Downscale Toxic Offshoots plz

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Posted by: Coopziana.1802

Coopziana.1802

I was just in Queensdale and I found a toxic offshoot and thought to myself. It would actually be really fun to do one of those again, I might do a few of them just for fun…

Within 10-seconds I’m downed and it was only thanks to a nearby spider that i killed in downed state that i survived. Why?

Because it seems that an Elite enemy was attacking me, and not just one – OOOOOH no – that would be silly… 3 of them… oh and 1 veteran… I mean I know I’m level 80 with full ascended armour but that is ever so slightly too much.

One would have thought that they would have been scaled down a touch so that players can solo them or at the very least completable with 2 people.

I’d like to be able to do them but most people avoid them now, probably because they are Overpowered. Any chance ANet could look into making them a bit easier?

P.S. Please keep them in the game! – Just easier!

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Posted by: joshc.3129

joshc.3129

Group events are group events for a reason they are meant to be done in groups. Yes I see the frustration with everyone now just ignoring them but it doesn’t mean they should be made into a solo friendly event. It’s like all the champions no one ever goes after. They aren’t going to be made easier so 1 player can kill them.

At this point since the storyline of the “Toxic Alliance” is over with these events need to be taken out of the game.

Kill stuff to unlock weapons skills, most confusing thing I ever heard of. (sarcasm)

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Posted by: Dakota.4591

Dakota.4591

While group events are group events for a reason, most group events in low level zones have at most a champion at the end, and more often just a bunch of veterans. These toxic alliance events come with whole swarms of elites that on their own are each stronger than equivalent level champions in standard open-world content.

By no means should they be scaled down to the point they are soloable. However I do agree that they should be scaled down to be more comperable to regular open world group events.

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Posted by: Draknar.5748

Draknar.5748

Couldn’t solo a Group Event, therefore they need to make it easier? Hmmmmm….

I won’t stop because I can’t stop.

It’s a medical condition, they say its terminal….

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Posted by: That Guy.5704

That Guy.5704

Toxic offshoots are fine with a group. The problem with them I see is that multiple ones of them seem to be bugged. Even with all 3 turret operators alive and protected, None of them attack meaning the event always fails.

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Posted by: Azure The Heartless.3261

Azure The Heartless.3261

I keep forgetting that no matter how easy PVE content is, there are still people that think it is too hard.

Really puts things in perspective.

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Posted by: dagrdagaz.4913

dagrdagaz.4913

Nearly all Champions in starter areas were demoted to Veterans, to make Starter areas easier for new players.

With that in mind, those Toxic Offshoot events, how they r now, do not belong either in starter areas.

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Posted by: Griznor.1650

Griznor.1650

I agree with most people here, the event is fine the way it is. But I do want to reiterate That Guy’s comment: several of the toxic offshoot event locations seem to be bugged in some way. We need some devs or whoever to take a look at them to get these fixed.

I, too, have experienced having all 3 siege engineers alive and well, but they never fire a single shot at the plant. In one instance, I’ve noticed that the event will hang on transition. It’s possible it auto corrects after some time, but after waiting 10 mins, I’ve already wasted too much time to see if it will.

Probably the most interesting bug I’ve ran into is the toxic offshoot in NE Brisban Wildlands, I was freeing the people when I got ‘downed’ and immediately one-shotted. I looked around and saw that there was a level 80 hallucination running around. Awesome…

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Posted by: Coopziana.1802

Coopziana.1802

Couldn’t solo a Group Event, therefore they need to make it easier? Hmmmmm….

I think really my point is that it shouldn’t be a group event anymore as groups don’t bother. Other have said many are bugged… that sucks, which MAY or may NOT be why people aren’t bothering, I don’t know.

But if we look at Risk vs Reward (and I may be wrong here), the last time i completed one of these events all you got at the end was a harvestable Toxic Spore… Which doesn’t really constitute a group event… Lets be fair.

I would like to also point out that there are quite a few “Group Events” within the game that I can (and frequently do) solo. Which you normally get a champion chest from, which far outweighs a toxic spore or 2.

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Posted by: rapthorne.7345

rapthorne.7345

god, I hate these toxic events. they’re impossible to do tried so hard when I first started the game to complete a toxic event only to get annihilated over and over again, and the siege guys never actually fire at the shoot, they just stand there until they get overwhelmed and die

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Posted by: Coopziana.1802

Coopziana.1802

god, I hate these toxic events. they’re impossible to do tried so hard when I first started the game to complete a toxic event only to get annihilated over and over again

Wouldn’t it be nice to have the ability to do them on your own BUT at the same time, watch them scale up as more players join in?

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Posted by: Yargesh.4965

Yargesh.4965

I agree with the OP. I was in Queensdale showing around a new player and the escort one was up. There where about 6 of us and the vigil mecha suit was dead before it got close to the area. A change in how it works would be a good thing, can still be kept as a group event.

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Posted by: Wanze.8410

Wanze.8410

Hello Ben C*****. I wouldnt screenshot my real name and post it on the forums.

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Posted by: Azrael.4960

Azrael.4960

Meh I regularly solo’d these. Very easy on a necro

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Posted by: Coopziana.1802

Coopziana.1802

Hello Ben C*****. I wouldnt screenshot my real name and post it on the forums.

Why not? I don’t really care if people know my real name! I’m releasing a book soon with my real name splashed on the front cover. The more people who know me the better lol.

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Posted by: rapthorne.7345

rapthorne.7345

Hello Ben C*****. I wouldnt screenshot my real name and post it on the forums.

please grow up.

Ben Cooper isn’t exactly an uncommon name, and a first and last name with no other details does nothing for you.

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Posted by: IndigoSundown.5419

IndigoSundown.5419

I keep forgetting that no matter how easy PVE content is, there are still people that think it is too hard.

Really puts things in perspective.

You’re welcome to video yourself soloing one of these toxic events, with multiple elites aggroed on you, and post it. Go ahead, demonstrate how easy these events are.

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Posted by: Mesket.5728

Mesket.5728

lol toxic off shots…

the only good thing about the toxic faction was their tower and it is gone… those events are the most unrewarding things in-game probably.

Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.

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Posted by: tigirius.9014

tigirius.9014

You could have used the trap mentality of combat. It still exists even as a minor extension of gameplay especially in places with trees.

Throw some runes/traps down with lots of conditions, shoot one mob from behind a tree, let them come to you, bam! Let the dots do the talking.

Not saying they are easy but it is possible, I’ve done it before on a couple of toons and survived. I’m not Zerker built tho I refuse to conform, most of my toons are apothecary.

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