Curse

llsektorll · Jul 19, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44

ele bosses are too buffed... one of their hits is enough to decimate a party..... it depends on the boss you fight and the skills they use but most of them can do it. this is espeically hard when your rolling henchies trying to cap elites... if they lowered damage then its for the better.

JAGeAkurei · Jul 19, 2006, 06:21 AM // 06:21

Rather than simply nerf elementals as a class there is an easier solution.

Let 21+ mobs keep their Health/Energy/AL/Any Unique abilities they may have.

Lower their attribute caps to the max a player could have, or rather at most the skill should cap at 20.

Part of the current problem is the passive increase to spell crit seen when an NPC/Boss has a skill of 28+. So while the base damage may only be a +20-100ish spike over player dmg, the crits become far more noticable, and in the case of ele especially it becomes crazy.

There also appears to be a bug of sorts when the skill system goes over the player caps. For example spell such as Protective Spirit totally bug out against 21+ npc spells. I've had plenty of bosses still crit for 230+ with this spell on. Given as 10% 480 is 48, and not 230..clearly something is awry.

Just some rantings

Cebe · Jul 19, 2006, 07:26 AM // 07:26

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Originally Posted by Evilsod

By far the most irritating ele boss is the Lightning Surge 1 en route to Gyala. I hate that damn boss, only killed it without a mass hench massacre once.

Oh, for SURE! I don't know what it is about that boss, but the Henchies certainly seem to LOVE getting killed by him! They just like to wander up to him, even if we're tyring so hard to skirt around him. He also seems to be able to spot you from miles off also, which never helps. Perhaps a good mesmer is needed - to remove the hex before it kocks you over and deals the damage...