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monaahiru
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Comparing difference of Eidolon from last year and now.
The Eido run last year.
Eido run today.
We can find out some huge differences from comparing those two videos.
Eidolon use to summon Red 'Shadow Crystals' / green 'Enervating Crystals' / yellow 'Shadow Portals' each type at certain cycle.
But now he is summoning different type of Crystals / Portals at the same or very similar timing, also too much quick for us to cover them all.
If it is difficult to fix the cycle, my personal suggestion is,
1.Please remove Enervating Crystals heal effect to Eidolon when it explode.
2.Please remove 60 minute timer on Eidoln. Just 1 player moving toward Eidolon starts countdown before gathering are done and make it automatic fail.
3.Please fix rewards. Difficulty of Eidolon is not even similar to the other Cosmics giving us same amounts.
After Eidolon health become lower then 1/2, Eido starts to summon 3 Crystals/Portals.
He use to summon each type of Crystals / Portals each time before.
But now he summons several Crystals / Portals at same or similar time, that means 6 Crystals/Portals exists in stage.
Usually we must have defeat them all very quick.
It was able while those were summoned 3 at time but 6, sometimes with one-shot-kill wide AoE Geysers falling toward us same time.
We are trying to do with avoiding defeat some of red 'Shadow Crystals' in 'good' position just CCing, but this depends where they spawn and this is totally luck.
But when both of Shadow Crystals , Enervating Crystals and Shadow Portals summoned at same or similar timing at very close position, it is hard for us to defeat/CC all of those 6 Crystals/Portals.
Eidoln get huge amount of heals, or even a automatic team-wipe with Geysers and Enervating Crystals exploding or Shadow Portals summoning Portal Guardians at same time.
We can automatic fail with just very few players doing wrong. I don't care for this because Eidolon is the final boss in the game and should keep some difficulty.
But even with best players online gathering, Eidolon run is similar as gamble with very low win-rate and poor rewards.
We can't fix new tips because what/where/when totally 'depends on luck'.
Yes players must do this in right way. So I don't say "please make it more easy", but let us able to make 'right way' to succeed. No thanks for the gamble.
Most skilled players whom already have been finished unlocking costumes are avoiding to do Eidolon anymore.
Rewards doesn't make sense because all other Cosmics gives us same amount with just a routine work that never fail. Ape/Kiga are able to do with 6 players (or even less) knowing how-to-do.
If anyone has other suggestion for Eidolon fix, please feel free to post your idea.
If you think we don't need any fix, please come to Eidolon to help defeating him and prove us the 'smart play'.
The Eido run last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVtRlAyl7zYEido run today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sYFaghAuTEWe can find out some huge differences from comparing those two videos.
Eidolon use to summon Red 'Shadow Crystals' / green 'Enervating Crystals' / yellow 'Shadow Portals' each type at certain cycle.
But now he is summoning different type of Crystals / Portals at the same or very similar timing, also too much quick for us to cover them all.
If it is difficult to fix the cycle, my personal suggestion is,
1.Please remove Enervating Crystals heal effect to Eidolon when it explode.
2.Please remove 60 minute timer on Eidoln. Just 1 player moving toward Eidolon starts countdown before gathering are done and make it automatic fail.
3.Please fix rewards. Difficulty of Eidolon is not even similar to the other Cosmics giving us same amounts.
After Eidolon health become lower then 1/2, Eido starts to summon 3 Crystals/Portals.
He use to summon each type of Crystals / Portals each time before.
But now he summons several Crystals / Portals at same or similar time, that means 6 Crystals/Portals exists in stage.
Usually we must have defeat them all very quick.
It was able while those were summoned 3 at time but 6, sometimes with one-shot-kill wide AoE Geysers falling toward us same time.
We are trying to do with avoiding defeat some of red 'Shadow Crystals' in 'good' position just CCing, but this depends where they spawn and this is totally luck.
But when both of Shadow Crystals , Enervating Crystals and Shadow Portals summoned at same or similar timing at very close position, it is hard for us to defeat/CC all of those 6 Crystals/Portals.
