Thread: 3.1 Actual Thordan difficulty?

Originally Posted by Laerad3993

Let me say first off that I'm happy that we're all getting an upgraded KOTR.

My issue is with their wording in the live letter.

"Naturally, this isn’t a raid, and it can be cleared by those that have not challenged savage." So where does this difficulty actually sit at? It's close to extreme, harder than extreme, and now it's on par with savage content, but can be done by people that haven't cleared AS1? Wtf? Any ideas from anyone on what they actually mean here? Lol....

One of the biggest issues with Heavensward in general has been the fact that they are routinely skipping the "Hard" mode level of content. Imagine if we had gotten Ravana, Bismark (Hard) and Singularity (Normal) in 3.0. We could be sitting here with joy that we would now be getting Rav/Bis (Extreme) and Singularity (Hard).

The difficulty assumed when Bayohne says it will be A1S difficulty is that it will require 190 Gear and Weapons and require a large amount of coordination/strategy to clear. The encounter has 10 phases and YoshiP said it would not be about a hard dps check but more about the strategy and mechanics of the encounter. This is not going to be Bis or Rav Extreme where you wont be clearing because you hit enrage. It will be you not clearing because someone (or multiple someones) in your group was stupid and messed up a mechanic and died.

Remember if it is geared towards A1S difficulty you should be adequately geared for the encounter if you never stepped into a raid, but still bothered to cap your ESO for a while. Being geared in Alex Normal and some ESO pieces will be enough as long as you are smart enough to understand the fight.