I just solo’d a tier 8 post hotfix (since the damage supposedly went up) by myself with no issue, except for dying on the new mob(s) they introduced. Nuked the spider without an issue, but didn’t have the defensives or the interrupts (since she’s immune to CC) to handle the spider’s rider’s Volley and Shout, which killed me. Fortunately, since I nuked the spider when I attempted combat with her, she went and stood in a corner and stayed there and so I just went on to nuking the last boss. If it wasn’t for that single mob, I wouldn’t have died at all that run.
But here’s the thing… While I may be able to do them solo, and it doesn’t really screw me over, any of my friends who can’t can no longer be helped by me because the way it scales in a group makes it dang near impossible to do. With just me in the group spider and rider had 23M and 34M HP, respectively, but with my buddy in the group that jumped up to 42M and 61M HP… And the damage output was even worse… venom volley went from ticking me for 525.9k to 928.2k… And the initial hit of it went from 1M to 1.7M.
So basically what happened was those of us who already weren’t having issues in these are still… not really having issues in these, but we lost all ability to help our friends who may not be at our skill level. That is quite unfortunate, given that this is an MMO…
This about the only thing you’ve posted in this thread I would agree with.
Well, it’s cool man. This felt like the nail in the coffin. So good job man. This was finally something that felt enjoyable to log in and do besides professions. Something a little more calming with good challenge to it and it’s been made so only select specs and classes will excel.
I’m happy for you mr 30 years of wow or whatever. But I’m gonna go ahead and rethink my return to this game. I’ve never felt stressed in the last 5 years i avoided WoW … and now I feel it’s time to consider returning to benching it.
They are ok for some classes. My pally rips them apart-ish. My warrior can’t get past 7. My mage — forget it. Useless in every way. There is much talk about class balance. It is obvious to me that only certain classes prevail. Also, things die strangely and many encounters seem fake. Some enemies die with half life, for example. Anywho, really sick of them today after dying over and over. Love this expansion, but many things are ruining my experience. Thanks for listening…
“Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” is a saying I am finding myself thinking a lot this last week.
Tuning across the board and the number of bugs are the things killing it for me. The delve changes with that miniboss addition are just pushing me further along the lines of being done again, and I’ve dealt with a lot of BS since season 1 of Shadowlands.
I’m just tired of it. People aren’t allowed to just have fun anymore, it’s gotta be micromanaged to a specific thread on a spreadsheet to optimize their engagement metrics. It’s exhausting.
There has been moments where if not for the mobility I have on WW I would’ve died. Once multiple mobs agro and start shooting you down the only way to live is just rolling the F out there and letting Bran shoot them down. My Shadow Priest on the other hand… one bad pull and they’re nuking me through dispersion and I can’t LOS or lose range on them quick enough.
Just ran a tier 8 delve (Skittering Breach) on my 568 paladin (Mithlor-Stormrage) and completed it (albeit no revives remaining cause I’m washed and bad at the game) with no buffs other than Brann food buff and only consumable being the cheap healing potion.
Got gloves out of it. 110 ilvl upgrade. 240K HP gained.
If I can do it, you can do it at ilvl 600 with actual enchants and gear and consumables… with a weapon higher than ilvl 554.
