Having played the event (and failed) and read a number of the comments on here, I have some comments and summaries of my own.
Overall I am for the buffs to the Meta bosses. What I loved about the Scarlet Invasions was that it took coordination and there were a number of times were we won with less than a minute remaining on the timer (and in a couple cases, less than 10sec!) It made it exciting. However, I believe there are a couple major problems with this Tequatl Event.
1. Although the Scarlet Invasion took a decent amount of coordination and there was a 50/50 chance you would lose if too many folks went off on their own farming expeditions, win or not, you came out of the event loaded, thanks to all the champs that spawned as a result of event scaling.
a. As far as this new Tequatl event goes – there is little incentive to actually play it monetarily. Mobs do not have drops, failure has no reward, and the end chest (if you make it there by some miracle) is wimpy. There’s a number of special items you could get, but their drop rate is low. So all in all, this boss chest is very difficult to reach and then punks you by giving you mediocre rewards.
b. A wise man once asked, “Is the juice worth the squeeze?” and I say for this event, “No.”
2. It sounds like those who have successfully beaten this did so through precise coordination. I do not use TS and map chat quickly suppresses you thinking you are spamming when you are only trying to coordinate.
a. Will most servers achieve the kind of coordination required to win? I doubt it. Again, while I thought the zerging of the bosses before was too simple, this is a tip on the scale too far in the other direction. You should not need 50+ people all talking on TS together to win, and if you try to accomplish your coordination in-game, map chat suppresses you.
b. Secondly, there are only a limited (6?) number of cannons on the field that by all accounts are vital to the successful completion of the event. Get all of these manned/camped by noobs/idiots who can’t keep the scale stacks down and can’t wipe out the poison, and you’re screwed…and are these individuals likely to give up their seat? Probably not.
Again, I’m for the harder bosses…they were anything but an epic encounter before, but Tequatl is overkill. Most people will deem the frustration too high and the reward too low and pass on it for more fun and rewarding content.
