Kallain
6 years ago
I hate everything about the mage tower
    Limited Time Window which almost never lines up to when I actually have free time to dump into this garbage

    On top of this, having to farm nethershards to keep pulling

    Sitting through RP at the beginning every single pull

    Too much going on to possibly keep track of

    Every single mechanic is instant wipe, and not a shred of forgiveness for the smallest mistake

    Encounter different every time so brute forcing incremental progress by memorizing encounter impossible


Working on this is pure misery. Soulbreaking and I hate you for putting limited time content behind it.

(Tank challenge and not on this druid, don't tell me about how gear trivializes anything)

Edit: Just got him down, but it was still miserable.

Edit 2: Well, aside from a couple "git gud" trolls, I appreciate the supportive comments here. I made the OP in frustration (I spent 75+ attempts at 940 on the blood dk before I got it down), but the content of the post still stands as I found the victory to simply be relief from the pressure, and not a thrill of success.

However, the same day, I took it on with two dps characters, enhancement shaman and marksmanship hunter that I've been gearing up and had a wonderful experience with them. I wiped a good 15-20 times on each, but the wipes felt fair, and there was a clear sense of progression as I got a progressively more aware of the enemy's abilities and creative in how to cope with them, especially them being a bit more forgiving with one shot mechanics. Beating those fights felt like playing a game. I just think the tank one ended up being too punitive and hopeless feeling. My tank kill was pretty lucky with phase 2 mechanics, and at that point 100% leaning on gear to smork it.

Best of luck to all pursuing.
Edited by Sineval 01/24/2018 01:05 AM
Ornyx
Community Manager
6 years ago
I hate everything about the mage tower
01/22/2018 06:39 AMPosted by Sineval
    Limited Time Window which almost never lines up to when I actually have free time to dump into this garbage

    On top of this, having to farm nethershards to keep pulling

    Sitting through RP at the beginning every single pull

    Too much going on to possibly keep track of

    Every single mechanic is instant wipe, and not a shred of forgiveness for the smallest mistake

    Encounter different every time so brute forcing incremental progress by memorizing encounter impossible


Working on this is pure misery. Soulbreaking and I hate you for putting limited time content behind it.

(Tank challenge and not on this druid, don't tell me about how gear trivializes anything)

Edit: Just got him down, but it was still miserable.
Congrats on your success!

These things are designed to be brutal. That frost mage RP always feels like I'm being mocked for my failure. >>
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