Dear Blizzard:
Last week, I was able to handle Dastardly Duos just fine.
Me: a 667 bear tank nerfed down to 619, with the regular provided buffs (beefy burger and vial of healing) and the AI companions. It was messy, but I managed it.
This week? Same gear, talents, buffs, companions. And I got absolutely WRECKED. The mobs swarmed me, the damage got out of control, my healer was useless, my dps companions were slow, and I gave up after my fourth death. By comparison, I never died more than once in a fight last week.
And yeah, I was even aware of Watchkeeper Gargleblaster’s near-unavoidable stacking debuff.
Second attempt: the first few gears I picked up did NOT add to my time, they called forth extra bosses. And a goblin zapper. So again… overwhelmed and wrecked before I could extend my time limit.
Third attempt: My AI companions decided that random trash was more important than the boss, and I got wrecked because of Garglebargle’s stacking debuff.
Blizzard, this is just -frustrating- and -annoying-. I don’t know what changed between last week and this, but this is the sort of content which just feels abusive and broken.
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We need smarter companions, ones who will actually focus on the player’s target rather than just pew pew all over the place.
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We need less randomness in what the gears give us. Color code them or -something- so we can choose what order we want to handle things in. Right now, getting an extra boss early on is just overwhelming.
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Better ways to mitigate some of the mechanics, because 100% healing debuff that can only be survived if you can run away long enough to let it drop off, while 20 other things are also beating on you, is just awful.
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Let gear matter. There’s no reason why we should be nerfed for something like this. Even playing field? Please, we’re not seriously competing against each other. If we’re geared, we’ve earned it. And if this is week 2, I don’t even wanna imagine week 4. I feel like this should get easier over time, not harder.
I mean sure, I’m not the greatest tank, but I feel like either I’m missing something, or this event is just broken horribly. Either way, I’m just not having fun.
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Did the item level 1 bug come back with maintenance, by chance?
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I double-checked, but I was set to 619.
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I agree that this event absolutely sucks and has somehow become much worse / more broken this week compared to last. I am dps and the tank npc doesn’t even try to fight mobs in the green circles and sometimes dies due to the npc healer. Last week I cleared 400k points easily and now i can barely get over 250k. Horrible event
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Cmon gang ion said he’s doing better
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Is there any new rewards this week, ? Or is it week 3 and 4
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You can buy the podium toy this week, and start getting its various modifications as rewards.
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Nothing harder about it this week. Meredy stood in shock bots so long she died, that’s it.
Maybe that’s partly my fault, since I was standing in them nearly the whole time too, trying to venn-diagram the score bonus. Don’t think it stacks though. Follower dungeon NPCs are unbelievably stupid and that should maybe be improved even if it’s accurate to random dungeon players.
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This event feels like it was made with chatGPT.
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It does feel like AI content slop.
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Also … week 2 points Achievement is bugged again same as last week
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The NPC tank is the worst. Keeps the enemies out of the bonus points circles and then dies.
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The AI consistently stands in the electric rings, snd constantly runs AWAY from my AOE when there’s no danger…make it make sense
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Tank NPC dies. Stays dead for 2 minutes. Wont pull baddies into circles…
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I feel the same. I just hopped into it trying to get the FoS for dying 30 times and then completing the event. Last week solo was fine with no issues, but this week after getting my 30 deaths I attempted to complete the event and just kept getting one shot. Made sure all my gear was back on, 100% durability, and only good food buffs but my pet couldn’t hold aggro and we were both dying instantly. Made sure I took off my shirt and tabbard just in case the 1ilvl bug was still there, but the debuff showed I was scaled down to 619. Had to end up leaving the instance and retrying with the NPCs. Not sure what changed but something is seriously messed up with this event as always. Smol Indie Company.
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The event gained more bosses this week. That means higher score potential as well.
They probably should have explained the event’s progression in-game somewhere. If they did then I missed it.
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I am trying to understand what the point of the blue double point circles are for… The NPCS WILL not let you fight in the circle and will absolutely go out of the way to pull things outside of it. You can’t taunt it back in, as the tank will just hold onto agro and peel it back before it even turns to move, so I literally don’t understand how to do the event like this.
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They seem to be experimenting with new content ideas… this one isnt one of their winners.
That said looking forward to remix
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This.
(Coming from someone who likes delves/visions and solo challenges)
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The event itself is obviously a one off deal, and overall it just doesn’t seem to have much appeal or staying power. Personally I just did it to see what it was about and was confused the entire time. Given the points are just purely arbitrary and only matter to the scant few that actually like or care about the event. I just plan to do it until I can get the mount and then just never look at them again, similar to when I do my 8 mask run for visions.
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