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Originally Posted by Toodles
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The availability and low price of a lot of items is swept away by the inherent mechanics issues that we seem to have accepted and tolerated.
1. Yes mobs cast dispell far too often and too many different types of mobs cast it. I am half surprised that we didn't have melee (warrior) mobs casting it. That dreaded purple spell animation...
2. Resists and avoidance is busted. When you have level 25 mobs casting and punching you at 60...
3. Hit boxes on the mobs is whacked and it makes fear kiting and similar methods really not enjoyable..which leads to ...
4. The zig zag 'can't decide which way to run' when mobs are low/fleeing.
5. Caster mobs being able to move/run and cast or cast the same PC spells at exceptionally faster speeds and rates.
6. Melee and caster mob types going into some type of precision strikes/minirage/max hit mode when they are low health
1 makes soloing (in particular) and grouping (pulling or tanking yuck) to be more risky than it should be.
3 and 4 aggravate me as they tie in together. You fear something and it won't stay in one direction. I remember fearing mobs in WC that would practically run away from one end of the zone to the next. Here, they constantly change directions.
5 is crap when pulling and or running through a zone. Trakanon's Teeth anyone. Green frogs social training. Their dog pets outrun you, and somehow stun you with melee meanwhile the Frogloks cast virtually while running at full speed - and their spells land. So number 2 becomes an even greater issue.
6... well toe to toe epic battles happened back in the day for certain, but not every mob was going into hero mode and making Rocky comebacks.
And added note - someone mentioned earlier, are things like Sebilis Frogs casting Ice Comet like it was just some normal everyday spell.
That's just a handful of things that when accumulated, really ruin the gaming experience. No amount of twinked character or cheap economy is going to fix that and I would MORE than happily see a server with way less items in circulation, a fresher more natural market place and less twinks, meanwhile having mechanics that don't suck the fun out of the game.
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Yeah, I have to agree with all of that. The mob dispelling is out of control. That and #5 is what really ticks me off.
I was in Lfay yesterday on my 35 druid and ran into one of those god forsaken brownie scouts (red to me). I immediately started running for the MM zone at SoW speed and somehow the brownie was able to melee me (double hit for 90x2) then stop and cast a 290 point DD spell (did it even stop?) and then also stop and cast drones of doom on me..all while I'm running away from him at SoW speed. I should have easily been OOR for *at least* the DOT if not the DOT and the DD spell but somehow it can do all this while chasing me. Somehow I survived but zoned into MM with 0% health. :O