Eidoln get huge amount of heals, or even a automatic team-wipe with Geysers and Enervating Crystals exploding or Shadow Portals summoning Portal Guardians at same time.
We can automatic fail with just very few players doing wrong. I don't care for this because Eidolon is the final boss in the game and should keep some difficulty.
But even with best players online gathering, Eidolon run is similar as gamble with very low win-rate and poor rewards.
We can't fix new tips because what/where/when totally 'depends on luck'.
Yes players must do this in right way. So I don't say "please make it more easy", but let us able to make 'right way' to succeed. No thanks for the gamble.
Most skilled players whom already have been finished unlocking costumes are avoiding to do Eidolon anymore.
Rewards doesn't make sense because all other Cosmics gives us same amount with just a routine work that never fail. Ape/Kiga are able to do with 6 players (or even less) knowing how-to-do.
If anyone has other suggestion for Eidolon fix, please feel free to post your idea.
If you think we don't need any fix, please come to Eidolon to help defeating him and prove us the 'smart play'.
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I'm sure each red/green/yellow are summoned less at full~2/3 at 2017 but he summons more at 2018.
After 2/3 are nightmare with red/green/yellow summoned with too much quick cycle then before.
I hope Devs will take a look on this post.
Gamble depend on luck shall not effect for mission taking over a hour.
It's difficult to keep concentrate for over 60 mins, including unlocking QWZ OMs.
Doing Eido including unlocks are like 90 mins game with no taking break now. And also gamble.
I'm even doing much better then 2017. o3o
I hope Devs will take a look on this vide and will be a hint fr them to fix it more enjoyable contents.
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One of the most infamous bosses in MMOs history was FFXI's Absolute Virtue, with players having to resort to follow a very specific strategy (that it took players years to figure out), fighting him for 18 hours or outright cheating in order to beat him. Upon defeat though he was guaranteed to drop 1 or multiple of very rare items that could be used to trade for the strongest gear in the game at the time.
AV was mostly a slog though, a more challenging example considered by many as one of the hardest bosses in any MMO was TERA's Shandra Manaya, which even if properly prepared the boss was super aggresive and the whole thing could go to **** within seconds if the wrong person was killed, and you only had 12 minutes to beat her so you couldn't play it safe. Defeating her however guaranteed 1 drop that you needed to craft the strongest Weapons and Armors in the game at the time, along with a chance at the 2nd best Weapons/Armor that you could sell for profit to those who weren't skilled enough to run the dungeon.
Here, if you defeat Eido you get...11 SCR/GCR...and maybe a pair of panties, yay.
So currently the situation with Eido (now that it's been done again cause there were like 4-5 months where no attempt was made at all) is that it fails often and now and then we beat him after 30-40 minutes of struggle, by the end of which you realise you could have used that time for more profitable things, like the OMs right there on the same map that give you up to 20 SCR before diminishing returns.
It does o3o
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350k/10 seconds = 35k/sec
Divided by 4 players = 8.7k/sec. Divided by 6 players = 5.8k/sec
Manageable
However, orbs have 42% resistance now. Meaning that you would need at least 6 players that deal 8.7k DPS or 9 players that deal 5.8k DPS per orb.
Meaning you'd need a total of 27 players with 5.8k DPS.
Now of course this number in reality would be a bit lower due to the fact that we can debuff the orbs, and if we are LUCKY orbs can spawn close together, so I'mma eyeball that best case scenario you will require 20 players with 5.8k DPS and I think that this is quite a steep DPS check, specially if you consider that the 10 seconds limits the amount of debuffs you can apply on the orbs and that not all powersets have been revised and optimized to do above 5k DPS.
It seems like if we let a green pop in phase 3, we need to accept that we're going back to phase 2 and just try to avoid a wipe; focus only on two green orbs, let the third one pop, cause if we try to go for all 3 with the debuff we're likely to have 2 or 3 pop and that's a potential wipe.
Greens may simply be more technically demanding than how we're treating them. It's proven that we can take down 3 greens, even without superVixydps levels present. The problem is getting people to adjust strategies on the fly when things aren't heading down the standard path.
