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River District - Shard of Night issues in M16
isaacorion
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First opinion - most of the fights are manageable solo with an augment. I was never really in danger of dying in normal fights. Morlanth is sturdier than before (or my dmg is just that much lower), Gravemist isn't a problem.
However, in my opinion the choke shades need to be addressed. Once one grabs you, you are dead. Summoned a combat pet with cc, soul puppet, neither managed to break its grip and it just drained me from 100 - 0. Infernal Spheres and Blades of Vanquished Armies also dispel when CC-ed, so neither of those will save you. I *think* Hellfire Ring saved me once, but I also know it did not break the hold another time. Immo Spirits were untested. So for solo players, every time a choke shade appears it's campfire time. I don't recall these shades having such a long grasp time in M15 (and I ran Shard of Night a lot after M16 was announced)
A real issue though (found out thanks to said choky shades) is that dying somewhere near the first gate you have to push open (right before the spiral staircase) will make you respawn UNDER the Shard of Night. In the underground tunnels that Linkletter falls into during the Plague Tower quest. And there is no route back to the upper levels to resume the quest to Morlanth. I only escaped with VIP Signpost and re-entered the tower. The campfire down there needs to be removed or disabled for the Shard of Night cause it is quite frustrating to die to a shade that you can't break free from and then get dropped in the basement and have to abandon the instance.
However, in my opinion the choke shades need to be addressed. Once one grabs you, you are dead. Summoned a combat pet with cc, soul puppet, neither managed to break its grip and it just drained me from 100 - 0. Infernal Spheres and Blades of Vanquished Armies also dispel when CC-ed, so neither of those will save you. I *think* Hellfire Ring saved me once, but I also know it did not break the hold another time. Immo Spirits were untested. So for solo players, every time a choke shade appears it's campfire time. I don't recall these shades having such a long grasp time in M15 (and I ran Shard of Night a lot after M16 was announced)
A real issue though (found out thanks to said choky shades) is that dying somewhere near the first gate you have to push open (right before the spiral staircase) will make you respawn UNDER the Shard of Night. In the underground tunnels that Linkletter falls into during the Plague Tower quest. And there is no route back to the upper levels to resume the quest to Morlanth. I only escaped with VIP Signpost and re-entered the tower. The campfire down there needs to be removed or disabled for the Shard of Night cause it is quite frustrating to die to a shade that you can't break free from and then get dropped in the basement and have to abandon the instance.
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Still happening with the underground campfire preventing quest completion and forcing an abort.
I escalated this issue early this week to the dev team - will forward this thread too.
Thanks for your help and your patience.
Regards,
EU Community Manager @ Gearbox Publishing
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