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getting trolls killed in summer festival isnt fun for melee classes.

wylonuswylonus Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,376 Arc User
in General Discussion (PC)
other classes with range attack skills kill those before trolls jump into battle from hills, and i played my tank, barely get any kills if lucky, end up as 31st rank for only 10 kills made in 15 mins, others made over 100 kills.

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  • rhoriangelusrhoriangelus Member Posts: 703 Arc User
    Go to a less populated instance, and don't fight 'with the crowd'. If you see people waiting for/killing trolls, move to another spot. Further in the back tends to be a better spot to fight in. I'm a melee class (TR) and I've done just fine in these events. Yeah, it's annoying if you get a really powerful CW or something running around killing everything, but you can't win every time.
  • wylonuswylonus Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,376 Arc User
    will try finding low pops, i had few kills until others came from nowhere.
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited July 2015
    In addition to going to a low-pop instance, use charge-like abilities to quickly get to a mob. If your area becomes crowded, go to another one of the spawn areas.
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  • wylonuswylonus Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,376 Arc User
    oh, yeah, believe me, i used "lunge", but GF are too slow, worst class for speed.
    problem is, they get killed before they jump off the hills, i cant even use "lunge" to get up there.
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    Do you have a mount? If so what I do on my GFs is stay mounted until I am dismounted from attacking a troll. Use the mount to rush in and start attacking then immediately when you go out of combat, re-mount to be able to run fast to the next mob.
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  • rhoriangelusrhoriangelus Member Posts: 703 Arc User
    Okay, wow. I was working off of how I did last year, since the event seemed more or less the same - however - now I agree with the OP here. This event is SUPER broken now that everyone scales to 60. The people at the top ranks are ranged classes that have 200+ kills and there's 6 minutes left in the event!
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    rhoriangelus wrote: »
    Okay, wow. I was working off of how I did last year, since the event seemed more or less the same - however - now I agree with the OP here. This event is SUPER broken now that everyone scales to 60. The people at the top ranks are ranged classes that have 200+ kills and there's 6 minutes left in the event!

    Another example of how broken the scaling is. Scaled down, you are A GOD. Scaled up, you are dead meat.
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  • gleichgewichtnwgleichgewichtnw Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 147 Arc User
    Let ma add some things


    The water event is nice but as GF I cant dodge out of the areas. Trolls and water event is nothing that I ever could get a good rank.


    And about the KI: The trolls sometimes get stuck in the hills. And the pigs get bugged on the stonewall often.
  • rhoriangelusrhoriangelus Member Posts: 703 Arc User
    beckylunatic wrote: »
    rhoriangelus wrote: »
    Okay, wow. I was working off of how I did last year, since the event seemed more or less the same - however - now I agree with the OP here. This event is SUPER broken now that everyone scales to 60. The people at the top ranks are ranged classes that have 200+ kills and there's 6 minutes left in the event!

    Another example of how broken the scaling is. Scaled down, you are A GOD. Scaled up, you are dead meat.

    I don't understand why they changed it in the first place. Enemies that scaled up to you (instead of you scaling up/down to the enemies) worked just fine. People at 60 had a bit of a challenge (I remember getting cocky and having trolls nearly kill me a few times), people at 10 weren't totally hopeless. With everyone at 60, it means anyone below 60 is doing awful and anyone above 60 is doing fantastic. It's not really fair.
  • walk2kwalk2k Member Posts: 928 Arc User
    cry much? there's 4 events, only 1 is a kill contest, the other 3 are gathering contests, and people still complain #smf
    anyway right now the lag is so broken it hardly matters
  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    Yea the changes to level scaling has screwed things up. But I honestly thought the first few complaints would be about how the new faster mounts and the run speed bonuses have made the chicken chasing event unfair. ;)

  • blackxxwolf3blackxxwolf3 Member Posts: 1,539 Arc User
    if your a gwf try euipping bravery. its what im using. if your a gf use lunging strike and if your a pally im sorry.
  • skalt112skalt112 Member Posts: 1,089 Arc User
    It will level off. it has always been like this when the festival first starts. you are going to have plenty of time to get the things you want.
  • vattaravattara Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 279 Arc User
    walk2k wrote: »
    cry much? there's 4 events, only 1 is a kill contest, the other 3 are gathering contests, and people still complain #smf anyway right now the lag is so broken it hardly matters

