Difficult experience in Forked Tower – a reminder to respect public content

[Novarius]

I have nothing against more casual or random players wanting to attempt Forked Tower, in fact it’s probably not even Savage level more Extreme to low end Savage at the most, but that fact is SE have designed this content in such a way that not going with an organised group puts you at quite a considerable disadvantage… There are mechanics in this raid where one person’s mistake can kill everyone else and kick you out of the raid altogether and you have no way of dodging these personal responsibility mechanics - any of them can single you out:

1) Placing a meteor on the wrong side of Boss 1 can potentially kill everyone
2) Not stretching your tether fully makes your Snowball invulnerable and unkillable in Boss 2 causing a wipe
3) Standing in the wrong place on Boss 2 on Fireball towers as a Healer/DPS can kill a lot of people with your cleave and spiral into a wipe
4) Popping a super landmine by running ahead of a Thief can potentially kill most if not the whole raid
5) Not using a Bard stun at the right time on some enemies on the Bridge will lead to a wipe
6) Not using your Phantom abilities on Hallways, Bridge or Lockwards adds can wipe the raid
7) Not standing with the rest of the group to bait a cleave correctly can kill everyone on Boss 3
8) Not taking a puddle to the right spot on Boss 4 can kill most if not the whole raid

The fact is the design ethos of this raid clashes directly with the entry mechanism, the raid itself is incredibly punishing and not PUG friendly in the slightest, I think this is a real shame because as many players as possible should be able to enjoy it, so if you want to blame anyone blame the devs since they cited cost as being the reason that there was no Forked Tower Normal and said they didn’t realise a Normal mode is something people wanted which is a massive L take…