How are people struggling with aggro in 2024?

[Wakanda]

also i want to add that i dont think most casters are bad about rooting mobs btw

when i play my enc it sometimes shocks me how our random cleric is literally out front rooting mobs before i even mez them because i guess they are so used to improvising without an enc

[Eisai]

Like ten days after green launched i grouped with this wizard in uguk that blast a caster add and drag it out of line of sight and root it before coming back to group and burning down the assist target. He set the bar that no other wizard attempted to meet but i never have taken root off any of my char's spell cars since.

[Namsaknoi]

Regarding live classic vs P99, it was purely because of resist difference, and it is huge, not because people didn't know the how to take advantage of root mechanism back then. It also works both ways, NPC can almost never land a root on a player reliably, unless the NPC is a red con to the player and player barely has any magic resist gear.

Problem with caster casting root hoping to make it easier will have it resisted most of the time or break off very fast, then with 5-6 casts there is no way a tank will be able to taunt the mob off the caster, so eventually either the caster or NPC will need to die.

Problem with earth pet chain rooting also meant that root rarely reliably stuck, so the NPC will first be on tank, then when root sticks, now it will turn to whoever is nearest, then when it breaks, its back on tank etc, then also made re-positioning and switching target very very difficult, often times that NPC will just end up fighting the earth pet alone when switched, then when the pet dies it will just go straight for the Mage until the Mage dies.

[Jimjam]

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

idk what is or isnt classic btw, i feel like back in the day we were just happy to have a tank and healer in general lol. i remember as a monk using a ranger to tank and the group falling apart when he left (weird how monks on p99 are viable tanks at all levels and untwinked)a

Monks were good on live, but they are crazy good here. I remember my iksar monk in her 20s being able to just fight her way back into camps naked against blue con mobs on the exceedingly rare occasion she died. I was flabergasted as these were mobs that I had struggled to solo on my warrior which had fair armour / weapons.

[Reiwa]

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

Monks were good on live, but they are crazy good here. I remember my iksar monk in her 20s being able to just fight her way back into camps naked against blue con mobs on the exceedingly rare occasion she died. I was flabergasted as these were mobs that I had struggled to solo on my warrior which had fair armour / weapons.

Avoidance is just so much better than mitigation.

[Eisai]

When Furor realized monks were out tanking him on live he shit a brick and got them nerfed. Happened near the end of velious. There was a big write up on it. It's on my favorites at home (along with the sleeper exploit). Maybe i can post it if i ever see home/my PC again.

[Jimjam]

I’ve always wondered why and how did Furor have so much sway?

[Namsaknoi]

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

I’ve always wondered why and how did Furor have so much sway?

My theory is that:

1. Family/friend/acquaintance of people related to the game, more likely since he started before the game blew up to a mainstream one in Kunark and Velious

And/or

2. They treated him like a 'diamond' level member, since he purchases the game, pays subscription, re-joins after ban, while being a full time tester 18 hours a day, proactively gives suggestions (usually via complaints), markets indirectly with his guild forums, actively tries toget people to join the game, usually from other games, etc, something only a paid worker would do. Top few guilds really helped adding hype to the game, which helped with sales and subscription, and he was basically one of the top influencer of the game at that time

[Snaggles]

OP’s title should replace “aggro” with “p99”. If PvE is difficult consider playing another game.

[Snaggles]

At least xp grinding