Curse

Athis Strider · Feb 01, 2006, 01:42 AM // 01:42

My 2 cents worth.

I have been doing UW for a while. On one particular run (right around x-mas time) I noticed everything you guys are talking about. Unfortunatly my PUG team mates were not as experienced or as observant, so subsequently they said I was the worst puller they ever had. LOL, I knew something was diffrent but I also knew trying to convince them of how it "used to be" sounded like an excuse.
So to recap, there are now less drops than before, and yes the monsters do act different.

Athis

Soflaz · Feb 01, 2006, 01:48 AM // 01:48

Yeah some crazy stuff has happened to me lately within the last month or so. I belong to UW trapping guild, that does spider runs and all that. Well the last few runs or so we're finding ourselves getting killed a lot more from crazy stuff happening.

For instace we were fighting 3 aataxes, they hit our traps but one got away with a little health. So we do usual and poison it and go to trap the rest of its health down to 0. When I got to it, it was still blind and I had my whirling defense on. Wouldn't you know it, 2 hits and I'm down. Same thing with one of my guildies, both of us dead with it blind and us with stances on.

For the rest of that run, I and that same friend just kept dying when we went to pull or something. Are these stances a rip off? Or just bad luck.... who knows?

Lasher Dragon · Feb 01, 2006, 03:56 AM // 03:56

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Originally Posted by Soflaz

For the rest of that run, I and that same friend just kept dying when we went to pull or something. Are these stances a rip off? Or just bad luck.... who knows?

My theory is that the AI cheats, and often.

For example, no more than a second after Choking Gassing Jade Scarabs, they proceed to happily cast spell after spell. Apparently they are immune?

Also, if you ever pay attention to the statistics, all percent miss chances work much better when it is in the AI's favor to do so. Want an example? Go to Dunes of Despair with any character that has some kind of 75% miss/block chance stance. Fight Losaru. They use Shield Stance, 75% block chance. You will hit them maybe once for every 3 or 4 times they hit you - NOT counting the Seeking Blade attacks.

olydog · Feb 01, 2006, 12:26 PM // 12:26

I Just have to respond to these last couple posts. Block/evade chances on the players side is not the same as the monsters chances....case in point. The monk Griffon boss at augery rock uses Guardian when that spell is maxed out it is 50% at best..but of course when you are fighting it with a warrior you WILL miss EVERY time you swing...never fails! Now go with a trapping/stance ranger to droks cave where the "Disrupting chop" mtn Trolls live and cast whirling defense(75% chance) AND blind them...and tell me how many times they will disrupt you...for me it's happened WAY to many times that I get blocked!

Oh...and since we are talking about updates..how come they made the stupid monsters and such get out of AoE attacks..but not the henchies? I've had many an experiance with henchies just standing there in a fire storm ..or the stupid healing henchies acting like tanks fighting right along with my warrior??????????

Anyways...if arenanet is going to "fix" stuff why not do it all?