pulled myself out of the fighting aspect because I don't want to be involved in steam rolling people like that, but pretty sure you already knew that.
  • AhmetAhmet Wherever I wanna be
    @Makarios Please stop spawning being affected by players who are flying, in trees, souls, phased, astraled.

    @Makarios Please make it so you have to be on the ground to subvert.

    @Makarios Please deliver us from this hell.
    Huh. Neat.
  • FlorentinoFlorentino
    The trolling dial on this event by the admins is being cranked to 11. People have to fly around to try to navigate the Tide-swallowed areas on shardfall...the more people in a room for about 5 seconds, the more creatures spawn (eventually becoming instant deathtrap rooms, especially if someone like Seragorn is there). At that point all you need to do is knock down someone who is flying and they're dead. But it still takes like 30s to subvert. LOL gg
  • ShirszaeShirszae Santo Domingo
    I don't see the problem with being able to subvert while flying. If you don't like it just knock people down to the ground, where as @Florentino said, they will promptly die.

    And you won't understand the cause of your grief...


    ...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.

  • AhmetAhmet Wherever I wanna be
    Shirszae said:
    I don't see the problem with being able to subvert while flying. If you don't like it just knock people down to the ground, where as @Florentino said, they will promptly die.
    Its a shame non-dragons can't participate in these shardfalls anymore.
    Huh. Neat.
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