Red Named CHAMPION?! REALLY TURBINE? REALLY?!

[Maldrak]

So yeah, got to the end of "The Thrill of the Hunt" (Epic Hard) today, and good ol' Karleth (who's already a pretty broken fight) was a champion, yep a red named champion - I'm a paladin tank with a few past lives and he whipped out his chain and killed me instantly... My mage party member died twice as instantly... Complete waste of that entire run, because the RNG decided to give a big ol' middle finger... Have the champion design crew all been shot yet?

Turbine,I officially want an opt out option for champions. They add nothing to my DDO experience and just give the RNG WAY too much control of my fate.

PS: For all the doubters, yes, I'm 100% positive that the RED NAMED guy was the champion, as the hounds hadn't been released yet, he is literally the only enemy in that room (and the room is sealed).

[Krelar]

I'm surprised this is the first time you've noticed. It's been happening since at least the last update. It's also scheduled to be fixed with the next update.

Red-named and bosses should no longer appear as champions on occasion after our next update.

[Saekee]

I think on EE all the red-nameds should be champs.
I bet that was the only challenging moment in the whole quest.

[Maldrak]

I think on EE all the red-nameds should be champs.
I bet that was the only challenging moment in the whole quest.

If you consider "Enemy is active, you are dead" a challenge.... I do not.

Also, this was EH, not EE. Just in case I didn't make that clear.

[acdcrocks]

So yeah, got to the end of "The Thrill of the Hunt" (Epic Hard) today, and good ol' Karleth (who's already a pretty broken fight) was a champion, yep a red named champion - I'm a paladin tank with a few past lives and he whipped out his chain and killed me instantly... My mage party member died twice as instantly... Complete waste of that entire run, because the RNG decided to give a big ol' middle finger... Have the champion design crew all been shot yet?

Turbine,I officially want an opt out option for champions. They add nothing to my DDO experience and just give the RNG WAY too much control of my fate.

PS: For all the doubters, yes, I'm 100% positive that the RED NAMED guy was the champion, as the hounds hadn't been released yet, he is literally the only enemy in that room (and the room is sealed).

What? Too used to just steamrolling quests, now that a challenge is here you complain on the forums? Why? lol i was sad when cord announced that they would be taking this FEATURE out.. ;P

[Eryhn]

its not a feature its a bug and it will be fixed.

as an aside, looking at a lvl27 sword and board pally with 550ish HP i would consider looking into con, insight con, false life, vitality, 20% hitpoint stance and doing the same kind of thing for PRR with shelter, insight shelter if its in a similar range as your HP. this may help surprisingly much for EH

[JOTMON]

its not a feature its a bug and it will be fixed.

10-26-2016, 04:23 PM

This is a bug.

Assuming nothing goes wrong, this should be resolved after the next hotfix goes live which is currently scheduled for tomorrow.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...67#post5889667

10-26-2016, 05:13 PM

Oops, will add that along with these other things that were mentioned to me then I immediately forgot to add them:

Red and Purple named enemies can no longer erroneously spawn as Champions.
Favored Soul enhancement "Ascendancy" multi-selector options for the new deities all may target the correct target types now instead of "Self, Friend, or Undead".
"Death's Smile" cosmetic helm flavor text is no longer grammatically incorrect.

...I guess something went wrong...
Red named champs have been rampant everywhere...

[kanordog]

What? Too used to just steamrolling quests, now that a challenge is here you complain on the forums? Why? lol i was sad when cord announced that they would be taking this FEATURE out.. ;P

Have You tried permadeath, using only what found?
If You haven't then You are not really looking for challenge.

Soloing elite at quest's base level with no PL's, items, hires etc. and on an overall gimped toon, for example random class or class combination like my druid-arti can be the answer You seek

[Tscheuss]

So yeah, got to the end of "The Thrill of the Hunt" (Epic Hard) today, and good ol' Karleth (who's already a pretty broken fight) was a champion, yep a red named champion - I'm a paladin tank with a few past lives and he whipped out his chain and killed me instantly... My mage party member died twice as instantly... Complete waste of that entire run, because the RNG decided to give a big ol' middle finger... Have the champion design crew all been shot yet?

Turbine,I officially want an opt out option for champions. They add nothing to my DDO experience and just give the RNG WAY too much control of my fate.

PS: For all the doubters, yes, I'm 100% positive that the RED NAMED guy was the champion, as the hounds hadn't been released yet, he is literally the only enemy in that room (and the room is sealed).

1. Why did you rush directly at the Red-named Champion?

2. Why was your mage friend even within range of the chain?

3. Please tell me that the 551 hp belongs to the mage.

The sight of a Champion crown at level should, at the very least, make a party hit the brakes and Examine the champ from a safe distance (select, then Z).

[Cordovan]

This circumstance will be fixed in our next update. I realize being one-shot by a boss can be frustrating, but it's perhaps a bit much to call for the deaths of members of our team.