The tonedeaf Live Letter LXXXVI 86

[Arzalis]

People need to understand when SE says "It's okay to not play the game" they mean "keep your subscription active too though."

They are so out of touch they genuinely want you to pay for nothing and try to spin it as a positive.

[brinn12]

Dude, you’re a known forum troll. If you have to criticize the game, go somewhere else and complain. You just post things criticizing the game to stir people up. Even if it’s legitimately true, quit being a Negative Nancy.

100% agree with this. Dawntrail just released, and the game is losing a record number of active players, with lows not seen since 2020, before the exodus from WoW. The developers don't listen to literally any complaint about dumbing down jobs, recycling and delaying content. There is no reason to be a Negative Nancy.

[NanaWiloh]

I am terrible at explaining things in detail so I will keep it simple. This game is SE's golden goose but instead of naturing and pampering it for the best eggs. They are Strangling and starving it while demanding the goose continues to lay golden eggs, the poor thing has been reduced too a wrinkled mass of skin, feathers and bones. Its ability to vocalize has been shot for so long the goose does not know if can even make vocalizations ever again.

[Bonoki]

It really wasn't a good demonstration when the very last Arcardion raid he showed off like this did the exact same thing (a right/left cleave). When he showed off M1, it wasn't a good demonstration either when the whole thing with this expansion is that they're meant to be shaking up the battles.

I suppose it also depends on whether what he showed off was Normal Mode or Savage. While it might not make a huge difference, since the mechanics in Normal tend to carry over to Savage. I always thought the new mechanics would primarily appear in Savage. Maybe I’m the only one who expected that, but I kind of assumed Normal Mode would stay mostly the same, with Savage introducing the more challenging mechanics.

[Valence]

M1S was also a good fight, as was the entire Arcadion savage tier.

Glad you liked it.

[Remarus]

I suppose it also depends on whether what he showed off was Normal Mode or Savage. While it might not make a huge difference, since the mechanics in Normal tend to carry over to Savage. I always thought the new mechanics would primarily appear in Savage. Maybe I’m the only one who expected that, but I kind of assumed Normal Mode would stay mostly the same, with Savage introducing the more challenging mechanics.

He showed off the first four mechanics of the normal, which was dodge a side swipe, dodge a second sideswipe, dodge a series of sideswipes to the beat of the song, and then get murdered by a conal tankbuster.

[Daralii]

He showed off the first four mechanics of the normal, which was dodge a side swipe, dodge a second sideswipe, dodge a series of sideswipes to the beat of the song, and then get murdered by a conal tankbuster.

I could see alternating halves to the beat in addition to other mechanics being a thing in savage, though it would suck if they designed that and then decided to neuter BLM's difficulty instead of revising the fight. It wouldn't surprise me after they changed DRG's burst window for FRU, but it'd still be disappointing.

[Maltothoris]

The moves actually had how many times he would hit whatever side was glowing. If you looked at the cast bar, you could 2x and 4x. Now if it depended where they were in the song, that could be something but we have to wait and see.

[LilaIronman]

100% agree with this. Dawntrail just released, and the game is losing a record number of active players, with lows not seen since 2020, before the exodus from WoW. The developers don't listen to literally any complaint about dumbing down jobs, recycling and delaying content. There is no reason to be a Negative Nancy.

But being an negative nancy is what brings the ball rolling (usually companies invesitage once you leave a bad review or alike just SE doesn't give a damn)

[Red-thunder]

It's also ironic how there's been people unhappy with the concept of fights always being a dance, so they made it a literal dance boss.

It's hard to tell whether they genuinely don't understand that people are unhappy with the stale DDR style raids or whether they don't care.