Regular Demo

mebengalsfan

I am not lucky to be free when this starts or I'm not log on. I do see master available all the time but regular is a come and go type of thing. I rather the devs do something here such as swap them out each week. One week Master is available all the time and next week regular is available all the time or make it so that regular is always available and master shows up randomly but with much higher drop rate for the better gear and regular getting a slight reduction in its drop rate.

I'm open to hearing why regular is random and master is always available as a que.

ravenskya

Even though Master is always available, one of my friends sat waiting for a que for 8 hours over the weekend. Seems the only way he can get in is to have a healer or tank with him.

dupeks

Normal Demogorgon is available for queue at :30 - :34 each hour.

Some of the best value/time content in the game (currently Tia and normal demo) is behind this hourly timer. This helps people form groups (more people looking at one time) and I think also helps prevent people from running the content continuously. Without the time gating, the devs would likely decide that the rewards need to be reduced.

I also recommend that you don't just queue into Demogorgon. Instead, go to Menthol-Derp a few minutes before the bottom of the hour (:25 or so) and ask in zone / lfg chat for ndemo groups. Often, geared players will look to fill up their groups here, so it's common to be put into a group where gold is very likely.

Edit: I think the reason that they gate ndemo is that it represents some of the best value for time invested in the game (legendary rings, salvage, UD currency and is very fast to complete). I think it's the same reason Phase 1 waits to count down to 0 even after you get gold. With the right group and without this forced delay, ndemo could be run in 45-50 seconds and you could run 3x in a row in the :30-:34 window.

mebengalsfan

dupeks said:

Normal Demogorgon is available for queue at :30 - :34 each hour.

Some of the best value/time content in the game (currently Tia and normal demo) is behind this hourly timer. This helps people form groups (more people looking at one time) and I think also helps prevent people from running the content continuously. Without the time gating, the devs would likely decide that the rewards need to be reduced.

I also recommend that you don't just queue into Demogorgon. Instead, go to Menthol-Derp a few minutes before the bottom of the hour (:25 or so) and ask in zone / lfg chat for ndemo groups. Often, geared players will look to fill up their groups here, so it's common to be put into a group where gold is very likely.

Edit: I think the reason that they gate ndemo is that it represents some of the best value for time invested in the game (legendary rings, salvage, UD currency and is very fast to complete). I think it's the same reason Phase 1 waits to count down to 0 even after you get gold. With the right group and without this forced delay, ndemo could be run in 45-50 seconds and you could run 3x in a row in the :30-:34 window.

I have been in regular demo plenty and gotten gold all but once. So I have no issue with Ndemo. Master demo when I qued it was an absolute nightmare and I simply avoid that like the plague ATM. Will run it once my good friend is on and after we rebuild our guild. Due to in guild bickering we lost all members and a few member went back to DCUO after playing NW for maybe a month or two.

With that said, I was more curious why regular was simply behind some wall that can hinder players from playing it more often. Like I said, I am normally in content already or not playing the game to play NDemo. When I do see it I jump at the chance to play it.

I hate timers like that but I can see the points you make so it does make sense but it is quite frustrating knowing that it has that and limits my ability to play it as I would like to get into it more often but oh well.

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.

ravenskya

I always seem to notice Demo about 5 minutes after I can no longer get into it.