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Full AP Drain, this shouldn't happen imo

reg1981reg1981 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,435 Arc User
edited June 2022 in Player Feedback (PC)
Today I ran a Master of Hunt skrimish which I encountered a total AP drain several times. And I mean going from about 90% AP to 0%. I've also had drains in other content but nothing like this.

In the current state of the game and past changes to AP, this drain is a bit much. 3 times my daily was taken from me in 1 skrimish while playing Cleric (using cleric sigil, also many wasted artifact uses building my AP). There was no red to indicate this was going to happen, it just flashed AP Drain on the screen so it's not even possible to dodge whatever attack caused the drain.

I could accept that AP drains are not going anywhere. I could accept a 25% loss similar to dread legion enemies. I do not see a total drain as wai. If it is wai, whatever logic you used to feel this was right is very wrong.

Please have a peek, with skrimish being level 5+ the potential is there to get wrecked and NEED those dailies in the skrimish. The run I was in had 2 Clerics, a Tank, and 2 DPS. It was not a fast run and losing the dailies was fustrating, not fun.

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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    There are visual and audio indicators when a powrie is channeling the attack. Use stuns if you can't just kill it.
    "We have always been at war with Dread Vault" ~ Little Brother
  • greywyndgreywynd Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 7,158 Arc User
    Those are the old Sharandar powries. Yes, you lose all your AP if they hit.
    I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission. Earth just lost her best defender, so we're here to fight. And if you want to stand in our way, we'll fight you too.
  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,456 Arc User
    greywynd said:

    Those are the old Sharandar powries. Yes, you lose all your AP if they hit.

    One of the reasons I hate old sharandar.
    *** The game can read your mind. If you want it, you won't get it. If you don't expect to get it, you will. ***
  • reg1981reg1981 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,435 Arc User
    pitshade said:

    There are visual and audio indicators when a powrie is channeling the attack. Use stuns if you can't just kill it.

    Ok, I'll have to look closer for the visual indicator because I seen nothing! At least nothing close to my character! And for this particular run I didn't have sound on, I normally do!
  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,456 Arc User
    edited June 2022
    reg1981 said:

    pitshade said:

    There are visual and audio indicators when a powrie is channeling the attack. Use stuns if you can't just kill it.

    Ok, I'll have to look closer for the visual indicator because I seen nothing! At least nothing close to my character! And for this particular run I didn't have sound on, I normally do!
    In the old Sharandar reservoir (if the effect is still valid in current mod), there was something on top of the powrie's head and your head. It takes seconds. The powrie could be behind you. I needed to find the one among many and kill it fast. If I could not, all AP are drained. So, usually (in old Sharandar), I either found and killed it fast or I ran away from the scene as fast as possible. I usually chose latter.

    That could happen anywhere in old Sharandar. I mentioned reservoir only because I ran it multiple times per week for weekly AD back then.
    *** The game can read your mind. If you want it, you won't get it. If you don't expect to get it, you will. ***
  • greywyndgreywynd Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 7,158 Arc User
    Yes. The powries struck a pose, gathering power. Then they would charge you and your AP would be gone. Still happens in New Sharandar. They just don't take all of it in one hit.
    I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission. Earth just lost her best defender, so we're here to fight. And if you want to stand in our way, we'll fight you too.
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