I’ve hated Brann from the get go, he’s just annoying and always in the way.
Now in 11.5 you’re adding more useless NPCs to Horrific Visions (May be optional it seems) and some new Arena Battleground.
At least give us a way to opt out of using them. Many of us play solo because playing with others is highly obnoxious and our play styles generally clash. But at least a player can learn and adapt if they choose to. NPCs just remain ignorant, in the way and continue to cause the same problems over and over.
I understand some people feel they need an NPC to carry them, others like me prefer to do it 100% solo. Giving us an option to turn them off hurts no one and the coding is very simple to add. Not asking for a scaling change, not asking for those that don’t want to give up their precious Brann or easier runs. Simply asking for the option to opt out of having to use NPCs in solo content myself.
Some of you want to push the highest content, and feel you can’t do that with out the AI. Then you simply don’t use the opt out feature. Being someone who has 50 toons, I don’t care about being an elite, I simply want to enjoy the game alone, or with those I choose. Brann is not one I prefer to choose, otherwise I would love delves. Those that like him, good for you, you get to play how you want, I just want an option to play how I want.
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So who is going to heal? Or tank the healers through delves?
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I agree with giving the option to turn off brann on the condition that the scaling is the same as with brann, not worth the dev time to try and balance for something maybe 1% of people will want
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Yes, because they have been soooo successful with scaling and balance so far… /s
Don’t get me wrong. I agree that Brand is irritating and frankly, oftimes buggy as all get out. Not sure what the OP thinks plan B is tho.
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You want them to scale even more and the best way will now be no brann runs because they are 20% faster?
Sorry but I currently quite like Brann healing me for 120% of my tank healthbar with one potion, thanks.
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I love Bran. He is so cute. But he does do stupid things sometimes with pulling stuff I don’t want. I think an extra difficulty option would be great with no Bran. You get to try and heal, tank, and dps your way through Delves fully solo. I know I would try it out at least once.
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I downloaded MuteRepetitiveBrann. It helps with muting his awful voice acting, but does nothing for his terrible AI. However, I did have to spend a decent chunk of time tracking down sound IDs to stop the new miserable lines for his tanking spec. There’s one I literally commented “--Unintelligible” when trying to figure out what ID was what. With the new IDs added, Brann doesn’t make a peep. I’ve sent the original dev a message on CurseForge to see if I can get permission to “fork” the addon, so you don’t have to spend time editing the LUA.
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At least NPC companions should have a pet bar similar as hunter pets, where you can tell them to assist or be passive, or tell them to wait somewhere.
A toggle for manual or auto interrupt and dispell would be nice as well.
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So you play (and pay for) an MMO, but the thought of doing anything with anyone is so repulsive that even helpful NPCs trigger you?
I just can’t understand this mindset.
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We’re just asking for an option to do activities without npcs companions.
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i like the helpr bot story in the undermine delve, the robot has lines that spoof brann
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Brann is the worst. I wish I could just shove him off a cliff.
So glad I’m done with delves for the season.
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I could understand muting him, but how does he get in the way? You can literally walk right through him. When im tanking, he does more dps to make it faster. When I’m dps, without his heals it would be more annoying and slower. I don’t have a healing toon, but I doubt it would be easier without brann tanking.
Or was this some kinda humble brag? You’re so amazing, having brann in group actually makes the run slower?
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yeah, add a lone wolf option, and for healers more npcs to heal on.
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Let me sacrifice Brann for 50% health increase
I’m a warlock, it’s fitting
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What? What? What? … hey, I like Brann… there would be no ‘follower’ dungeons if there weren’t NPC’s. I don’t mind it… if you don’t like it ‘ignore’? What really is the prob. It’s a gameplay… it’s the ‘game’… don’t play this?
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I don’t think Brann is ignorant: Going by the fact he blatantly keeps gold for himself and gives his companion a pittance, I think he knows exactly what he’s doing when he throws his potions in nuclear waste.
Xal’atath isn’t the real threat, here.
Anyway, the Visions NPC is going to be entirely optional, so you can do it solo like it used to be. It’s nice for players to have the option though, including healers who may not be able to do a run otherwise.
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Shadow priests should get Xala’tath instead of Brann, when they obtained the shadow priest artifact weapon back in Legion.
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As long as it’s a opt out system, fine by me.
What a stupid take, some specs are dependent on the companion because they have obvious weakness. I’d love to see you solo nemesis like ?? Zekvir or ?? Underpin as a DPS with poor seal healing without healer Brann but ofc… it’s not surprising you don’t have either of these achievements so you don’t know what you’re talking about lol.
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