Comments on: Sometimes you’re the windshield http://www.kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/ Just these guys, you know. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zoso http://www.kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/comment-page-1/#comment-2682 Zoso Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:25:18 +0000 http://kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/#comment-2682 Mmm, could well be next wave of Destruction alts just coming into Tier 3. I'd love to see some stats on levels of scenario participants over time (and their relative contributions, also broken down by class and race, and times to level, and population density in the different zones, and... and...) Anyway! The burst of scenario-winning XP meant I hit Rank 28 last night, so T4 here we come! (For some open-RvR stuff, at least, might stick with T3 scenarios for a bit, not least 'cos I've got loads of quests in Talabecland still. Though I might never be able to look at the Temple of Isha map in the same way after Arbitrary's post...) Mmm, could well be next wave of Destruction alts just coming into Tier 3. I’d love to see some stats on levels of scenario participants over time (and their relative contributions, also broken down by class and race, and times to level, and population density in the different zones, and… and…)

Anyway! The burst of scenario-winning XP meant I hit Rank 28 last night, so T4 here we come! (For some open-RvR stuff, at least, might stick with T3 scenarios for a bit, not least ‘cos I’ve got loads of quests in Talabecland still. Though I might never be able to look at the Temple of Isha map in the same way after Arbitrary’s post…)

]]> By: spinks http://www.kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 spinks Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:40:06 +0000 http://kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/#comment-2681 I'm not sure who has most level 40s but I wonder if what you are seeing is the next wave of Destruction alts being slightly ahead of ours. Fwiw, I know we're looking forwards to grouping with some of the guys who are at the top end of T3 when they move into T4, so... you know ... get cracking :) What I mostly see in T4 is that although organisation was always an important part of winning scenarios, because dps gets totally over the top in T4 it can be a very very fast whitewashed if the other side is rigged for it. And marauders and witch elves are very overpowered. I’m not sure who has most level 40s but I wonder if what you are seeing is the next wave of Destruction alts being slightly ahead of ours.

Fwiw, I know we’re looking forwards to grouping with some of the guys who are at the top end of T3 when they move into T4, so… you know … get cracking :)

What I mostly see in T4 is that although organisation was always an important part of winning scenarios, because dps gets totally over the top in T4 it can be a very very fast whitewashed if the other side is rigged for it. And marauders and witch elves are very overpowered.

]]> By: Zoso http://www.kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 Zoso Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:37:50 +0000 http://kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/#comment-2680 Yup, definitely, the three level gap at the top end of the level range can be a killer (most literally); at least PvP XP means you can't have twinks like in WoW battlegrounds, but I think I'd be happier with bolstering to level 10/20/30, rather than 8/18/28 (or "un-bolstering" at the higher end, though that might be slightly more problematic). Yup, definitely, the three level gap at the top end of the level range can be a killer (most literally); at least PvP XP means you can’t have twinks like in WoW battlegrounds, but I think I’d be happier with bolstering to level 10/20/30, rather than 8/18/28 (or “un-bolstering” at the higher end, though that might be slightly more problematic).

]]> By: unwise http://www.kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/comment-page-1/#comment-2679 unwise Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:59:20 +0000 http://kiasa.org/2008/10/23/sometimes-youre-the-windshield/#comment-2679 One thing I'm noticing more and more: the biggest single factor contributing to scenario victory is level imbalance. If the other team has a group of 6 rank 40s and your team only has a couple, the odds are stacked massively against you. I also noticed this when playing my rank 11 White Lion alt in Nordenwatch yesterday. Me vs. a rank 5 Black Orc, I may as well have been attacking a Sorceress in the time I chewed through him. A bit later I came across a rank 11 Black Orc, and this time I was the one getting chewed. I'd like to see an improvement to bolstering to either bring all players closer in power to those at the top of the tier, or to scale the rank 40s/31s/21s/11s down a couple of levels. The current system is simply unreliable and ineffective for providing balanced fights. One thing I’m noticing more and more: the biggest single factor contributing to scenario victory is level imbalance. If the other team has a group of 6 rank 40s and your team only has a couple, the odds are stacked massively against you.

I also noticed this when playing my rank 11 White Lion alt in Nordenwatch yesterday. Me vs. a rank 5 Black Orc, I may as well have been attacking a Sorceress in the time I chewed through him. A bit later I came across a rank 11 Black Orc, and this time I was the one getting chewed.

I’d like to see an improvement to bolstering to either bring all players closer in power to those at the top of the tier, or to scale the rank 40s/31s/21s/11s down a couple of levels. The current system is simply unreliable and ineffective for providing balanced fights.

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