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Thread: Open letter to the Devs Harder Creatures Please
As a Master Ranger with proper equipment and supplementary skills, you should be able to pin down and kill creatures that would rip you apart if you stood toe to toe with them. And, it seems you are able to do this, bravo. If this means that Ancient Kryats are soloable by the right Master Ranger, then I say that is as it should be intended.
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Some of the most powerful creatures should come in groups, imo these should hold the best creature loot, and then its a whole 'nother ball of wax.
Sirgleno wrote:
Just wanna throw my 2 credits in about a point you made here JB.
As a Master Ranger with proper equipment and supplementary skills, you should be able to pin down and kill creatures that would rip you apart if you stood toe to toe with them. And, it seems you are able to do this, bravo. If this means that Ancient Kryats are soloable by the right Master Ranger, then I say that is as it should be intended.
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But...
Some of the most powerful creatures should come in groups, imo these should hold the best creature loot, and then its a whole 'nother ball of wax.
The Devs have stated multiple times that they would not increase good loot drops on any CL creature or any specific creature, determined by those specifics, because the items are meant to be kept rare, and it would "upset the economy."
The Mother Brain will be guarded by tons of CL 80 ish creatures, and I mean tons, so good luck trying to find a way to Solo her JB. It'll be an interesting read, as I am sure you will tell us all about it.
You seem like an expert, how do rare drops work anyways? Perhaps I am not fully understanding the finer points of loot drops. This might be grounds for a new thread.
That is great if your view for Ranger is one of Master Creature Hunter. Some of us do not share that vision for Ranger.
Sirgleno wrote:
Just wanna throw my 2 credits in about a point you made here JB.
As a Master Ranger with proper equipment and supplementary skills, you should be able to pin down and kill creatures that would rip you apart if you stood toe to toe with them. And, it seems you are able to do this, bravo. If this means that Ancient Kryats are soloable by the right Master Ranger, then I say that is as it should be intended.
.
But...
Some of the most powerful creatures should come in groups, imo these should hold the best creature loot, and then its a whole 'nother ball of wax.
Sirgleno wrote:
I am not suggesting making existing rare stuff drop more freq from anything, I am commenting on how groups/swarms should be involved for the best creature raiding grounds.
Well, the "new" feature, called "radius of assist," takes care of that. The Mother Brain that JB is referring to has tons of CL eighty-ish, very nasty, bugs that are found in pairs of 3 in every route of the cave, sometimes crossing paths. I haven't been to the Mother Brain yet. I still have that portion of the quest to complete, so I don't know if that creature is protected.
Creature "possies" are usually just for the quest-related creatures. Other than that, the POI's for Krayts have many in them but they are so large that they are easily aggro'd as a solo creature instead of a mob. The Kimo POI is a little smaller than the Krayt one, but the creatures often stay within each other's Area of Assist.
To sum it up, it's usually the quest-based ones, as they have a100% chance at the quest'sintended reward (not including bugs of the quest, that is,) whereas the other creatures do not have a definite reward and are usually not as difficult to defeat.
BioEngine wrote:
The Mother Brain will be guarded by tons of CL 80 ish creatures, and I mean tons, so good luck trying to find a way to Solo her JB. It'll be an interesting read, as I am sure you will tell us all about it.
actually, I've already solo'ed her twice. instructions
JB - have you taken on Kiin Dray at the bottom of the Dath Spider Cult cave? I tried her, but got eaten.
Iseult
Master Ranger / Mediocre Carbiner
Bloodfin
ok JB you want a hard animal to kill? go to dant. and when you land at Minning outpost go west. continue till you see "trails" (about 1K-2.5K meters) these trails are very visable if you enlarge your radar to anything over 100-500meters once your on this trial take the path you see north. you will end up running into a wide range of creatures from level10 to 198. lol good luck getting your trap to stick on a level 198 animal.
oh yeah you will also see some interesting things like 6 tress in a perfect round shape. or werid ruins and stuff like that. this trial is very very long and you might not even see any level 198 animals but at least the trail is pretty.
Lord-R wrote:
ok JB you want a hard animal to kill? go to dant. and when you land at Minning outpost go west. continue till you see "trails" (about 1K-2.5K meters) these trails are very visable if you enlarge your radar to anything over 100-500meters once your on this trial take the path you see north. you will end up running into a wide range of creatures from level10 to 198. lol good luck getting your trap to stick on a level 198 animal.
oh yeah you will also see some interesting things like 6 tress in a perfect round shape. or werid ruins and stuff like that. this trial is very very long and you might not even see any level 198 animals but at least the trail is pretty.
Wow, and here I was expecting directions to your house.
Thanx Lord R, I will soon check that out. Sounds like a blast.
Another observation - "Pairs of 3"... huh?
JB
JBMat wrote:
Another observation - "Pairs of 3"... huh?
JBMat wrote:
In the never ending quest for balance and fair play, the current crop of creatures ain't squat. Level 96 best start running from me, cuz I been kicking butt and not bothering to take any names - however I do loot and harvest.
Yeah, we all know the p darts are broken. And you are gonna fix them soon. (Side note - amazing how if it detracts from our kicking butt, it gets fixed ASAP, but anything that would make us badazz takes freaking years. Interesting isn't it ? Oh wait, the Jedi are whining, we must appease the mighty Jedi.)
Wow, I am shaking in my two toned boots. So I get a trap droid to shoot P darts for me. And the creature stays snared.
Hehehe... That's easy.
They then "fix" it so your droid gets whacked first, in about two hits. And add a timer to droid traps. And decrease the number of traps a droid can carry.
Then, once JB has walked away from Ranger completely, they revisit the Ranger and really get to work.