Remove DR in HoT content completely

Remove DR in HoT content completely

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Posted by: runeblade.7514

runeblade.7514

I don’t want to see DR when I am doing events legitimately.

5x Warrior, 5x Ranger, 4x Elementalist, 4x Engineer,
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant

Remove DR in HoT content completely

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Posted by: FogLeg.9354

FogLeg.9354

What is DR and how do you see it?

Remove DR in HoT content completely

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Posted by: runeblade.7514

runeblade.7514

5x Warrior, 5x Ranger, 4x Elementalist, 4x Engineer,
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant

Remove DR in HoT content completely

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Posted by: FogLeg.9354

FogLeg.9354

And how do you see it?

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Posted by: Shadow Phage.9084

Shadow Phage.9084

And how do you see it?

You see it mostly in the form of diminished EXP gains.
The event chains, especially in VB, are long enough that gold level participation starts exceeding some arbitrary EXP per time-frame metric. Assuming gold level participation, you’ll go from about 18k EXP per event to about 2-4k EXP per event.

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Posted by: Zedd.8239

Zedd.8239

I agree. This has been bothering me for a while.

DR makes sense in many of the areas in the core game since events are spread out enough that you have to really jump around and do a lot of events to get it to trigger. I rarely ever see it trigger. But it doesn’t make any sense in the newer areas like the Silverwastes, Dry Top, and all of the HoT areas. It’s absolutely absurd to be playing in the new areas in the intended way and getting punished for doing so.

If the DR code absolutely has to stay, then it needs to be relaxed significantly in the newer areas where the intention is to have players do tons of events. That is the entire point of every new area added to the game since launch except for Southsun Cove. Punishing people for playing as intended doesn’t make any sense.

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Posted by: Healix.5819

Healix.5819

DR is a safety net. It’ll never be completely removed. If the average player was affected, they certainly would change when it’s triggered. Most people however are simply going to play through the events and complete the meta without ever seeing DR, then move on to something else.

Also keep in mind that DR is character specific and remembered, so if you login to farm a specific zone, then logout, the DR you previously had, you’ll still have.

It’s absolutely absurd to be playing in the new areas in the intended way and getting punished for doing so.

If you move around the entire maps and fully participate without tagging passing events, you really shouldn’t hit DR. You basically have to limit yourself to completing 1 event every 5 or so minutes. Complete them too fast and you’ll trigger DR, which will enter you into a cooldown period, whereas if you slowed down, you would have completed far more, potentially never triggering DR.

Just the other day for example I did VB day/night back to back 3 times without seeing DR. The 10+ minute breaks after completing all the events however likely prevented it. I started at a different chain each day and a different outpost each night, also doing the nearby escorts or champs.