[dev1031]New High Level Notorious Monsters Please

[TheFatHousecat]

We have literally nothing to do at endgame other than a single encounter, and you don't want them to add anything unless it conforms to your ridiculously out of place expectations for content at this point in the game.

I don't think my expectations are ridiculously out-of-place, they just appear to be higher than yours.

90% of my Experience points since October have come from "Ifrit Bleeds, We can kill it!". So yeah... I miss "trash NM's" like Dodore/Great Buffalo/Aldgoat/Bloatbelly. Several of which honestly are more difficult mechanically than Ifrit despite the fact they are just bigger/more powerful versions of normal mobs.

Due to recent fixes none of those NMs are nearly as difficult as they used to be, unfortunately. Dodore and Great Buffalo are both easily doable with a light party. And, they weren't more difficult than Ifrit even at their original release, I believe the first kills occurred within 3 days? Even if Ifrit's main gimmick is animation lag, it still took almost a week to defeat initially, and even then it took a few more days to kill consistently enough to be farmed.

Other mobs currently in the game (like all the ones named on this thread) have abilities already which would pose at least an obstacle when raised high enough.

These abilities could be tweaked in minor ways, that would not extend the development time prohibitively and still allow them to give them to us before 1.21. This thread is simply asking for them to give us something more at endgame... if you are fine with nothing for 3 months then keep it to yourself.

I would be perfectly happy with an NM that looked similar to a current mob, that had similar (but beefed-up) abilities and some nifty catch (ex. Bogeys) that made it more than a tank n' spank. I really don't know why you're getting so aggressive :I As I said before, if I'm the minority and we end up getting giant Pudding NM that isn't challenging then cool story, I'll just work to make sure my LS gets the first kill and then wait till something cooler comes out.

I was never shooting down anyone's idea, a Pudding NM would be hilarious; and as long as it was more of a challenge than high HP then I absolutely wouldn't mind it being in the game.

Are you new to the game?

Yes.

1. People farmed NM's (which you would call trash NM's) for months.
2. These took just as long to kill as Ifrit did.
3. Both get monotonous after a certain point of farming.
4. Farming 1 thing has (just by sheer logic) to be more monotonous than farming multiple things.

1. That's completely dependent on the drop rate of whatever item said NM offers. That I farmed Uraeus for months doesn't mean it was fun for the entire duration of those months.
2. No, they didn't.
3. Yes, they do! Point being how long it takes for something to become boring and monotonous. If it takes us longer to figure out how to kill something (ie. THE MORE CHALLENGING THAT IT IS), we're less likely to be bored of it quickly.
4. Farming anything is monotonous, period. Taking weeks to figure out how to kill something because it's challenging, however, is entertaining.

Adding new NM's, helps give those at endgame a variety of goals no matter how much "trash" they are. Which by the way is ridiculous, they don't have to be trash encounters just because they don't have unique triggers what a crock of WoW-logic. Mobs in this game have plenty of interesting abilities I'd like to see put in an endgame encounter at their most powerful.

I never played WoW :I So I'm sorry to say I have no idea what you're implying with 'WoW-logic'. You're right, there are some interesting abilities out there, and it would be cool to see them implemented in a high-level setting where they could do some real damage and pose a real challenge. I was never arguing against that, I just don't want an NM that's easy to beat. It's that simple. If I have list of NMs to kill to achieve certain item/achievement/etc. goals at the end of the day, I would rather that they're all difficult and fun to kill. In fact, even if the new NMs are boring and easy kills, they would at least make the world look a tad more colorful, like grandm said previously.

Hahaha, okay well how about you go do that and let us have content now because not all of us are out to be masochists in the name of elitism.

I see nothing wrong with being a masochist in the name of elitism :I

ANYWAYS, apologies that this response got so long and heated. New high-level NMs (that are hard to beat!) {Yes, please}.