Dev Discussion Episode 25: "A Rip in Time" 4-Player operation feedback thread

Thanks again for bringing this up, we appreciate the assistance! I had a question on graphics cards, which one do you currently run and if its easy to get what cards do the other people you were with have that also saw the issue. If its not easy to get don't worry just your graphic card info will help out immensely.

Do you recall, was it a Sniper? Or some other enemy? Thanks for the report.

I'm getting stuck in the floor running from fountain to fountain. It doesn't happen all the time but enough to be annoying.

Also in your Settings > Video section what are your Effects Quality and Effects Fade set to (sliders all the way left, middle, all the way right)?

It was a grunt. Ran alert 6 times last night and it only happened on 1 run.

AMD A6 quad core i think. The thing is in the past i had league mates have issues with blood pools in UM and people having issues seeing other things in past raids but i never did. I always saw everything. This is the 1st time ive had any visual fx problems. I have my effects all the way up too.

And on another topic someone wanna explain how i can run normal then elite yesterday then run normal then elite today and get all green drops? I ran nothing else on my earth toon but those 4 instances. Imo its completely ridiculous that can happen. Devs u need to do something bout RNG in elite content. I also ran elite 5 times total yesterday across my toons and saw only 1 purple drop. No1 likes running elite content to get all greens. This has been expressed numerous times by many people and nothing changes

RNG has been so weird this cycle, I've had a purple drop on every DWF run without using replay (except the chest), and already have everything from RiT in about 7 or 8 runs, haven't done Elite yet but it wouldn't surprise me to see a purple there also. However I remember PBr, PZr and BBS I had to replay that for days to get purples, specially BBS which took 6 weeks to get everything (which is only 3 items with rings being crafted), it's really weird how RNG seems to change from one cycle to the other, oddly enough my first Gold since the AaB rings was the PBr waist, but haven't had another drops since.

Finally teh bad luck got me too. For the last few episodes i was being really lucky. But this week has been a nightmare.
Yesterday, RiT regular and elite, got nothing. Today, RiT reg and elite, BBS and PBr, got nothing.
The bad luck came to an end when i run DWF and got the Legs and Back...which i dont need, because the only piece im missing is the Waist lol

I agree with Kor and Light about the drop rates. My biggest issue with RNG is how older and irrelevant content continues to affect relevant content. Its my biggest issue with the game. Why does a purple piece in T7 content have to reset RNG tables if a player is in the next tier? It makes zero sense in terms of progression. I hate it.

Anyways back to the thread lol...So when can we expect a fix for the fire beams in the 2nd boss? Not a single person I've played with is seeing the beams.

the water sprouts in the 2nd room of elite need to be fixed. You can barely see them half the time with the boss and adds all over them. They don't last long enough to cleanse anyone, and then Black Adam knocking you away before you can get cleansed is a cheap way for you to cause a wipe. I'm sure you intended for the fight to go this way because, after all, it simply wouldn't do to allow regular members to be able to earn elite gear. Gotta keep those elitists happy somehow and make them feel special by creating fights that only they can finish. Congrats!!

Thanks for the reply.

That makes a lot of sense, as tonight Black Adam became active a lot sooner than normal. I wasn't paying attention to which priests were activating, but now that I know this, it makes sense. I retract the Potential Bug

Thanks for looking into it and making some changes I did 5 more elite runs today and only my healer was able to see it this time. So 1 of my toons could see the fire go across the ground from the crystals but the others couldnt which is even weirder imo. And it makes me think its on my end because of that. So because its late right now i will be toying around with my settings on my pc and ingame and see what happens. But again thanks for making it easier to see. Much appreciated

1 other thing, maybe someone said this idk havent read thru the thread today. But today we had numerous people stand in the fountain and run with it from spot to spot and the DoT would not cleanse. This wasnt us cleansing and getting it again either. I myself had it and ran into the fountain 5 different times and it didnt cleanse and i died. I was healing and spamming as a nature healer and shielded also. Had 2 league mates experience the same thing, 1 of which i was in the run with em and saw it. Then in another run we did the whole run and no1 died and got the no death feat. Thing is we didnt do anything different. Been doing the alert the same way with everyone in the league. Just a heads up that it doesnt seem to cleanse as fast or at all sometimes.

Also twice today after savage is dead at 1st boss in elite, bombs dropped and killed me during the cutscene lol. Still got credit for no deaths at that part tho. But u cant stop the bomb from hitting u during the cutscene can ya? Like i said not a huge issue but u might wanna look into it.

If u have a tank and use he/she uses an immunity when black adam gets a skull no1 will get knocked back or away. I tanked it twice today and did just that, used immunities and no1 was sent flying even once. And the content is titled elite. It should be difficult. If u cant do it then u have the normal version to run. See this happened with dwf. People say oh make elite really hard for the elite players and normal for everyone else. So when they do this the same thing happens, even tho the elite version isnt that hard imo. But people say elite is too hard. Maybe the group is not up to the challenge. So run normal then. Btw tanks using an immunity is basic for tanking. If the tank in your group isnt doing that then find another tank that knows how to tank and what a control effect is.

Spoken like a true elitist. Congrats!

But, it's called Elite .

This^ Its called ELITE content for a reason. And explaining how the mechanic of the 2nd boss and how it works doesnt make me an elitist. Or explaining basic tanking. And again if u cant do the elite version then u have the normal version to run. This is not a hard concept to grasp. And its not like only top 5% of players are finishing the elite version of this alert. Some groups are flying thru it.

U guys might wanna take a look at some of the feats and how they are worded. Some of us thought "in a single run" meant 1st attempt. Found out today the fire dancer feat u can wipe and try again. So in a single run can be misunderstood. Idk what in a single run even means tbh. Its not like u can dodge half the fire in 1 run then leave and do another and dodge some more fire and get the feat. It just sounds a bit weird the way it is. Not a huge thing, but again it can be misunderstood. Might wanna be more direct.

Also thank u for adding the skulls to the fire. So much easier to see now. And dodge. Nice job.

In one run you can't leave and start another run bc that would be 2 runs ELI5 for you

Does that "single run" thing also applies to Everliving on BN?, as in we can wipe if needed?