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Vixy's dps test for Cosmic HQ was 55k in 10s. About 6 people who can do that against PH dummies should be able to drop a green.
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We are back to needing 20 people with unrealistic amount of DPS with everyone doing everything correct like a machine. No one MUST use any pets or lounge powers.
Just 1 AFK people going to take bio break is a automatic fail. Random AT people in run is a automatic fail. No one are allowed to grab foods or go toilet during a run because its NOT a right and smart play style Devs assumed to do Eidolon. Pee in bottle or something near by and keep concentrate to Eidolon, never move from your desktop during fight going on. No laptops because of risk of DC laptop causes risk of automatic fail. Wut the ffffffufufufu... o3o
Please fix Eidolon that can happen 24 hours every day such like other Cosmics or TA, not less then one chance just taking whole day for gathering for nearly 100% fail...
Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
If it's unrealistic, then why do we manage to down all 3 greens, even while spread out, now?
You talk as if we never manage to do that, when in fact we do it quite often.
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Please fix rewards. Difficulty of Eidolon is not even similar to the other Cosmics giving us same amounts. more GCR/SCR, with more better item drop rate or new item drops would make enough sense. Eidolon is far difficult more then any other Cosmics or TA.
*Timer suggestion.
Please remove 60 minute timer on Eidoln. Just 1 player moving toward Eidolon starts countdown before gathering are done and make it automatic fail.
*Game balance suggestion.
Plan A. Please remove Enervating Crystals Eidolon heal effect when it explode.
Plan B. Please Reduce Enervating Crystals health by 15% to compensate for bugged damage resistance.
Plan C. Please fix each greens/reds/yellows summoned by 2 not 3, after Eidolon life going down, will make it possibility to finish.
Plan D. Please fix health of each greens/reds/yellows 2/3 compared to now, should also could make a sense.
Plan E. Please fix Eidolon summoning greens/reds/yellows and Geyser more slower cycle.
I'm thinking it isn't impossible for Devs to fix Eidolon with ether of any idea. But now, its a miracle, not difficulty or not even being lucky to finish defeat Eidolon.
I'm going to post YouTube the fail run for today after this, but its making me very lazy to edit and export video taking over a hour every times failing...
Let's take a page from Pantagruel's book on this. The timer no longer starts based on proximity. Instead, there is a yellow orb in the middle of the boss arena. When we destroy this yellow orb, that is both when the timer starts, and when Eido first spawns. The orb regens X health per second so that it takes a bunch of dps to actually destroy it so that one person can't (accidentally) destroy it and start the fight.
This would also have the side effect of letting the tank and healers get into position where they know Eido is going to spawn, before he actually spawns.
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That also sounds make sense.
Yes we need fix.
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But fail.
I should start to say that Eidolon is broken. People are doing right but we can't defeat. Q.Q
I dunno, when I see barely anyone go to one of the green orbs, I wouldn't call that "doing it right".
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Here, I did it for you. Is the problem solved now?
Btw I moved "rest of the game" to the bottom line, since I don't think the concept of "negative challenge" really exists. It would have to be something where doing worse actually leads to better results, and CO doesn't have that. We can consider the bottom line to be the lowest available challenge the game offers. Could be argued that we need to split out content a bit more but, eh, I'm fine with the categories.
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My view of chart.
Because Cosmics never 'fail', people just give up or take long some time.
I've never done DPS in Eidolon after bugged, so I don't have any idea about DPS though, but I've confirmed my top DPS build can do around 4.1k DPS at last Kigatilik in top 5, that means my DPS build having all gold gears with r9 mods aren't still enough to deal with greens/reds/yellows having around 350k health in 10 seconds.
350k/10 seconds = 35k/sec
Divided by 4 players = 8.7k/sec. Divided by 6 players = 5.8k/sec
Unmanageable for my DPS builds because 4.1k DPS on mine.
