Kind of.

Mabar is gone.

We had this: http://ddowiki.com/page/The_Night_Revels

KilgoreTrout wrote on Dec 11^th, 2015 at 6:17am:


It was a good event that didn't monopolize time and gave out some unique augments that were worth the time to get(about 2 hours per) but didn't cause power creep or upset the apple cart for loot.

Not every event needs to be "clear the schedule, grind it non-stop" intense.  I'd give it a B.   

I like the augments as well.  I spent maybe 6-8 hours max during events.  Made 3 wis 3 int augments and I was done with it.

KilgoreTrout wrote on Dec 11^th, 2015 at 6:17am:


But you liked Mabar?

Let's be honest. Turning Ma-Lag into Ma-Lax was the best thing this current crew has ever done.

When they have excellent content (like ToEE), they fuck it in the ass. When they have to make up their own content, they box it up, sprinkle it with doors that mysteriously know when the last mob in a room dies, and then fuck that box of mobs in the ass. When they have enhancement trees, they turn bards into assassins, barbarians into healers, and fuck power balance in the ass. When they have a game based on a D&D rules set, they introduce MP, RP, PRR, & MRR, and fuck D&D in the ass. When they have a chance to introduce a new race ... they pick smurfs, which is weird because the last thing you'd expect is blue balls.

Fucking things in the ass is all they do. It just so happened that Mabar was constipated. Now it's so regular you can't even hold in the ingredients.

Revaulting wrote on Dec 12^th, 2015 at 7:33pm:


Wow.  Jaded and bitter doesn't even come close to describing you Mr Revaulting!
All good points though.   

I'm curious though, what was it that flipped your switch?

Revaulting wrote on Dec 12^th, 2015 at 7:33pm:


just to get things straight(er) : inb the case of the Barbs, the 2014 PC asked ( well whined ) that barbs needed to have something to make them more survivable.

Several ideas were spawned by the PC members.

My own pet idea : delay the damages a la Conan : while you rage the damages you takes are applied at 10% ( value to be discussed ), but they are tracked. Once the rage end all the damage taken during the time you raged gets applied in full. [ minus all the healing that occured during that time ]...
It wasn't self healing, but it was reducing the mana sponge effect. the Barb still had to rely on a friendly Healer to stay alive, but said Healer didn't need to babysit the barb, just keeping an eye on him/her from time to time and casting a few heals just before his rages end would have done the trick.
( with the rage durations it was almost certain to occur after the fight ended, except in raids )

All were discarded, and they just steamrolled the HOT enhancements we all know.

Flav wrote on Dec 13^th, 2015 at 7:43am:


I would have preferred something similar to what warlocks get in epithet bed spirit.  Something that gives double hp temporarily or con x 10 temp hp. 

I like that better than self healing.  Seems more thematically correct but a similar effect.  also hand out some prr while raged.  The combination would improve survivability without straying from the concept of a barb. 

Asheras wrote on Dec 13^th, 2015 at 2:27pm:


But they did! +10 PRR at lvl 11! 

Asheras wrote on Dec 13^th, 2015 at 2:27pm:


Well I don't remember all the suggestions... but overall we wanted more survivability ( more PRR, more damage reduction, delayed damages, whatever ) and not self healing.

IIRC, they also somewhat pushed us to agree with what they wanted by adding the Healing Amplification Comeback into the mix... So far HA is only technically back... it still doesn't drop on random loot.