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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #25 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:28am
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #26 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 1:44pm
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m4lacka wrote on Apr 26th, 2014 at 9:48am:
The council was created to give ppl the illusion of choices. Period.

It is pretty trivial, its like how our plutocracy democracy works. Tongue



in retrospect it was a genius move by turbine.  not just a placebo to the motherforums whiners, but Geraldo was able to isolate some of the most prolific bullshit posters into a super secret section of the forum so he has less to moderate.
  

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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #27 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 1:44pm
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eighnuss wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:28am:
COMING U23: Epic Epic Chronoscope!
Now with double the mobs, triple the hit points, and respawning battleragers!


you forgot 1/2 the loot drops.
  

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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #28 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 3:45pm
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Ah yes Battleragers, especially when a creatively challenged dev puts them in the red light/green light room - fucken hilarious! 
Stand around like statues so the rager can knock you over like skittles and then you die.
Awesome design.
  
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #29 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 4:01pm
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DropBear wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 3:45pm:
Ah yes Battleragers, especially when a creatively challenged dev puts them in the red light/green light room - fucken hilarious! 
Stand around like statues so the rager can knock you over like skittles and then you die.
Awesome design.


Can't understand why they are not orange.

Oh wait, I do. Turbine.
  
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Reply #30 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 6:58pm
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Yobai wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 1:44pm:
in retrospect it was a genius move by turbine.  not just a placebo to the shithole DDO forums whiners, but Geraldo was able to isolate some of the most prolific bullshit posters into a super secret section of the forum so he has less to moderate.



Fucking hell that nailed it.


I bow down before the enlightened one
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #31 - Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:53pm
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Pseudonym wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 10:31am:
they've been phasing out the demons and devils in favor of absurdly healthy wolves. If they want to create content that feels even halfway legitimate for epic level characters, they should forget about the kobolds and work some more on Shavarath, or better yet, the Nine Hells or the Abyss of the Forgotten Realms.

This.

Instead of feeling like leveling up was an accomplishment, I feel like my toon was struck by palsy. Now that I'm Epic, I can't paralyze, frighten, stun, or charm wolves anymore. And my prr is worse, and my hp get a decimal point. And instead of killing a fucking wolf on one swing/spell/standing around and laughing while it withers in my aura, it takes 10 to 20 times longer. How is that not my toon becoming weaker?

Take that same set of conditions, and make it a new monster, and suddenly I'm impressed and a little bit frightened by how powerful these things are, and by my ability to take them down.

Devs, why is this rocket science to you?
  

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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #32 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:14am
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Revaulting wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:53pm:
Instead of feeling like leveling up was an accomplishment, I feel like my toon was struck by palsy. Now that I'm Epic, I can't paralyze, frighten, stun, or charm wolves anymore. And my prr is worse, and my hp get a decimal point. And instead of killing a fucking wolf on one swing/spell/standing around and laughing while it withers in my aura, it takes 10 to 20 times longer. How is that not my toon becoming weaker?


LMAO.  I hadn't thought of it that way, but yeah, that's exactly how I feel.  I really do like the King's Forest and stuff - it's easy on the eyes, and sounds good, but running around punching wolves... by level 20, they should be about as tough as squirrels, imploding from the sonic boom as you run by.  Half the time I do slayers/explorers while watching a movie on another screen because it's so boring.

I remember the first time I saw an Orthon warp next to me from a hundred feet away, and it was like 'OH FUCK WHAT THE HELL IS THAT AGGGGH' and there was frantic punching and shooting and blood, mine and theirs, diving and shouting, mad clicking, fingers ablaze on the keyboard like Chopin's Prelude 16 in your most fantastic dreams, and it felt like victory and accomplishment when it was dead, with pounding heart and sweaty palms, a triumphal return to the greatest parts of Dungeons and DRAGONS where living isn't always a guarantee, and goddammit, it was FUN.

Fuck wolves.
  

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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #33 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:32am
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eighnuss wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:28am:
COMING U23: Epic Epic Chronoscope!
Now with double the mobs, triple the hit points, and respawning battleragers!


To be followed by Epic Baudry in U24. Yes, including the barrel breaking quest, but each barrel is replaced by those fucking horrible power relays from Schemes because making a pointless quest take a really long time would be a great way to improve the endgame.
  
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #34 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 1:24am
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Epic Hall of the Mark!
  

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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #35 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 1:48am
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Pseudonym wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:32am:
To be followed by Epic Baudry in U24. Yes, including the barrel breaking quest, but each barrel is replaced by those fucking horrible power relays from Schemes because making a pointless quest take a really long time would be a great way to improve the endgame.

So, you worked here before.
  

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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #36 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 5:04am
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Revaulting wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:53pm:
This.

Instead of feeling like leveling up was an accomplishment, I feel like my toon was struck by palsy. Now that I'm Epic, I can't paralyze, frighten, stun, or charm wolves anymore. And my prr is worse, and my hp get a decimal point. And instead of killing a fucking wolf on one swing/spell/standing around and laughing while it withers in my aura, it takes 10 to 20 times longer. How is that not my toon becoming weaker?

Take that same set of conditions, and make it a new monster, and suddenly I'm impressed and a little bit frightened by how powerful these things are, and by my ability to take them down.

