At first I thought this was a super easy non issue affix. Then it started popping up right when certain mechanics come out that as a tank it is important for me to be positioned a certain way. Sporecaller in Underrot. It comes out right before he’s about to shockwave. Last boss it comes out right before he spits. Last boss in Brackenhide it looks exactly like the circle you have to dodge and it comes out at the same time. For the most part it’s a non issue affix but on boss mechanics it’s absolute aids.
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That was the whole concern most people had about this affix. Absolutely trivial most of the joke but 100 percent chance to screw you at the exact wrong time.
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Affixes need to no longer be RNG.
Bosses should each have set trigger times to trigger that week’s affix and fine tuned per boss to be fair.
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the dungeons should be the dungeon. no timer or affixes. just the scaling alone.
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Don’t all tanks have a way to break roots? You don’t have to run out if you can break it.
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We told Blizzard in the beta that this affix was trivial 90% of the time and the worst thing in the game the other 10%. They knew it would get people RNG killed and that RNG deaths are one of the most frustrating things in any game. In true Blizzard fashion of not understanding they problem they just lowered the slow. We also explained that any mechanic that gives you just enough time to run out while not slowed is 100% going to hit you with ANY amount of slow because the mechanics weren’t designed/balanced with slow in mind. My Suggestion was a short duration invulnerability upon breaking the snare.
Blizzard did what they always do, ignore the feedback and shoehorn it into the game no matter the detriment. Same exact thing they did with thundering.
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This entangling is a non affix for me cuz i just BOF it and other tanks can do the same
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Just finished a HOI on my shaman was a 16, entangled is hilarious at the gauntlet and the mini boss. Had about 4 deaths to that, otherwise it was trivial.
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It is legit so free. BoF, and all other snare removing abilities, breaks the root and the CD is back up for the next one. With DBM calling it out in advance, you are easily prepared for the moment it goes off. People complaining about affixes like this is should stick to normal and heroic dungeon.
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This affix should not be an issue at all, to anyone. Many classes can remove the roots and even if you can’t it doesn’t slow you very much and quick to break. There are even timers for it to let you know when it is about to go out. You cannot possibly get an easier, laid back affix. Is there a chance for it to complicate things? Sure, but im pretty sure that is the point of affixes and to adjust accordingly.
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I’m glad you said that, because there’s almost no rng involved. It’s on a similar cadence to quaking with the restriction that thundering had. (Combat time is all that matters). Just like quaking, it may not spawn the first time it comes off cd, but that’s the limit of the rng.
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There are so many ways to quickly get rid of this it’s absurd. I was playing disc yesterday and was locked in penance at times and still made it out just fine. When I wasn’t casting… Fade clears snares with the talent.
Interestingly I found a disease in bracken hide that has its damage tied to a snare and dispelled a dot and root at the same time on pally.
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Entangling is basically a joke affix. My spec has a 30s root removal and it lines up perfectly with it each time.
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I took 5s reduction on it just incase I need to fade early pull for some reason, but I’m pugging and tanks can be iffy.
It is “effectively” RNG, because there is no way you’re going to time your pulls to have it not overlap with mechanics unless you’re some kind of genius.
Or get a WeakAura that tells you when it’s going to happen and don’t Yolo your game time.
We timed plenty of pulls around quaking overlaps and no one had to be a “genius”. “Pull with 5s on quake” was a strat for Soggodon for an entire season.
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Or the encounters can actually be designed to not be randomly BS based on the boss.
You have one bad take after another. As Sackless already explained, it is not “effectively” RNG when it is on a set interval timer that only happens while in combat with DBM announcing a countdown. You legit have to break the root with any snare removing ability without having to run out or make any unnecessary movements solely due to the affix.
It isn’t random. You can have whatever opinion you want about it being BS or not, but calling it random is just plain false.
Would be extremely boring and repetitive.
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