Thread: 5.3 Preliminary Patch Note

Originally Posted by MariaArvana

Also yes, he has a visual telegraph, but do you REALLY think a new player is 1) Focusing on the bosses's animations at such an early dungeon in the game when 99.9% of mechanics up to that point are telegraphed, 2) Can instantly discern 'holding club in front of him when move says this name = 360 degree huge instant one hit kill circle around him' when they've never seen it once?

That's why you learn it.

I've seen AV more than anyone ever should since I've gotten it on leveling roulette constantly. No one, not one single person has complained about the move. I peeled them off the floor as a healer, and we keep moving.

And no, it wouldn't be a OHKO at full health with decent gear. But going back to your points here, the same can be applied to gear and cool down usage. So in more cases than none, people will die or get 1 auto attack from death.

Originally Posted by Amnmaat

All this yacking about Aurum Vale should be a signal to the devs that if they want to make harder dungeons they should just make Aurum Vale type dungeons where you have to strategize mob pulls, location, environment, and understand boss mechanics (you know, the main principles of PVE).

I love unique PVE assets like traps and learning how to watch your step.

Toko Rak did this with the poison spores and there's that one unseen from view you can run right into. Just a few points of damage that will be recovered over time, but there was thought put into it being there.

ARR truly had some of the most innovative design. The most challenging hallway ShB has had thus far has been probably Amaurot and the endless AOEs.