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[2022] The hotfix on release day of NEX was a mistake


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I am specifically talking about this one with the overall increase of damage because people in 80 man masses were complaining about afking the boss.

Of course the first day of release the boss will be easy with so many people killing it but as the hype is slowly dying out and smaller teams are more common, this actually hurts them more overall, especially considering there is little skill involved in the actual boss mechanics itself and it turned into 'just take unavoidable dmg and try to eat while dpsing' type of bossfight, similar to regular nightmare.

I agree with all the other changes, the food drops were indeed quite overpowered, and who knows, maybe in the future they are planning to make a hard mode nex, similar to phosani nightmare, when it is not just about eat/dmg boss/eat/dmg minion but you actually have to play more carefully and get rewarded for not making a mistake (like phosani).

But right now, Jagex just gave into complaining of players on day 1 and made Nex harder for small groups, which are already suffering from it as the hype is dying off.

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over 2 years ago - /u/JagexAyiza - Direct link

The changes had very little impact on smaller teams, Nex is just generally quite difficult.

  • Nex's attacks will now hit more players

    • This didn't increase the damage, only how many people get hit. Smaller teams would never have experienced any different, as they'd all have got hit prior to this change.

  • Nex will no longer preserve the order of special attacks between phases

    • This just added more variety to the fight, rather than forcing an increase in difficulty.

  • Nex would not use Soul Split

    • This is the only thing that would have actually increased the difficulty of the fight for smaller teams somewhat. She'd have always used Soul Split in the last phase regardless, but we're talking about one extra heal after the change, so not a huge buff.
over 2 years ago - /u/JagexAyiza - Direct link

Originally posted by NeonPerplexion

u/JagexAyiza just wanna say that as someone who has clocked over 600 Nex so far I think the changes were all very good. The 80 man teams were miserable to be trapped into if you had an elite team that wanted a smaller fight, and I am happy to see it be made more difficult as it is an end-game boss.

Expected some of these changes to be coming but very impressed at the speed at which you implemented them! Keep up the good work.

I'm glad to hear that :) Thanks for the kind words! The team have been completely on top of it this week, I'm sure they'll be happy to know it's appreciated <3

over 2 years ago - /u/JagexAyiza - Direct link

Originally posted by siccoblue

Ayiza is working overtime on the Reddit complaints today and dang do i appreciate seeing it

I will be signing off soon though, finally have a chance to see the new Spiderman movie!

over 2 years ago - /u/JagexAyiza - Direct link

Originally posted by Zangetsu630

Well, what did you think of the movie?!

I'd give it a solid 7.5/10! Lots of great moments and would definitely recommend watching it :)

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