Dark Knight Megathread

[Lyth]

Here's a nice little bit of data about WF clear times on the first three expansions of the game - info is in the top voted post. I think Midas was the last tier to get any significant mechanic nerfs due to difficulty, and Creator roughly set the standard for most later Savage content.

I think tanks tend to struggle more with positioning mechanics than they do with mitigation. You can see this in the later fights of the most recent tier as well. Alongside their proposed graphical updates, I wish that they could work on updating how this game handles mob movement and animation locks. I think that if mobs could auto-attack and cleave while continuously moving like they do in Warcraft, it would allow for smoother positioning and open up the doors for more elaborate tank challenges. The problem is that every mob action is executed as a 'cast' in the combat log, which results in stutter-step movement.

[Shurrikhan]

I think that if mobs could auto-attack and cleave while continuously moving like they do in Warcraft, it would allow for smoother positioning and open up the doors for more elaborate tank challenges. The problem is that every mob action is executed as a 'cast' in the combat log, which results in stutter-step movement.

This would be HUGE. Not just in terms of making the play experience more enjoyable (smoother, more intuitive, and offering more agency), but in opening up new possibilities within encounters if that ball and chain were mitigated through revision/rework.

[baklava151]

I think tanks tend to struggle more with positioning mechanics than they do with mitigation. You can see this in the later fights of the most recent tier as well. Alongside their proposed graphical updates, I wish that they could work on updating how this game handles mob movement and animation locks. I think that if mobs could auto-attack and cleave while continuously moving like they do in Warcraft, it would allow for smoother positioning and open up the doors for more elaborate tank challenges. The problem is that every mob action is executed as a 'cast' in the combat log, which results in stutter-step movement.

Related to that, autos could be more consistent generally. I like using Dark Mind in P4S when I'm MT to take a bit of pressure off healers when the boss is just doing autos, but it's hard finding a good spot to pop it without the boss starting a long cast and making it a waste. Same issue with using TBN, it'd be great during autos but you have to be damn sure the boss will be hitting you for a bit so you don't waste it.

[Archwizard]

The problem is that every mob action is executed as a 'cast' in the combat log, which results in stutter-step movement.

Instant- and auto-attacks absolutely should be made more fluid with movement, both for mobs and for players (instant spells, for instance, currently forcibly turn your character to face the target, overwriting your movement input). I'm not sure what kind of back-end improvements need to be made to facilitate this though, as it could be a flaw of the current engine.

Although at the very least the "casts" in the combat log allow the opportunity to plan out the types of mitigation you use, particularly for a skill like Dark Mind.