Devs, why is this rocket science to you?


I must say, Helmed Horrors do look kinda of cool and make me shit in my pants when I face one thou.

Now, about Shavarath: make it fucking epic. Fuck 3BC and their pirates.
  
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #37 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 5:36am
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Shuy wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 5:04am:
I must say, Helmed Horrors do look kinda of cool and make me shit in my pants when I face one thou.

Damn straight. I just wish the devs could convince me they know this part of design 101, instead of seeming like they stumble into it accidentally on occasion.

Because they sure as fuck don't get the more HP =/= exciting challenge part. More HP just = my toon feels gimped and I'm bored.
  

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Reply #38 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 8:40am
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Revaulting wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 1:24am:
Epic Hall of the Mark!



Unfortunately they just made this un-epic  Embarrassed
  
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Reply #39 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 10:01am
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Shuy wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 5:04am:
I must say, Helmed Horrors do look kinda of cool and make me shit in my pants when I face one thou.

Now, about Shavarath: make it fucking epic. Fuck 3BC and their pirates.

No point epic-ing a pack everyone already bought. Better to do it with a shit pack no-one would usually buy if they did any reading beforehand.
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #40 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 10:07am
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Rubbinns wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 1:48am:
So, you worked here before.


Fuck, it was supposed to be a secret.
  
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Reply #41 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 11:27am
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Revaulting wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 5:36am:
Damn straight. I just wish the devs could convince me they know this part of design 101, instead of seeming like they stumble into it accidentally on occasion.

Because they sure as fuck don't get the more HP =/= exciting challenge part. More HP just = my toon feels gimped and I'm bored.

this. also, because everytime one figures out a great build to "challenge" these high hp mobs, forum whiners cry hard to fix this "overpowered" build, or devs just break something (intentionally). Either way, you are back to 0. sucks ass
  
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #42 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:00pm
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kum-gulp wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 10:01am:
No point epic-ing a pack everyone already bought. Better to do it with a shit pack no-one would usually buy if they did any reading beforehand.



A Shitty pack will still be a Shitty pack... even epicfied. Unless they put a lot of effort making it un-Shitty...

That last point is left hanging... for now.
I have my opinion about it, I have expressed it already where I was asked about it... 
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #43 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:59pm
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Flav wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:00pm:
A Shitty pack will still be a Shitty pack... even epicfied. Unless they put a lot of effort making it un-Shitty...

That last point is left hanging... for now.
I have my opinion about it, I have expressed it already where I was asked about it... 
I have that NDA collar around the neck, you'll know my opinion when it's removed.

I don't disagree. Just seems logical why they're doing 3BC - I would guess it's the least sold pack. Maybe Epic Catacombs next by that logic!  Cheesy
  
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Reply #44 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 3:27pm
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Epic 3BC is a horrifyingly bad idea.  They must realize this.  They must have run some cost to benefit ratio (poorly) that told them the time and effort to epic that pile was worth it.

They fail to realize how dumb it looks to be bit by an EPIC rat.
  
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Reply #45 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 4:28pm
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Revaulting wrote on Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:53pm:
This.

Instead of feeling like leveling up was an accomplishment, I feel like my toon was struck by palsy. Now that I'm Epic, I can't paralyze, frighten, stun, or charm wolves anymore. And my prr is worse, and my hp get a decimal point. And instead of killing a fucking wolf on one swing/spell/standing around and laughing while it withers in my aura, it takes 10 to 20 times longer. How is that not my toon becoming weaker?

Devs, why is this rocket science to you?


At least have the decency to re-skin it as something even slightly different.

it wouldn't be so bad if the epic wolves were the size of the bears in druid's dip.  leastways then they would seem like they should have a crapton of hps.
  

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Reply #46 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 4:33pm
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Flav wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:00pm:
A Shitty pack will still be a Shitty pack... even epicfied. Unless they put a lot of effort making it un-Shitty...



the only way to spice up 3bc enough to make it interesting for me would be to go full tongue-n-cheek humor. 

some berserker giant pirates would be damn funny.  mobs of drunken pirates singing and constantly falling down would be funny.  hell a beholder pirate would be funny.

but that would take imagination.  easier just to pump up the hps and resists.

  

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Reply #47 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 4:35pm
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DoRayEgon wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 3:27pm:
Epic 3BC is a horrifyingly bad idea.  They must realize this.  They must have run some cost to benefit ratio (poorly) that told them the time and effort to epic that pile was worth it.

They fail to realize how dumb it looks to be bit by an EPIC rat.


better than epic necro 3 I s'pose.  epic Tormented?
  

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Reply #48 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 4:49pm
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Epic Tormented...now you have to have one person escort the rats through each maze, by having them follow a light beam puzzle...and the trash are re spawning battle ragers!
  
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Re: Apparently the Council is useless as I(we) thought
Reply #49 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 5:07pm
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kum-gulp wrote on Apr 28th, 2014 at 12:59pm:
Maybe Epic Catacombs next by that logic


Catacombs is not enough in itself to be made Epic ( though honestly it has some potential, there's 4 different maps, so it could be made into 4 quests... )
  

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