    The Troll event is the only other source of Filigree and Dyes beside the Daily Celebration of Summer task.
    If a player wants to craft (Sunite Fashion, Food stuffs) they need those items. Ranking higher in the Troll kill gives a scaling reward of these items

  • kolatmasterkolatmaster Member Posts: 3,111 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    blackxxwolf3 wrote: »
    if your a gwf try euipping bravery. its what im using. if your a gf use lunging strike and if your a pally im sorry.
    *cough*OPsHaveRelentlessAssault*cough*

    ;)

    PS - And Radiant Strike, though it's a shorter range.
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  • nehemiah217nehemiah217 Member Posts: 181 Arc User
    Its not meant to be fun, it's meant to be rewarding. Didn't you get the memo on your Zen receipt?
  • subnoctesubnocte Member Posts: 341 Arc User
    Also low level players. The scaling means that someone at level 10 or so can't get a hit in, while the high end level 70s can one shot them all from ranged attacks. It's very badly designed. Similarly for the flower gathering, low level characters cannot survive the kobolds while higher levels just steal the flowers from under them.
  • mefxesmefxes Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    I gave up with my OP. Was taking a lot of time and ending with 5 to 10 kills while the winners ended with hundreds.

    Changed to my SW and then it's piece of cake.

    Not very well planned, I think.
  • icyphishicyphish Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,255 Arc User
    Or, if you dont really enjoy the event for whatever the reason, you could just spend the same amount of time on farming something else! Then use the AD you made to just buy the reward off AH! :)

    *Unless you really want the water horse... then good luck!　：Ｄ
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  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,424 Arc User
    icyphish wrote: »
    *Unless you really want the water horse... then good luck!　：Ｄ

    Getting water horse is next to zero effort. You just need to talk to the lady everyday. No need to do any event.
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  • instynctiveinstynctive Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,885 Arc User
    I have just as much fun running my GWF in there as I do my DC.

    But then again, I like having fun. So I didn't get 1st place. Oh well. It's a video game. My life continues.
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  • vyperdrivevyperdrive Member Posts: 56 Arc User
    I've been finding the events a lot of fun. My only small complaint is that I find them about 5 mins too long. My eyes start to get a bit strained with all the effects going off during the troll invasion and the water fight - and there's only so much fun you can have chasing pigs and chickens around!
  • icyphishicyphish Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,255 Arc User
    Should've made an epic Boar instead of Blue Ribbon Pig, go little blackie!
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  • walk2kwalk2k Member Posts: 928 Arc User
    vattara wrote: »
    walk2k wrote: »
    cry much? there's 4 events, only 1 is a kill contest, the other 3 are gathering contests, and people still complain #smf anyway right now the lag is so broken it hardly matters

    The Troll event is the only other source of Filigree and Dyes beside the Daily Celebration of Summer task.
    If a player wants to craft (Sunite Fashion, Food stuffs) they need those items. Ranking higher in the Troll kill gives a scaling reward of these items
    wrong you don't need that to make food. if you really want to make the garb you can always buy mats from the AH. or group up with DPS. not everything has to be tuned for a solo tank #ffs shocking, I know.

  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    walk2k wrote: »
    wrong you don't need that to make food. if you really want to make the garb you can always buy mats from the AH. or group up with DPS. not everything has to be tuned for a solo tank #ffs shocking, I know.

    Needed to make the Hero's Feasts from portable altars.

    The filigrees and dyes appear to sell for considerably more than anything you can make with them, tbh. For the info of anyone looking for profits.
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  • walk2kwalk2k Member Posts: 928 Arc User
    I put everything I got (that's not nodrop) on the AH, so there's plenty there. being this is now my 3rd time doing this event, have no real interest. troll fight was better before they added those dumb blocking hay bales (and when AS had unlimited targets... :tongue: )
  • championshewolfchampionshewolf Member Posts: 601 Arc User
    I will never understand why people push to get top rank in the summer event. The bonuses you get for gold or silver aren't worth the effort and just getting a point is enough to give you plenty of materials for crafting.
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