We need some special tricks over Kamokami's endgame DPS guide for over 20 DPS players. o3o
Well yes because they don't have a timer, so you could just fold everything other than Eido into the same blue dot, except for Smash alerts which would be approximately 1 pixel higher than the "everything dot". Then just place Eido some arbitrary distance from that dot... place higher the more you want to exaggerate your claims o3o
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I am actually glad that you took the time to correct my image to fit your perception of difficulty. Because "unbugged Eido" is no longer doable. So with that into account the current ingame situation using your perception of content difficulty is as follows
ie. you are admitting that the jump between Cosmics and bugged Eido is unlike any other difficulty spike ingame and there is currently no content in between to act as a bridge to build player behaviour for tackling Eido. This is all based on your perception of the difficulty curve, and thus, not exaggerated.
It's best to disregard muscle memory in this fight and don't let go of block till you see the numbers.
You can only believe this if you ignore my repeated use of the word arbitrary. Once you stop ignoring it, you realize that my perception of the gaps between the dots is that they are completely meaningless! We could move those dots so far apart that you'd need an 8k monitor to view the chart and it would still be as accurate as if we had only a single pixel between them.
Eido is more difficult than other cosmics, as intended - there's no real measure for how much more difficult, it's just "more". Bugged Eido is slightly more difficult than non-bugged Eido in some ways, and much easier than non-bugged Eido in others, so that's a wash. One thing is for sure, and that's that bugged Eido is certainly more exciting than non-bugged, so in my opinion more fun.
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I'm sure you love such sitiation. o3o
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But was very lucky on last reds positions. This is most part luck effects on successful run now. o3o
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Failed after this as usual.
Does we even have a CC more then 5 in game for successful Eidolon?
I feel less.
How many Tanks we have who can survivable Eidolon in game. I feel less then 10.
How many Healers we have who can keep Tank alive and heal/rez teams? I feel less then 15.
How many DPS we have who can deal enough damage to Red 'Shadow Crystals' / green 'Enervating Crystals' / yellow 'Shadow Portals' ? I have no idea.
I feel to start nonsense for talking about percentage of successful Eidolon because people doesn't gather at most time in days/weeks like as any other contents in game...
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Here in the last month, there've been 11 fails and 3 wins. 79% fail chance vs 21% win ratio.
If the ratio at which players fail is much greater than the ratio at which they win and get rewards that are not worth it, people will just stop participating at all.
Hell, there were more than 25 top tier players online tonight and it took almost 1 hour just to gather barely enough. Had a random flied by at the wrong time, the timer would have started and the run failed before even starting.
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Considering the fact that some top end players haven't been showing up in that period, that success rate isn't surprising. This is the part where people are trying to do that thing I said, where a new group of people tries to improve and become the level of player required for the event. From what I've seen they're making progress too.
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But ratio becomes 97~96% fail or so during this half year cycle because 3~4 wins are all, events are disturbing gathering for Eidolon. o3o
I'm at 48/50 on my healer but I can bring my DPS.
Buuut, Eidolon gathering could happen only during no events happening and its at 5~11 AM from Japan. q3q
See other MMOs don't have all the factors that we do. CO is probably the most heavily event-based MMO ever, and it also has a population of diehards that occasionally get burnt out and take several months off. So really, a successful Eido has a lot to do with finding a window both where enough diehards are actively playing, and an event isn't holding their attention.
That's why one solution continues to be: Produce more diehards. We can't do anything about events, and of course we don't want to do anything about events because they're good for the game - though I still stand by my "make Eido an event" idea.
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Failed as usual.
Month ratio changed, 12 fails and 3 wins. 80% fail chance vs 20% win ratio.
I LOVE the Eidolon fight (before it broke)
Eidolon of Destruction is the closest thing CO ever got close the the Epicness of Final Fantasy XIV Bosses (which as time passes becomes more and more attractive to my eyes)
It FEELS like a Final Boss, It requires movement, team play, endgame builds, strategy, enviromental strategy, good visuals, impressive attacks, Final Destination battle stage
Even better than Kigatilik, Qwyjibo and Teleosaurus which are nothing more than stational battles now
If DEVs decide to abandon buggy Eidolon after the HYPE of a True endgame boss then they have failed on videogame design
CO is full of abandomed content and stupid gimmicks, don't let Eidolon be one of it
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This period is because Timezones and Real life crisis hasn't been very kind lately
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