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Thread: Mutant Ackalay
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SickSix
Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:54 pm
#1
So, a friend of mine told me about this thing yesterday, and today i decide to go look for it. Well, sure enough, i find it by the GeoCaves.
I'm impressed when i see it. Looks pretty damn cool.
So, then I'm looking forward to fighting this thing sans armor, oldschool Ranger style. The ony armor i have on me is Factional, and i was on leave. so i couldn't put it on if i wanted to lol.
So i eat the few foods i have(pre-Cu brandi, bofa treat, crispic, and something else for accuracy). And pump myself up for the fight.
I have plenty of P-darts in my toolbar, so i'm ready to go.
I conceal and get my two concealshots and 1 sniper shot in, then stand up and throw the first try and start kiting with headshot on auto.(with my ALR)
Well, it's going well. I have some stims and am managing to stay out of its range while it's snared and only take 2 or 3 hits when the snare breaks before i can throw another poptart at it. I also get my bolotaur (Deimos) to attack it. So he starts biting it's spikey legs for all of 85 points of damage per attack 
Well, things are going okay but could get out of hand really fast.
Well, things are going okay but could get out of hand really fast.Then, i realize i can beat it. It's down to maybe 2 or 3k health. I"m getting excited now, thinking about what kind of trophy this thing will drop, when all of a sudden........
- Retreat-
- Retreat-
- Retreat-
i couldn't believe it. i was pretty pissed off. i was thinking that this was the last and final straw........ i just don't understand why they put this in the game. i just wasted about 8 traps, 4 stims, and my time on that thing. FOR NOTHING! i had to log out just to get away from the situation. probably not the best idea to log out (not in a camp) right by the geo caves, but i didn't care.
someone in guild chat said i either took to long or kited to far. well, news flash, kiting is the ONLY tactic i have. I CANNOT stand and fight against anything above a lvl75. and as for too slow. i cannot help that either. i can only shoot as fast as the mods in rifleman will let me.
Owen, this is the issue i have with the Ranger Profession(that i'm fast starting to love to hate), I cannot do things that other combat toons can. I cannot do HALF the crap they can. I cannot enjoy the game as much as other players as a Master Rifleman/Ranger because we are that borked.
if something isnt done soon, SOE loses another 15bucks a month.
Message Edited by SickSix on 08-07-2005 08:01 PM
SeanBlader
Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:03 pm
#2
I'd be fine with retreat being in the game if I could use it on creatures for a few minutes of invulnerability. Otherwise it's stupid, it's unbalancing and it's just simply fricken annoying.
Nemo0
Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:37 pm
#3
It's very annoying but you can avoid it by keeping the creature within 200m of its spawn point (or some range like that). So, instead of running in a line, just kite in a circle. It's a bit harder to do but it is possible.
Eufack
Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:48 pm
#4
Thats what i've started to do when going after things under that level 75. I just make 2 waypoints, one about 100m away from where the critter is and the other about 50m away. Now i guess these are pretty conservative (Thanks Nemo0!!).
And i'm sorry to hear your getting so frusterated. 
But good luck on that second round with the mutant Acklay!! (The trophy is pretty scarey looking to me 
!)
GoroCow
Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:53 pm
#5
Yeah, the retreat thing seems like it is getting worse too, I've had creatures retreat when they were still with in 20 meters of the nest retreat and move really slowly back so they were guarenteed about 30 seconds of being unhurtable and gaining health. And it's happened atleast about 5 or 6 times when I was still well under the 100 meter limit.
YT-2000
Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:32 am
#6
I agree with SickSix. As a ranger/rifleman the only tactic I have with high level mobs is to kite, and that -Retreat- thing is just plain annoying.
Almagill
Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:23 am
#7
Going to agree with EVERYONE...
-RETREAT- is a PitA, especially if you are a single elite combat master (like Rangers) and enjoy soloing.
Also, kiting is about the only sane tactic here (istr back in the old days kiting was 'bad form') but you need to stay within ~100m of the critters spawn point/lair.
OTOH, it can be useful for trapping to kite out beyond the beasties comfort zone, let it run back home, then just follow it and blat more traps on it again. Taking a bit of a psting? the old health bar vanishing through the left hand side of the monitor? /burst run for the safe zone and hope tha tyou've not got the one blimmin' muppet critter that WILL follow past 100m
Right. no shuttle landing today. Better go do some work... sheesh
-RETREAT- is a PitA, especially if you are a single elite combat master (like Rangers) and enjoy soloing.
Also, kiting is about the only sane tactic here (istr back in the old days kiting was 'bad form') but you need to stay within ~100m of the critters spawn point/lair.
OTOH, it can be useful for trapping to kite out beyond the beasties comfort zone, let it run back home, then just follow it and blat more traps on it again. Taking a bit of a psting? the old health bar vanishing through the left hand side of the monitor? /burst run for the safe zone and hope tha tyou've not got the one blimmin' muppet critter that WILL follow past 100m
Right. no shuttle landing today. Better go do some work... sheesh
AragornSoS
Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:46 am
#8
Nemo0 wrote:
It's very annoying but you can avoid it by keeping the creature within 200m of its spawn point (or some range like that). So, instead of running in a line, just kite in a circle. It's a bit harder to do but it is possible.
Yeah, it's a LOT harder to do on Yavin IV too, with those small/thin trees and tiny rocks that can block your path and stop you dead in your tracks...
SickSix
Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:12 am
#9
AragornSoS wrote:
Nemo0 wrote:
It's very annoying but you can avoid it by keeping the creature within 200m of its spawn point (or some range like that). So, instead of running in a line, just kite in a circle. It's a bit harder to do but it is possible.
Yeah, it's a LOT harder to do on Yavin IV too, with those small/thin trees and tiny rocks that can block your path and stop you dead in your tracks...
and lvl78 klikniks all around.....
Dyrwen
Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:42 pm
#10
Seems to work better when you find random spawns rather than static. Since I've kited Krayts and Gorax all the time and rarely get a retreat, but they're random spawns, so their spawn point might be much broader.
Starson
Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:19 pm
#11
I have been doing a lot of missions for the cash lately, got an new crafter account I need to support.
I have notice this 'retreat' is really a pain. I am a melee Ranger and one of my tactics is to trow a trap, runn bhind a hill or rock (especally for ranged critters) and wait for them to get close. At one point with some melee critters, I was 2 hill's away. As said critter was chargeing me, it went into a vally....boom...retreat....could not trow anymore traps, had to actually run up to it and bonk it on the head to get its attention.
Typho
Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:54 pm
#12
I had this same problem trying to solo a Gorax. I died 3 times in an hour or so and eventually found someone to help me. I guess I wasn't good enough at running in circles 
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