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Old 07-13-2025, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Maybe not "ranks", but if not, then "descriptors" of some sort. If soloer #1 has to say "I soloed Froggy with three widgets, four whatzits, 17.5 wort potions, and here's my list of eighteen buffs ...", it's not as easy to share that solo, or compare it with other people's solos.
Yeah, I think standardized descriptors would be way more informative and less controversial. Stryker's right that self-buffed vs outside buffs is vastly different for melee vs casters. I don't think there's any easy or non-controversial way to rank that. But it should be non-controversial and semi-straightforward to categorize the various sorts of ways that make a kill easier or harder.

I also have a general uneasiness with the idea of it being competitive. Whether or not an encounter is trivial for someone playing another class just doesn't factor into whether or not I'm proud of my ability to have successfully killed it solo. Sure, the Ghoul Lord and the Froglok King aren't especially rare solo kills. But I attempted both, had a couple failed attempts, one or two deaths, and in the end soloed both. I'm proud of that and don't care whether anyone else cares.

I tried to solo an Ice Burrower yesterday, made like three attempts, wasn't successful. I'm sure I'll be able to succeed one of these days, and that accomplishment for myself won't be cheapened even if someone else thinks it's trivial because it doesn't summon and can be kited around.
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