So, what to talk about glass elementalist freely walks there – sounds like a fairy tale. Try to run from desmina’s hollows to compass plaza, runs through promenade of the gods or north of the royal tombs. Try to run to the west of the temple of Lissa. Count the number of seconds you will run.
I need to compress my giant sized Fraps videos, so I’ll be uploading them later this afternoon (I’ll edit this post, each one is taking ~20 mins to compress and I’ve got class soon :P). I just did Compass Plaza->Promenade of the Gods->Compass Plaza->Desmina’s Hollows. First attempt, no deaths, although Promenade of the Gods was almost fully captured, so I won’t deny that had reduced the mob density. Never had done the run north of the royal tombs, but also succeeded on my first try. FPS was crashing down to ~10 at some points, but it was still doable. My computer doesn’t like Orr + Video capture :P
If you can specify what you mean by “west of the temple of Lissa” I’ll try that one too. I can’t seem to spot the area you’re looking for…
By no means am I saying anyone and their mother can do it. Nor am I saying that only an elitist no-lifer can. I’ve been running around/through Orr for a long time, so I know how to handle myself. And just so you know, I’m quite terrible in PvP, so that’s saying something considering eles are supposedly OP :/
EDIT: Also note my choices for utilities. They’re all working for mobility, condition removal, and defense. If you want to run around Orr and ensure your escape, bringing such skills makes it a lot easier
I burned each of those at least once in those runs, for obvious reasons.
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Compass Plaza->Promenade of the Gods
Promenade of the Gods->Desmina’s Hollow: Part1 Part2
Area north of the Royal Tombs
Realize none of those runs were perfect. I got hit, pulled, and immobilized a few times. Being able to react was what saved me and kept me above 50% health for almost the whole time. I’d bet lots of people could do much better.
Is the arguably excessive CC annoying? Definitely. Is the speed of the average risen excessive? Maybe. Neither of these obstacles are so difficult to overcome that the whole area needs a revamp. They can be dealt with by learning their counters and using them rather than trying to force an all-purpose build to work in a specific area. Spawn times are still an issue, but that has already begun to be addressed, so I won’t be touching on that subject.
Long post is long, it’s a bad habit >.<
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To tell the truth I think they could afford to bring a few back since they removed the chain-CC spam, which was the real problem. I could take on 6-10 orr mobs at a time before (once they wasted all their CC against my stability), now they’re so thinned out I can’t even find more than one or two at a time, which isn’t even remotely challenging or rewarding.
They weren’t reward before..
I think you mean ‘rewarding’.
And they were to me, because I liked the challenge. Now that’s gone, and yes I know the zone is improved and the changes were sorely needed. But I think they went a little too far, excepting the risen giants and the temple events (both of which require groups), Orr doesn’t feel anymore challenging than your typical 1-15 zone now.
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To tell the truth I think they could afford to bring a few back since they removed the chain-CC spam, which was the real problem. I could take on 6-10 orr mobs at a time before (once they wasted all their CC against my stability), now they’re so thinned out I can’t even find more than one or two at a time, which isn’t even remotely challenging or rewarding.
They weren’t reward before..
I think you mean ‘rewarding’.
And they were to me, because I liked the challenge. Now that’s gone, and yes I know the zone is improved and the changes were sorely needed. But I think they went a little too far, excepting the risen giants and the temple events, both of which require groups, Orr doesn’t feel anymore challenging than your typical 1-15 zone now.
Thank you Monsieur Grammar Police, that is exactly what I meant.
The thing is though the mobs in Orr were never challenging, just annoying. Coupled with the insane respawn times (has that been fixed too?) it just made the entire area way more tedious than it needed to be.
To tell the truth I think they could afford to bring a few back since they removed the chain-CC spam, which was the real problem. I could take on 6-10 orr mobs at a time before (once they wasted all their CC against my stability), now they’re so thinned out I can’t even find more than one or two at a time, which isn’t even remotely challenging or rewarding.
They weren’t reward before..
I think you mean ‘rewarding’.
And they were to me, because I liked the challenge. Now that’s gone, and yes I know the zone is improved and the changes were sorely needed. But I think they went a little too far, excepting the risen giants and the temple events, both of which require groups, Orr doesn’t feel anymore challenging than your typical 1-15 zone now.
Thank you Monsieur Grammar Police, that is exactly what I meant.
The thing is though the mobs in Orr were never challenging, just annoying. Coupled with the insane respawn times (has that been fixed too?) it just made the entire area way more tedious than it needed to be.
If you’re just trying to get through the zone, yeah, they were just annoying. I remember several times when I was just trying to make it to an event on time, and I would literally aggro one single mob and get chain pulled, by one mob after another after another, hundreds of feet off-course. THAT was annoying. But even so, that was clearly less the fault of the dense mob population and more the fault that every single mob opened with a crowd control skill.
But, there were many times when I wouldn’t see any events I wanted to do, and I would just start killing stuff, not worrying about aggro, taking on as many as would come at me at once, clearing a swath of undead bodies through Orr. It was awesome, challenging, and fun. Now it’s none of those, you have to go to the DEs and hope nobody else is there, if anyone is you just have to equip your fastest weapon and wade into the laggy mob of spam taggers.
And I don’t see why they couldn’t allow travel and convenience while still preserving challenge. Instead, they just unthinkingly ripped one out of the game in favor of the other.
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One does not simply walk into Orr.
Yes, you do, actually. I do it all the time, it’s quite a leisurely site, take strolls through it all the time. On my own actually.
This patch feel like baby steps in the right direction. Next some bigger strides would be great. Orr could do with more DEs, a lot all at once, make it feel chaotic. Enemies can also do with a few crazy abilities to spice them up, and less of these mundane abilities we’ve been seeing from level 1. And one big boss enemy also wouldn’t hurt.