CASTRUM NERF?

[AunaYuuki]

Not really, because Wadnerer's Palace drops gear better than AF that you would use to clear Amdapor with anyway. If they did decide to nerf CM it would slow down the grind for Darklight, but it would in no way "slam the door" on anyone.

Try doing wanderers with AF geared DDs. I have heard people rage quit on the 2nd boss because the adds build up. I have been seeing new players in 2.0 with level 20 rings, AF gear, and level 50 trying to do Wanderer's Palace/Hydra. It just does not work. You can do Castrum with that gear set, but Wanderers is iffy. Unless you get carried along by other players. I help in a good bit of LS with newer players because legacy members on my server are encouraged to lend a hand out which is great. Most of them going duty finder with other new players say people RQ on pudding boss and the King way too often.

I don't care if they nerf it like Amdapor where mobs create barriers in front of the boss spots. Yet to make it harder on newer players....who have to do it to complete storyline seems a little unfair.

[UBERHAXED]

Try doing wanderers with AF geared DDs. I have heard people rage quit on the 2nd boss because the adds build up. I have been seeing new players in 2.0 with level 20 rings, AF gear, and level 50 trying to do Wanderer's Palace/Hydra. It just does not work. You can do Castrum with that gear set, but Wanderers is iffy.
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And where else are you supposed to get your gear? Can't use GC gear because it requires AK to be completed. Are you telling me that the intended design was to grind the story dungeon until you can get lvl 70 gear, then run a WP to get lvl 55 gear, then run AK to get lvl 60 gear and to unlock the GC rank to get lvl 50 gear? Crafted lvl 50 gear? Requires drops from the lvl 50 (not story) dungeons.

[Scratchs]

And where else are you supposed to get your gear? Can't use GC gear because it requires AK to be completed. Are you telling me that the intended design was to grind the story dungeon until you can get lvl 70 gear, then run a WP to get lvl 55 gear, then run AK to get lvl 60 gear and to unlock the GC rank to get lvl 50 gear? Crafted lvl 50 gear? Requires drops from the lvl 50 (not story) dungeons.

I grinded out some dark light accessories from Castrum then I started up wanderers place. Alternatively you could just buy lvl 50 accessories on the Market Board and probably be good enough for WP.

[Sumii]

Try doing wanderers with AF geared DDs...snip

I did this last night in my AF WAR with two DDs (1 in AF, the other spiritbinding for crying out loud) with a DF group. We wiped once on the second boss b/c the healer couldn't get out of the way fast enough on the charge. Also, unless DD gear is simply fathoms different than the tank gear dropped, only 2 pieces offer 2 more defense for a whopping 4 defense increase compared to my AF. Some of the stats are trade offs, but there is nothing on the Vermilion set that screams 'instant replacement for AF piece'. I'm so tired of seeing this 'your gear won't work here!' in non-raid lv 50 dungeons when the players are wearing lv 45+ gear. People wearing lv 25 rings and gear in a lv 50 I can totally understand asking to improve their gear. But the lv 45/50 AF pieces were meant to be starter dungeon gear and WP is most definitely not a hard dungeon at all.

[AunaYuuki]

I did this last night in my AF WAR with two DDs (1 in AF, the other spiritbinding for crying out loud) with a DF group. We wiped once..

Could be the difference of servers. I have had to take several newer players through to grab some gear I didn't say that WP was difficult, I said that players on my server are having issues and RQ because of "Add build up" on the boss stages. Which is an issue of Damage or not knowing their classes. I cleared it just fine on several runs. Re-read. I didn't even say that WP gear was better than AF.
I said you can clear Castrum with basic AF armor and then you grind different instances for tomestones to gain DL. Castrum is one of them you don't need to "buy" any real gear for because its handed to you in the storyline. Should it give you that many tomestones? *shrugs* Who am I to tell SE what to do? Should they make it speed-run proof? Probably. Just don't make it super hard on newer players trying to gear up for upcoming content.

[Rainsworth]

Try doing wanderers with AF geared DDs. I have heard people rage quit on the 2nd boss because the adds build up. I have been seeing new players in 2.0 with level 20 rings, AF gear, and level 50 trying to do Wanderer's Palace/Hydra.

You mean "try doing WP with a group of players who don't know what the hell to do with they keyboards". That place is easily doable with AF geared players.

[AunaYuuki]

You mean "try doing WP with a group of players who don't know what the hell to do with they keyboards. That place is easily doable with AF geared players.

Yeah probably. D; Didn't want to be too mean though.

[MrKupo]

Are they nerfing it by making it harder, or are they nerfing it by preventing exploiting blind spots?

Because those are 2 different things. I get speed runs, but it feels like an exploit when you can avoid fighting a huge portion of the run.

Having to fight more mobs doesn't mean a harder gear check, it just means a few extra minutes added to the fight.

[WiseWolfHolo]

Why are you even talking about this, story line instances will never ever get a nerf or rebalance, because they are that for the story, how you also use them for endgame is your own business, but ultimately they are for new players, geared or ungeared.

[LunarEmerald]

There's few trash you can skip in Castrum. What really speeds up Castrum is using the cannons. They wouldn't be there if they didn't want you using them.