Initial Epic Testing

[xTethx]

Went into a few different quests to test the new changes to epics on hard/elite.


Few things I've noticed so far:

Mobs hit for alot more (lowest I saw was 120 highest 169)
Mobs still have deathward even below 50% (sorry no instakilling allowed )
Mobs hp are complete **** (I can kite thru one blade barrier hitting for 550 a tick and kill them all)

More to come when I come across it.

[sirgog]

What are casters hitting for after accounting for scaling?

I took a 490 point Disintegrate from a EpE VON5 Aurum caster (Fort 40 failed). Basically what Live raid bosses Disintegrate for (Maximize and Empower).

[taurean430]

Went into a few different quests to test the new changes to epics on hard/elite.


Few things I've noticed so far:

Mobs hit for alot more (lowest I saw was 120 highest 169)
Mobs still have deathward even below 50% (sorry no instakilling allowed )
Mobs hp are complete **** (I can kite thru one blade barrier hitting for 550 a tick and kill them all)

More to come when I come across it.

Just wow...

No words yet save that.

[Cyr]

So AOE dps is king even more with instant kills nuetered (again) and apparently even lower mob hp and higher mob dps.

[nivarch]

They clearly said on the release notes that epic hard/elite is not implemented yet and asked not to go in.

So you can go in of course, but do not expect anything you see to be relevant for anything.

[Epitome]

Was testing some AC and PRR in some Epic Elites, at 127 AC and 51% PRR I was receiving many hits from 40 to 80. Was missed about 70+% of the time.

Seems like the safest bet is to just kite and leave your melee's at the beginning or CC one's teets off for the melee to participate.

[Forzah]

Was testing some AC and PRR in some Epic Elites, at 127 AC and 51% PRR I was receiving many hits from 40 to 80. Was missed about 70+% of the time.

Seems like the safest bet is to just kite and leave your melee's at the beginning or CC one's teets off for the melee to participate.

Stuff on hard and elite is properly scaled yet; see release notes. I like that instakills are being somewhat toned down though.

[Shade]

What are casters hitting for after accounting for scaling?

I took a 490 point Disintegrate from a EpE VON5 Aurum caster (Fort 40 failed). Basically what Live raid bosses Disintegrate for (Maximize and Empower).

You keep posting this as if its something new.

Go try on live, they are exactly the same.

Remember Desert and VoN are original hardcore, pre U5 nerf epics.

ALL casters in desert epics have maximize. It's not just bosses. Its global. A few have max and emp, generally just named/bosses tho.
Most casters in vons have maximize, raid ones tend to have both.

Damage might of went up due to the new way max/emp function, but no specific changes have been done to casters. They still use standard rules, no enhancements, no items, nothing except max/emp (and other metas) in some cases.

Newer epics arent like this. I havent encountered a single caster with max or emp in beta 4 in the new quests. Open beta, dunno, server went down as i went to test. Not even the CR30+ dragon the level30 challenge had it, he was doing 30-60 point fireballs.

[danotmano1998]

Mobs hit for alot more (lowest I saw was 120 highest 169)

How many were in your party??