tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post6214026600503220595..comments2024-03-27T10:35:46.596+01:00Comments on Ravalation: The big Ziost reviewRavanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-20610521174057836582015-05-20T19:49:28.751+02:002015-05-20T19:49:28.751+02:00I mentioned Ziost in my last post yesterday. I enj...I mentioned Ziost in my last post yesterday. I enjoy the Boss fights. Fun all the way around. I just felt like the storyline should have been a bit more robust. I understand the dev's sent what they promised. But for me, when I hear "Rise of the Emperor" my expectations kinda go through the roof. I spent a few late nights getting Mharius leveled to 60 so I could actually see what was going on in Ziost. It started out pretty solid, I just felt like it petered out too quickly. As with more than a few, Dailies are not my thing, not at all enjoyable. I might aim for them if I think I can get some really cool things to put into my stronghold, but really, that's about it. So, coming to a dead ashen planet to knock out a few dailies just isn't working for me. I'll do the weekly raids, especially when our team can actually handle the Hard mode, but even Storymode is fun to fight in. Personally, I've started work on other alts, rather than stick around burning time on a planet of ash and death. I mean, cmon, Mharius has to go out, rebuild the entire Imperial Intelligence network while leaving a figurehead in charge. Man I got stuff to do! I gotta get a better home base of operations, a network of safe houses, perhaps a flexible fleet of ships and COUNTLESS Operators/informants, etc to umm subjugate..errr I mean support the Sith Empire, ya support, that's the ticket....Mhorgrimhttp://forafewcreditsmore.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-2487995471867582442015-05-20T01:30:46.584+02:002015-05-20T01:30:46.584+02:00I can tell you how we do it? Don't have much t...I can tell you how we do it? Don't have much time right now, though. Here's a video of us doing it, if that's any help:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/PYJckAndgWYRavanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-22414497031264043562015-05-19T19:40:10.341+02:002015-05-19T19:40:10.341+02:00That really doesn't sound very fun, though tha...That really doesn't sound very fun, though thanks for the tip!<br /><br />You got any advice for Revanite Commanders as well? ;) Currently the wheels tend to come off pretty quickly in the last phase, mostly from adds running rampant, while people can't seem to agree whether they should be tanked, CCed, knocked back or what...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-41226505435462691632015-05-18T23:12:12.551+02:002015-05-18T23:12:12.551+02:00We did the world boss on HM last night, with me he...We did the world boss on HM last night, with me healing on operative (= interesting experience). We found out it isn't possible to ignore the mechanics with just two healers anymore (even if one is an operative), so we tried it with the mechanics, got him down to 33% on our best try I think. The thing that screwed us over each time were annoying random things, like getting stunned by picking up a colour and getting the orange circle debuff at the same time (dropping them all on yourself without being able to do anything about it --> dying). I wish they thought about these sort of things, it's such bad game design. Anyway, after 1,5h of wiping due to this sort of unavoidable BS people wanted to quit so I proposed to give it one try with three healers. Our sorcerer respecced heals and guess what... we made it in one go. One very long, boring go. I'm so disappointed; I wish the devs would test HM themselves. No way you can do this easily with so many RNG mechanics.<br /><br />So that was my little rant. ;) <br /><br />I'm sure you can kill the Ziost world boss HM easily if you take three healers as well - might give you a bit of a boost for the Commanders with the mainhand it drops. Lame as it is, it's just the least frustrating option at the time being. I hope you'll get the Revanite Commanders down soon! :)Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-32435534565407067642015-05-18T21:07:32.537+02:002015-05-18T21:07:32.537+02:00Not on hard, no. We're working on it, but we&#...Not on hard, no. We're working on it, but we've been focusing on the Revanite Commanders lately.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-32831456500289675422015-05-17T18:48:18.408+02:002015-05-17T18:48:18.408+02:00It's annoying that you can't do them well ...It's annoying that you can't do them well in groups, but I find it even more annoying that you can't get to the final area (unless you use a guild ship summon) on Ziost without having done all the story quests. I understand that it makes sense storywise, but this way I feel obliged to do it on all of them. Like you say, I hope it's not always going to be like this from now onwards.<br /><br />I agree that they did a great job coming up with dailies that didn't involve killing enemies - that must've been an interesting challenge for the developers.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-31158073172028994672015-05-17T16:23:14.675+02:002015-05-17T16:23:14.675+02:00Good point about the hairdos. I think it's the...Good point about the hairdos. I think it's the combination of that and the facial expressions that made me like her so much.<br /><br />You're right about the instanced boss 'fix', but my guess is that it's more difficult but still possible. I suspect that performing the circle mechanic works out well if you have the right classes with speed buffs (or a sentinel/marauder with transcendence/predation) - which we didn't have on our last attempt, so we couldn't make it that way. We tried both with and without doing the circle mechanics and sage/sorc + mando/merc healing just didn't do enough AoE healing to survive the rift channels. Another group in our guild did make it after the 'fix', but they used 3 healers to avoid having to do the circles. My guess is having an operative healer might be the key, as they currently have the best AoE healing in the game. We had one on the night of our kill, but we didn't have one Thursday.<br /><br />I don't really like doing it with 3 healers, feels a bit lame to me. My operative should hit level 60 today and we'll try the world boss with her with tonight's raid. I'll let you know if we gain any insights.<br /><br />Did you guys manage to get him down yet?Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-4222077713182073712015-05-17T03:02:19.242+02:002015-05-17T03:02:19.242+02:00There were a few interesting twists to daily quest...There were a few interesting twists to daily quests on Ziost, particularly the holographic reconstructions quest. I loved seeing the things progress the more you upgraded the droid's capabilities. I walked back through the entire area after all the types of recreations were unlocked to see the full recreation. <br />I always complain about dodging mobs in daily areas, but Ziost just creeps me out with being so... empty. I actually found myself missing random mobs. I'm extremely happy that they didn't place any down there though, that would have been too odd after everything we saw happen. <br /><br />In general, I have found that the things they did to instance and tell the story in this expansion made the storytelling great, and I'm happy to see them try different ideas, but it has been very hard to get my army of alts through, let alone try to play with a team/group. I don't hate the design and I do enjoy the story that was told, but I hope this isn't a template for all future content. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-10366183313746577552015-05-16T11:44:21.299+02:002015-05-16T11:44:21.299+02:00I think people like Master Surro because of her cr...I think people like Master Surro because of her crazy hair. Let's be honest, most of the NPCs we meet while levelling up look pretty same-y, with military buzzcuts or slightly longer but still utilitarian hairdos. Seeing an important NPC with a funky haircut really spices things up! I also liked that the Mirialan Jedi that you fight in the tower has the pompadour hair or whatever it's called.<br /><br />Didn't they fix the instanced boss so you can't heal through the circle mechanic anymore? Or did they just empower him so it's become more difficult but is still possible?Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com