Game Mechanics: Sontalak AE

[Freakish]

I keep hitting him in the face and dying so you might have something there.

[Method]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't disagree with the fact that it is a proc, what I think however is either the proc rate is set too high (unlikely) OR the proc has a cooldown/recharge on it (more likely).

I'm basing this on the timings I posted each of which the cleric is hit and loses by a buff being rather fixed on the timing spread. 12-14seconds each time. So I wouldn't doubt he is supposed to proc it, but cannot do more than once per 12 seconds or something.

Haven't we already beat this subject to death many time's before? Read this post from beta and move on http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...=sontalak+char

It's a proc for a reason there should be no re use timer on a proc... Just cause a raid target doesn't fall over dead when you toss 100+ players at it means it needs to be nerfed. The fight should be hard as hell stop trying to ruin it for the players that know how and understand what need's to be done to slay this beast.

[Man0warr]

Using thousands of plat in clickies and still barely winning was never required at any point for Sontalak. It's mostly because of the unclassic AE fear not the proc though.

[Daldaen]

Procing every 12 seconds with fear, dispells and possible Z axis warping mixed in is still very much a challenge. The best evidence possible, an in era video, shows the cleric getting hit every 12-14 seconds like clockwork by that AE Proc.

His fear is also the wrong version most likely, using a -150 check when it should be a 0 resist version.

[Mezzmur]

Originally Posted by Man0warr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Using thousands of plat in clickies and still barely winning was never required at any point for Sontalak. It's mostly because of the unclassic AE fear not the proc though.

I, personally, don't have an issue with the fear. I ate 1 fear the entire encounter yesterday.

[Morlaeth]

Originally Posted by Mezzmur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I, personally, don't have an issue with the fear. I ate 1 fear the entire encounter yesterday.

Yeah I think I ate three fears, including the fears I took when I was almost fully dispelled. My MR gear gets me to around 210. I obv don't stop at the gear though.

[khanable]

The fear is hit or miss - I think dald's classicquesting is convincing on it.

Sont's difficulty is greatly multiplied by the fear. Far more so than the proc.

[Man0warr]

If they fixed the fear on Velious dragons they would be a cake walk with this server's relative gear and hardcore bent compared to circa 2001 EverQuest.

For example, Zlandicar was a joke on live even when he was current content - you could 2 group him by mid Luclin if I remember right. But since his proc is AE instead of single target and the fear, he's harder than a lot of ToV dragons.

So maybe Nilbog and Alunova just want to make it unclassicly difficult.

[Colgate]

all it does is hurt small guilds

i really doubt the top end guilds would have so many people if these mobs were tuned classicly

[Treats]

There were 3+ different versions of Sontalak until Luclin or something.

Noone killed him for ST keys because he was a PITA, sounds classic enough the way they have it now.