HoTW got the troll, but honestly he’s a cakewalk now that the strats have been perfected, though hefty enough to scare most pugs (it’s fun teaching people the strat here, always “holy cow that’s a lot easier!”)
Creatures in the level range of 11-79 have had their stats adjusted to account for the player obtaining traits and stats from trait lines later on in the leveling process.
And the “fixes” expecially in fractal aggravate the issue since they remove most alternative tactics leaving just 1 viable.
dredge puzzle fixed / arah puzzle fixed (sort of). not an “alternative” tactic
archdiviner fixed / alphard fixed (and made pretty darn stupid) breaking a boss is not an “alternative” tactic it’s a abuse of kittenty programming.
reflect on dredge boss – less dmg. no change in tactic.
npc ai while annoying doesn’t really change anything. refer to yolokill above.
and to be fair. I’m not underestimating your fractal experience. If I had to guess you probably have run them 100x the amount I have. Maybe more. That’s why your statements confuse me.
Ascalon is still yolokill everything if you want to.
Dredge is a joke to even bring up. Learn the proper way and exploit later.
Same for cliffside. (removing 3 tactic?)
Snowblind I’m not entirely sure so I’ll give you that one even though you didn’t name it.
Frozen Maw is a location in Wayfarer Foothills.
edit: tldr they made some things less convenient but tactics are still the same. gotcha.
Name one fractal fix that removed “alternative” tactics.
Except maybe Tom. Didn’t really remove any tactics though.
edit: actually one more in that one but it just forces more than 1 person to not be terrible. and maybe not even that but haven’t run thief to try it.
edit2: and thaumanova was never hard, long or confusing. think our first run was like 10m longer and that was mostly disappearing platforms combined with no ooc retry forcing me to solo it.
Another thing people should really know:
Fotm has decreased defiant on every boss…
5 stacks are not so hard to remove, plan your CC accordingly….and use the longest stun.
Like I said. It’s not the costume that gives you the skill. It’s the toy. And that will most likely turn into a potion like the box of chocolates, like all the other toys that are currently equipped in the weapon slot of town clothes.
Thaumanova rector fractal, lasers of death room: as a warrior you can just defiant stance/endure pain +stability cheese your merry way to the activation panels.
The main point of running it solo is to be over when Maggs is done with inspecting the stone for a instaport to your location so definitely no cleanser.
How do all classes cross the Magmacite field solo?
Swiftness.
You’ve ever tried explaining that to a pug who just all port back and expect someone to solo it, because they’ve seen others do it? On ele I tend to run out of Endurance before I’m fully across. It almost makes me reluctant taking my Elementalist in PuGs.
If you are always the one running how did everyone port back to start?
You can’t force people to be “better” but you get the option to carry them if you want.
edit: like ephme said. FGS works. pop a lh an leap your way in the start. do a skip and a jump and throw up a swirling winds. obsidian flesh. ether renewal. Ele’s got TONS of stuff. no need for dodging.
The main point of running it solo is to be over when Maggs is done with inspecting the stone for a instaport to your location so definitely no cleanser.
CoE boss does not teleport all over though. It’s 4 spots if I remember correctly and only one of those is even remotely in danger of resetting him if you’re unlucky / not fast enough. Of course you’d already know this if you ever bothered to try or paid any sort of attention at all during the fight.
and there is not enough people in the whole map to succeed them.
can solo coe (true)
can solo cof (doubtful speculation)
can duo cof (probably)
with a party you can definitely do cof. guest over. profit.
edit: people are lazy and anet put too much faith in them. in a perfect world this wouldn’t be an issue. unfortunately it isn’t and this should and will probably be fixed.
Imagine if each of her shots added a long duration bleed too
Not sure if serious.
Her basic attack bleeds are short and weak now. Those don’t count! I was thinking like a 20s bleed for each hit of her Unload you know, to add some condi pressure into this that you actually cared to remove.
And maybe some magic force that constantly ticks away at your hp. They could call it agony or something.
You’re a genius!
The condi pressure is very much there already. That a decent player can ignore it entirely isn’t really relevant.
edit: instant tripleblast of death on failed dodge wasn’t depth enough for you?
