Realms Tune down the PVE event

[bakkhos16]

Merry christmas everybody, and happy new year!

that said, i'd like to adress the events warmane staff gave us this year (thanks btw). i'd like to speak specifically about the Tower Defence (PVE) event.

The event itself is fun, if somewhat repetitive but the problem is that its way overtuned. adds have immense HP and even groups at or near pve BIS struggle to bring them down. not only that, the waves have no increasing dificulty, meaning the 1st wave is just as hard as the 2nd, 3rd and so on.

but the problems of the event are not just the big HP pools of the mobs or the nonexistan dificulty progression, there are also others, more pressing issues. the mobs deal an absolute TON of damage depending of the type of mob, cannot be taunted and in some cases cant be cc'ed in any shape or form other than a slow. However, the TIGERS are another story. those mobs move at fast mount speed, have over half a million HP EACH, cant be slowed or cc and cant be taunted, meaning groups need to NUKE up to 6 tigers in SECONDS before they get past the group and cant be caught up. not only that but any and all 3 (and just 3) mobs that reach the end mean an instant game over for the group...


so, here are a few sugestions:

1- mage the first waves easier, increasing in dificulty as time goes on (a simple HP and/or movement speed reduction on the first waves should do the trick)
2- make ALL mobs slowable (including the damn tigers)
3- give the end-goal a bit more hp. 3 mobs in any shape or form in the current state is way too little
4- lower the aoe damage a bit, or give players a 5% health boost as to not perma die the moment the adds get in range

I know these changes would probably mean a lot of work and i apologise, but its just not very fun joining with other 39 players for maybe 4 waves (and most end in 1 wave or 2 lol)

best regards, merry christmass and happy new year!

[Supercracho]

Excuse me, I have a question. Have you been able to find the seller of the supposed improvements at the event?

[Baartleby2]

The event is fine. People complained about the same thing last year at the beginning, before people found out the mechanics and what specs/tower combos worked. Then it became way easier, and you got to wave 10+ regularly.

[DakataSlayer]

I don't understand why toxic players feel unpunishable when they hypocritically start insulting others just because their common loss in the PvE event..

[Nerfukas1992]

its easy if you premade

[3Tinklesz]

wave 9 is nothing, 30 is the limit I believe.
Premade (or best that could be made) hit the 'record' of 16 today, which is still low, and they were 6k+ many LOD players. Event is horribly overtuned 0/10 from me.
In my opinion most rando groups should be able to hit wave 5-8, some should hit 12-16s and the elite hit 20+.
Event is server wide, no reason why low geared and newer players shouldn't be able to at least get a few waves in, the fact that high tier or knowledgable players are struggling the same as newborns; shows it's overtuned and needs nerfed, really hard. Last 10 waves or so should be as hard as the first waves are right now.

[3Tinklesz]

While it is nice they did something, if no one (or so very few) can actually enjoy it/ get anything from it, then what was the point? Sounds harsh but it's truthful. and +1 for why no questline in winterspring.

[bcparker1]

The NPC abilities need all of their coolwdowns tripled. NPC Rogues, DKs, and shamans essentially have infinite immunity to caster dps. Dying regularly on wave 1 is unacceptable.

[RPotat]

Does stun/cc/silence reduction talents works against NPC stuns? To me seems like it dont do anything.

[t4d3y]

Stuns and other CCs work on the event mobs. And just for your information, at least on Lordaeron the current highest wave record is at 41.

[3Tinklesz]

Record means nothing, average consistent waves is what matters in my opinion.
People do LOD, but that's a very minor fraction of the total server pop.

As the event has been a few days it seems some have learned what to do for what mobs, sadly most seem to be in the dark or just dumb / not willing to listen to callouts/instructions. My personal average in pug groups has increased to 15ish. In pre-made (or as close as you can get) 20+ is closer to avg it seems.

[LMRig]

This is an event, a Christmas event.
Not LoD progression.
People come here for this event even after some pause, people want to enjoy it during holidays, and many of them have a family and still come to play this.
And all you get is heavy Murloc, stacks of preserved holly and if you are lucky, a turtle (I don't count that scroll which is useless for most people).
I call this a wrong step.

EDIT: and a gift for low GS (I'm counting here alts too)? Shoot cannon only for hours, wow :-)

[devyni9]

This is an event, a Christmas event.
Not LoD progression.
People come here for this event even after some pause, people want to enjoy it during holidays, and many of them have a family and still come to play this.
And all you get is heavy Murloc, stacks of preserved holly and if you are lucky, a turtle (I don't count that scroll which is useless for most people).
I call this a wrong step.

EDIT: and a gift for low GS (I'm counting here alts too)? Shoot cannon only for hours, wow :-)

Christmas event is all about fun and making friends along the way.
But if your acoustic mindset is all about free rewards then you better continue on your LOD progression.

[LMRig]

Of course, fun, fun to complete the event. Not like you end up somewhere in the middle because it's just overpowered and never see a full reward.

[devyni9]

Of course, fun, fun to complete the event. Not like you end up somewhere in the middle because it's just overpowered and never see a full reward.

It's not overpowered. Of course playing the event the exact same way dozens of times will always result in the same outcome.
Put a little bit of effort and you will see how easy that is.