Queen's Gauntlet: Fixing Complaints

Queen's Gauntlet: Fixing Complaints

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Posted by: Sylentir.8913

Sylentir.8913

There are a large number of people loudly complaining about the Queen’s Gauntlet, asking for nerfs or berating the fight design, and a similarly large people defending it against those complaints.

I personally loved the fight, even with its one-shot mechanics, but I’m just one person. For every person that likes it, there’s likely another that doesn’t. The problem is that keeping it as is will make one side unhappy, and changing it will make the other side unhappy. What can be done?

Why not implement an easymode? Super Adventure Box had one, which if I recall correctly was worth no achievement points and had significantly reduced rewards. Why not apply that to the Queen’s Gauntlet? Perhaps the mini would only be attainable via hardmode, or perhaps the mini could be obtained either way but a title for hardmode alone would be introduced. This way, those capable of the extreme challenge of beating Liadri would still have something exclusive and rare to show for their efforts, while the content would be accessible to non-hardcore members as well. Exceptional players could show off their skill, while less skilled players or players with internet issues could also participate.

How might easymode work? The biggest complaints against the fight (I personally disagree with both of these, but they’re still the largest complaints) are that the OHKOs are unfair, and that the timer promotes Zerker gear and only zerker gear. To remedy these, a player could receive a status effect (similar to how the gambits work) that reduces damage taken by 50%, nullifying the OHKOs, and increasing damage done by 50%, allowing non-zerker gear to try. (As a side note, you can’t simply remove the timer because then some jerks would just lock up arenas “for teh lulz”)

Would people play this instead/in addition if it was made available? Would this placate both sides of the argument, the ones wanting the nerf and the ones wanting the fight to stay the same?

Talia Gallowglass [Few] ~ Sylvari Engineer Main
Ferguson’s Crossing

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Posted by: Tiger Ashante.1792

Tiger Ashante.1792

Yes there should be easy mode for people to train sort of speak. I suggested as much myself in one of my threads. and yes SAB did have an easy mode and it was a good idea.
any new type of mechanics or something totally new, should have 2 modes easy/hard for people to get an idea how it works.

GW1 had normal/hard mode for all content and it was a great way to learn as both modes were same, only Hard Mode was well….harder.

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Posted by: yoshoken.9432

yoshoken.9432

Not going to work since the ones yelling for nerfs would still want the rewards given for Hardmode without actually doing the Hardmode.

I agree on Easy Mode for training purposes. Saves me silvers on repair bills.

No, I have no beaten Liadri. No, I don’t want to be “given” the mini for free either.