[Testing] Raid Boss System

• Tetosan wrote on 2014-12-15 18:20

  Quote from Iyasenu;1257499:

  Looking at that HM raid video on the first post...
  It makes me wonder how strong those test server characters were...
  
  They almost had Girgashiy beat in 5 minutes...
  
  It doesn't seem very feasible for that to happen, even in Easy mode, from what I've seen...
  And that's going in with like 16 people!
  They only had FIVE!
  
  What in the world...?

  
  
  Given we were given a lot of Skill training seals, almost all skills at Rank A and 100% EXP Berries.
  those Seals and Berries were tradeable between chars thru Bank.
  on top of that you could delete your characters and get a new Card at reset giving you new Berries and Seals.
  
  So it's entirely possible those chars were Capped with all skills in existance back then (minus Ninja)
  
  However keep in mind the first Test phase had a weaker Girgashiy, it was adjusted when it went live
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-12-15 18:26

  Quote from Tetosan;1257500:

  
  However keep in mind the first Test phase had a weaker Girgashiy, it was adjusted when it went live

  
  
  I think it's more likely that the video was before devCAT decided that it was too easy and made it much harder
• Tetosan wrote on 2014-12-15 18:28

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1257502:

  I think it's more likely that the video was before devCAT decided that it was too easy and made it much harder

  
  
  That's what i wanted to say with "It was adjusted when it went live" XD
• Iyasenu wrote on 2014-12-15 18:34
  I can't be the only one wish that it was the weaker version...
  
  At least then maybe it'd be a bit less of a chore to take down.
  
  
  Though I guess I'm just harping on the same thing.
  That being, "Nerf the Girgashiy and/or make the Crusader skills much more effective against it." or something.
  
  Wonder if it'd do any good to add this suggestion to the Nexon forums, among the other Girgashiy-related ones....
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-12-15 20:32

  Quote from Iyasenu;1257506:

  I can't be the only one wish that it was the weaker version...
  
  At least then maybe it'd be a bit less of a chore to take down.
  
  
  Though I guess I'm just harping on the same thing.
  That being, "Nerf the Girgashiy and/or make the Crusader skills much more effective against it." or something.
  
  Wonder if it'd do any good to add this suggestion to the Nexon forums, among the other Girgashiy-related ones....

  
  
  KR later upped the max squad # from 16 to 32, so it may go by faster then.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-12-15 20:42

  Quote from Darkboy132;1257516:

  KR later upped the max squad # from 16 to 32, so it may go by faster then.

  
  
  I have a hard enough time getting people to do a 16 raid on Mari let alone 32. 16 People was a disaster anyways.
  
  NA is a completely different beast than KR. We should push NA to make some regional specific changes that fits the environment we have more. Unlike KR our player base is 100x smaller. Looking at the KR market on the Lute server enough makes that clear to me, let alone the other KR servers >.>
• Kaeporo wrote on 2014-12-18 08:11
  The apostle difficulty, in a nutshell.
  
  [video=youtubeold;ac4pBV2u2KY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4pBV2u2KY#t=118[/video]
  
  You gotta spin it to win it.
  
  > Summons monsters at 90% health
  > Attacks faster and deals more damage
  > The radius of contagion is doubled
  > Max of 10 deaths
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-12-18 09:07

  Quote from Kaeporo;1257816:

  The apostle difficulty, in a nutshell.
  
  [video=youtubeold;ac4pBV2u2KY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4pBV2u2KY#t=118[/video]
  
  You gotta spin it to win it.
  
  > Summons monsters at 90% health
  > Attacks faster and deals more damage
  > The radius of contagion is doubled
  > Max of 10 deaths

  
  
  Fanaticism seems to cause some defense buff.
• Iyasenu wrote on 2014-12-18 12:55

  Quote from Darkboy132;1257819:

  Fanaticism seems to cause some defense buff.

  
  
  It does that in our version, too.
  
  If he successfully stabs someone, he'll resist more damage.
  Fanatacism Buff (the arrow's orange-ish and points up)
  
  On the other hand, if he receives enough attacks to cause him to drop the player he grabbed, he'll start resisting less damage.
  Fanatacism Debuff (the arrow points down and is purple)
  
  
  Seeing how useless the actual Crusader skills are outside of Shield...
  And how much simpler it is to just park against a corner and windmill.
  
  It's pretty disheartening.
  Like it's not worth bothering with the 'normal' way.
  Once you've got the skills all ranked for the stats, you can throw them all aside during the raid, except maybe Shield of Trust and just spin to win.
  
  I guess I was just expecting this raid to be something neat and different, I don't know.
• Kaeporo wrote on 2014-12-18 13:06

  Quote from Iyasenu;1257828:

  It does that in our version, too.
  
  If he successfully stabs someone, he'll resist more damage.
  Fanatacism Buff (the arrow's orange-ish and points up)
  
  On the other hand, if he receives enough attacks to cause him to drop the player he grabbed, he'll start resisting less damage.
  Fanatacism Debuff (the arrow points down and is purple)
  
  
  Seeing how useless the actual Crusader skills are outside of Shield...
  And how much simpler it is to just park against a corner and windmill.
  
  It's pretty disheartening.
  Like it's not worth bothering with the 'normal' way.
  Once you've got the skills all ranked for the stats, you can throw them all aside during the raid, except maybe Shield of Trust and just spin to win.
  
  I guess I was just expecting this raid to be something neat and different, I don't know.

  
  
  And the furtive Windmill, so easily forgotten.
• Iyasenu wrote on 2014-12-18 13:08

  Quote from Kaeporo;1257830:

  And the furtive Windmill, so easily forgotten.

  
  
  Cornermilling.
  
  Dungeons may be old hat, but apparantly some dungeon tactics are timeless.
  
  
  Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same I guess...
• Zeo wrote on 2014-12-18 13:09

  Quote from Kaeporo;1257830:

  And the furtive Windmill, so easily forgotten.

  
  
  This. Me and my squad actually managed to clear Hard Girgashiy raid with few people just windmilling and rest of them doing DPS damage (while one uses Fantastic Chorus red circle to debuff Girgashiy).
• Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-12-18 19:45

  Quote from Iyasenu;1257828:

  It does that in our version, too.
  
  If he successfully stabs someone, he'll resist more damage.
  Fanatacism Buff (the arrow's orange-ish and points up)
  
  On the other hand, if he receives enough attacks to cause him to drop the player he grabbed, he'll start resisting less damage.
  Fanatacism Debuff (the arrow points down and is purple)

  
  
  I thought it was a strength and movement speed buff?
  
  Oh yeah, strength gives defense...
• Kaeporo wrote on 2014-12-19 13:46
  Every 5 levels allocated into Binding increases Celestial Spike's attack range by 5cm.
  Every 7 levels allocated into Binding increases Celesital Spike's damage by 5.
  
  Every 10 levels allocated into Smiting increases Judgment Blade's damage by 5%.
  
  Every 5 levels allocated into Warding increases Shield of Trust's skill range by 5cm.
  Every 7 levels allocated into Warding increases Shield of Trust's buff duration by 0.3 seconds.
  Every 10 levels allocated into Warding increases Shield of Trust's bonus Defense by 1.
  
  fyi
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-12-19 13:50
  That info is available for you to see if you hover over the words Binding, Warding, and Smiting in the crusader skill interface as an fyi as well