Hopefully they fix it before release. Ghouls should be at least as strong as they are when they aren’t a ghoul.
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only… that was never going to realistically happen.
people were already planning groups to ensure it didn’t happen.
those people also had their fun taken away.
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Most people I saw asked for it to be an opt in event. So no, people didn’t get it nerfed, blizzard just nerfed it.
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Agree, the ghouls are terribly weak now. It took me 7 hits of the primary ability to kill a “Concerned Citizen” that appeared next to me after clicking a crate. The same scenario in Wrath’s version of this event was only 2 hits to kill.
Like yeah, the scaling of ghoul damage during 9.0’s initial build was completely out of whack. But why can’t they just try to shoot for how Wrath’s event worked out? This pendulum swing to the complete opposite side in all their balancing attempts is tiring.
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Very disappointed. I guess my hopes of an actual engaging, challenging, and immersive game world are never going to happen and are too much for people to handle. This is why WoW sucks now.
Sounds like they adjusted things just fine. Turn on warmode if you want to attack others.
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It should feel dangerous. The scourge are unbound.
On the PTR yesterday, it was just sad. I could walk through ghouls and nothing happened.
If the scourge was this easy to get rid of, we’d never have to have another Lich King because honestly, level 10s can wipe these out.
Some balance to the event would be nice. Yeah, let people not participate, but let those who want to actually feel danger in the game again, do so too.
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Blizzards big dumb heavy hands
Edit: Casual reminder to put the real event on war mode please and leave the neutered version on carebear mode for the lads, ty
I also wonder how many of the people who complained, also defend covenants for the “RPG element” and then just destroyed a big “RPG element.”
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My thought for the event was for all those who would do “harm” to others either be it npc’s and/or players, there would be those willing to stand against the chaos and fight it back. Where one side can overpower the other until the side slowly losing would either gain more support, or fall.
The idea is one I was looking forward to being a part of. Griefing was going to happen, but for a limited time event I think any nerf should not have happened. Opt in sounds like a good idea but I rather the world for a “limited” time feel dangerous and everyone should have the option to either flee, or fight regardless of level.
Just the idea of players high and low in levels joining together to stem the tide of darkness gives me goosebumps. But alas that will not happen now if what I hear is true and the nerf made the event unnecessary.
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Blizzard: “You cannot change your covenant at will no matter how glaring the issues because of rpg elements”
Also Blizzard: “We must nerf the zombies to nothing, rpg elements be damned”
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Damn.
I played in the Wrath pre-patch event, and I was really looking forward to it hopefully being implemented the way they originally wanted this time, rather than the cut-short event we got then because of people complaining.
I’m still hoping they crank the dial way up for the last week of the pre-patch at least. We should die. We should be inconvenienced. The greatest moments in WoW were all extremely inconvenient moments of death. Kazzak in Stormwind. Dragons being kited to Orgimmar to wipe everyone out. The Corrupted Blood plague.
Kill us. Make us rage. These are the final moments of the Scourge. They should not be going out with a whimper.
No one ever tells stories about the time we did some easy daily quests for a week.
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This comment, this comment right here is the exact definition of why people remember stuff like this fondly. Did it inconvenient people’s daily routine? Yes, but it was also a signal that something big was happening, and it was going to get your attention no matter what.
And…Not to make the comparison but–FF when they rebooted their MMO shut down their whole server while destroying the whole world in the process, i’m pretty sure that they didn’t cater to people going. “MMMM but it’s going to ruin my auction house farming mats!.. Remove the world event so I can make 20K more gil!”
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dang so the people who were hurling insults at others who just wanted an opt out are now getting a botched event?
Nice.
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errrrr… no?
the people who were hurling insults at players who were looking forward to the event, stomped their feet until NOBODY was able to have fun.
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They use “RPG elements” only when it suits them, like when they remove corruptions because N’zoth is no more, but kept titanforging in for a year after titans were gone from our lives.
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No no, she’s right…The people that whined Specifically on ptr and reddit Were saying people “Were dumb, should go pickle themselves, and several other censored words I can’t say.” for wanting the scourge event to remain as chaotic as it was. Even if it was WM only Though I won’t deny the toxicity of the other side either. But one voice was FAR louder on day one of the PTR with a highly bugged version of the ghouls. Mainly, they had a 99% miss rate for if players attacked them, so pretty much unkillable.
Then the nerfs came in…And the golden goose is that ghouls Including NPC ghouls Cannot attack unflagged players, and NPC ghouls will not attack any NPC less attacked first…So yes, they did botch the event, and hence why I am calling it out now, rather than having this hit live.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/imgrn2/2020_strikes_again/
This’ll sum it up just fine.
Yea i agree, ghouls are pretty weak in this event. While i did had fun with this event, i do admit they need some buffing in order to make it fair for both parties involved. As well looking at the plagued roach infect range.
Well lorewise, it’s a bad thing to turn into a ghoul, since they are mindless and ghouls themselves are not really well put together to begin with.
Of coarse, gameplay wise, the choice is still there, it’s not taken away from you. And like i said before, i don’t mind if they buff the zombies a bit.
A post with a title that is implying that this is one of the bad things happened in 2020 (which is being hyper exaggerating) and a meme that more or less mocks players wanting to opt out of the event by implying (well i say imply, it’s pretty in your face) their feelings are hurt. (If that’s not the joke or if i missed the joke, then feel free to explain to me what was the joke there) I think you just found a post that is more of a joke or intentionally trying to rile people they dislike (that being people are are anti-event, just want to opt out, and pretty much anybody who is neutral on the matter) instead of a post that actually shows that the subset of pro-eventers that they actually mean well.
Yea, it was weird on why the daily wasn’t counting half of the time. They honestly need to fix that to make it count for both, because right now, beside paying attention certain movement patterns (which, even then, players might potentially disguise themselves as an NPC), there’s not much of a difference between the two.
I’m probably going to hazard to guess it’s because you linked to a reddit thread that really isn’t constructive. As well saying this…
However, i despise the false flagging to silence what other people has to say, and this applies to anybody and everybody, including you guys. Infact i lean more on letting people speak your mind, on anything and anyone or any thought. As it should be, in a marketplace of ideas and in an open and free speech.
The spirit of free speech.
(and yes, i know that may not be correct, so if you know the actual phrase or word here to describe “you have the freedom to say whatever you want, but it comes with consequences, as well a set of rules that the first party upholds in their platform and they have the right to revoke them any time, any reason.”, let me know and i’l fix it.)
Note I’m enjoying the tears of the pro-griefers. They were hell-bent on either forcing others to participate (targeting those who have no chance of fighting back; e.g., targeting lowbies, portal rooms, flight masters, etc.), or denying others the ability to play for weeks on end.
THAT SAID, I think the event could be scaled back to what it was, a little bit. Provide protection for quest givers. Make essential infrastructure (e.g., auction houses, portal rooms) subject to roving bands of purifiers, cleansing the infestation. Allow an opt-out option, so those who have other things to do can get on with their checklists. Have heavy purges of any ghouls who have made it out of the quarantined cities.
That sort of thing.
Fun, but without destroying the fun of others. Apparently too much to ask, until the event got nerfed.
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This I can get behind. Which funny enough, half of these are inside the ptr atm. Minus auction house/ protection. Though an opt-out option is pretty much not being flagged, you’re still going to be seeing ghouls, but they can’t attack you.