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    Player Shiyo's Avatar
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    Shiyo Kozuki
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    Leviathan
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    Arcanist Lv 70

    Is this game getting a real enmity system when they redo the combat system?

    I'm curious, will we be getting an actual enmity system when they redo the combat system? Yes, that is how bad the current enmity system in this game is, I'm saying it DOES NOT EXIST. Today I used quickstride in coerthas, I was literally half way across the universe(probably on the opposite end of the zone from where we were fighting) and Ureus ran away from everyone, and started chasing ME. How does that even make sense?

    There are multiple problems with this games enmity system:

    1) JA's like raging strike, ferocity, hawk eye, etc generate more hate than almost anything else in the game besides taunts. This is silly and stupid

    2) Cures generate very little hate, meaning playing a healer takes almost no skill

    3) AOEing spells does not generate additional much (0?) hate, see #2

    4) "Buff" spells like protect/shell generate as much hate as ferocity/hawk's eye/etc, even if single target casted, yet cures don't? How does this make ANY sense?

    5) I don't even think doing damage causes much hate, making playing a DD almost thoughtless besides not using your JA's.

    6) You will be on a mobs enmity table while being half way across the universe(opposite end of zone) . You won't hear battle music, you won't see "XXX was engaged", yet you'll be on the mobs enmity table, lol? The mob will also chase you, then leash and reset, randomly.

    Things that generate high hate shouldn't, and things that generate low hate should. The system is completely backwards and broken, and ZONE WIDE hide makes even less sense than anything else. I almost believe the enmity generated by most abilities are bugged, and almost nothing works properly, because this system is horrible.

    Tanking is basically spam taunt/provoke and hitting every JA as they come off cooldown. That's just as boring as managing your hate as a healer/DD(don't press JA's). A real enmity system will also make this game take a lot more skill and be more challenging.

    I really hope we get a proper enmity system, because right now we don't really have one, and it's buggy/horrible. Anyone else notice problems with our current enmity system? Anyone know if they mentioned changing it with the combat system revamp? I really hope so.
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    Last edited by Shiyo; 04-24-2011 at 08:33 AM.