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That is really sad.
You don’t event know what could be raids in guild wars 2 but you throw the idea away.
Colin Johanson said :
Think outside the box and ask yourself what other “raid” type systems don’t do well, and consider proposals that you think both make best use of what Guild Wars does well
Let see what we got in the game that other game have :
- Healers :
Direct heal, heal over time, damage absorption, damage reduction, resurection
- Dps :
Conditions, Control effect (fear, stun), Interrupt, Stealth, Swiftness
- Tank :
- Damage reflection (both close and ranged)
Now, what Guild Wars 2 got but not other game :
- Players mecanics :
- as a group
Combo system
Wall of reflection / absorption (ie : depends of your position, not a buff)
Revive
- as a single unit
Launch effect
Evade
Downed state
- World mecanics
Using looted item as weapon
Building (walls, door, siege weapon)
What is a typical raid encounter in other MMO ?
- Specific role : support (healer), dps and interrupt (nuker), aggro and control/positionning (tank).
- Distinct phase between dps and survival.
- Clear trigger between each phase.
- Follow a pattern.
- Challenge = HP pool x hit damage
What could be GW2-DNA Raids ?
- Use GW2 specific game mecanics (list above).
- Invert role during the fight.
- Randomize patterns.
- Challenge = insert new pattern
Yesterday (or 2 days ago), I posted an exemple of a typical fight but I was wrong.
I have done so many raids in other mmo that I couldn’t stand back but with the reasoning above, it’s a little easier.
I keep the idea of the big bad wolf because world of warcraft did it wrong and guild wars 2 can do it better.
Baseline :
10 players, the boss, a big place.
Global strategy :
The raid is splited into 4 colors.
3 players are blue, 3 yellow, 3 green, 1 red.
The boss will follow the red player and kill him if he hits him.
Boss got melee and ranged attack.
Each color got a role :
- Red : survive
- Green : absorb / reflect ranged attack
- Blue : slow / immobilize boss
- Yellow : dps
“- Hey purecontact, that’s cool but it is what we can found in other mmo !”
“- Thank you fictive mate but I haven’t finished my explanation! 
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Detailed strategy :
Red have to run and use evade if teamate fails. (single unit mecanic)
Green must use their own skill if they can or they take a caudecus’ rifle on the ground (group and world mecanic)
Blue take shovel or hammer on the ground to build traps. (world mecanic)
Yellow dps. (Yeah, I know but to much use of GW2 specific mecanics could make it boring.)
Without warning SCRAMBLE
Everyone get a new role and must adapt quickly.
Without warning SCRAMBLE
Everyone get the same role.
Red : “Ruuuuun”
Green : Kite and send back ranged attack
Blue : “Have you played Monster Hunter ? Diiiiiiig !” (Some traps in the place need 10 builder to be build up and stun the boss for XX sec)
Yellow : To work well, Yellow have to be link to Blue. It doen’t mean that the scramble after “all blue” have to be yellow but the “all yellow” can’t come if we didn’t get “all blue” before.
The key of the fun is to randomize the scramble (both effect and frequency).
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Stop trying to make a whole city in potatoes, we are hungry and just want french fries (served by Mina Sterling
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Troll thread, nice pull btw : 7/10.
I guess a CM can lock
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