Not A Bug "a mephit minion" in Lichen Creep raid "A Cunning Plan" spamming "Clawed Swipe"

Discussion in 'Resolved' started by Eviara, Dec 14, 2020.

  1. Eviara Journeyman

    In the Lichen Creep raid "A Cunning Plan," "a mephit minion" (mobs that spawn persistently throughout the whole event) will, after about 12-18 seconds, cast a flurry of "Clawed Swipe" -- 7-8 simultaneous casts of an unresistable nuke that does 12-15k damage per hit. It's one-shotting tanks with no warning and very little recourse. I can't find any mention of this particular mechanic on any write-ups for this event, so I can't tell if it's bugged or intentional. Word either way would be greatly appreciated!
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  2. Darkhain Elder

    This is still an issue.

    Here some logs from Coirnav :

    Code:
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 6741 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion cackles as it swipes you from afar.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 14466 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion cackles as it swipes you from afar.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 2766 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion cackles as it swipes you from afar.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 2766 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion cackles as it swipes you from afar.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 19866 points of damage. (Strikethrough)
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion cackles as it swipes you from afar.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 7266 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion cackles as it swipes you from afar.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion begins casting Clawed Swipe.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 11766 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    You have been slain by a mephit minion!
    
    This is not tankable nor healable.

    And as well as mephit minion doing 20-25k dmg time to time, which was reported back in 2014 : https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq...ged-progression-can-no-longer-progress.214173

    Code:
    04/27/21 03:34:26    A mephit minion hits Szur for 20974 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:34:27    A mephit minion hits Twices for 21037 points of damage. (Riposte Strikethrough)
    04/27/21 03:37:27    A mephit minion hits Rayznar for 23614 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:37:27    A mephit minion hits Rayznar for 19703 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:48:59    A mephit minion hits Kungfooey for 21237 points of damage.
    04/27/21 03:49:54    A mephit minion hits YOU for 19866 points of damage. (Strikethrough)
    04/27/21 03:52:54    A mephit minion hits Kakashii for 27487 points of damage. (Riposte Strikethrough)
    
  3. Ythera Augur

    During UF on Phinny, the only strategy that worked was for the raid to focus fire it and kill it before it could do its thing, a bit of a dps check.
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  4. Skuz I am become Wrath, the Destroyer of Worlds.

    Yep

    Remember this one well.

    Burst or die basically.
  5. Gnomie Denser than most

    Definitely makes the fight annoying with this bugged mechanic. From what I've read, they're supposed to do this when unaggroed for a period of time; but they do it even when engaged.
  6. Zinth Augur

    uh I don't remember this one but usually when mobs are "untankable" for the era, then they can often be kited and/or stunlocked while it is burned down. so might be worth a try. EQ isn't always just tank and spank.
  7. Gnomie Denser than most


    We tried that, it's an insta kill mechanic that works even at range. If you are out of melee range you get an emote that it "strikes out for you at a distance" and it insta-kills you with melee ranged attacks.
  8. Ratalthor Developer

    This is working as intended as an anti-kiting mechanic.