Instant Dungeon Alert...Weaksauce idiot game mechanic.

[Feralthyrtiaq]

Angry and frustrated every single GD time I run into this horse-s game mechanic.

Instant DA when a group of mob spawns even after killing every single other mob in a dungeon like VON1 end arena fight (or any other fight).

I am NOT talking about DA from zerging and ignoring mobs.

This is either blatant short-sightedness, inability to understand the game you are working on or a SEVERE lack of imagination that keeps this type of mechanic in play in DDO.

I can deal with the non-stop UNAVOIDABLE Gust of Wind spam (don't like it but GoW, Crippling, Tendon Slice are some of this Dev teams favorite ways to create "challenge" /shrug)

BUT the instant dungeon alert along with all the other incoming damage, CC etc, etc that we have to avoid, is DISRESPECTFUL to players.

(now I am yelling FYI)

Instant DA is the typical Turbine STICK IN EYE that says "Thanks for playing now eff off"

[AnEvenNewerNoob]

So for "I like Dungeon Alert"......I'm going to put you down......for "Maybe" ?

[Enoach]

I agree DA caused by the proper spawning of mobs generally sucks.

DA for the other reasons is good.

I think the problem in many cases is it is hard to balance one without the other.

[SirValentine]

The devs say:

As a general rule we don't intend for a single spawn area to cause any dungeon alert, and certainly not red dungeon alert. This basically isn't ever a goal in our designs

[JOTMON]

The devs say:

and we still instant red DA with .. bats, respawns, ambushes.. still not fixed from the introduction from August 31st, 2009.

DA is instance wide, not just the immediate area and player that has caused the DA in...It screws the entire party no matter where they are in the instance.

Its a poorly implemented mechanic driven by a slaphappy patch to try to curb zergers running past mobs killing the boss, looting the chest and exiting with a fast completion before trailing mobs can catch up.
.. but it doesn't do a good job of dealing with that in any capacity...It just screws every other player in the group...

Would of rather have seen a simpler implementation..
..DA locks chests and prevents the quest from completing until the DA is resolved..
Want to speed run to the boss.. good for you.. now you have to go back and get rid of the DA before you can loot chests or complete..
instead of all the BS effects it does to players which ultimately screws some players more than others... The harried effect just screws with melee players who now cant get to the mobs to kill them.

[Enoach]

...Would of rather have seen a simpler implementation..
..DA locks chests and prevents the quest from completing until the DA is resolved..
Want to speed run to the boss.. good for you.. now you have to go back and get rid of the DA before you can loot chests or complete..
instead of all the BS effects it does to players which ultimately screws some players more than others... The harried effect just screws with melee players who now cant get to the mobs to kill them.

I agree with you here. I have seen DA hurt not the person that caused it, but the group that is following behind them. This especially sucks when the "first" person has dragged the mobs to a choke point which now no one else can get through. They are not effected because they have left all the mobs behind and are not getting hit.

Right now DA is much like a snake. The first person that disturbs them isn't the one that gets bit, its the next one.