As a PSA, we'll have a few more specific details on some of the rewards discussed in this with our Thursday blog. More to come!
That was great, really missed these types of videos! And getting the literal Staff of Armadyl is incredible.
Glad you enjoyed it! We are looking at potentially making this something we do more often if the feedback is good.
Streams are awesome, but they don't always do the best at presenting the really exciting stuff in an update. Ideally we want to find a better balance between the two (rather than one or the other).
Currently hyped for the update; this is more like it.
From a mechanics point of view, I just want to know if normal/hard mode Kerepac will be feasibly soloable.
From a lore point of view, I'd like to know how the dragonkin have gone from "Dragonkin are so dangerous that even the gods fear their power" to "level 92 Slayer". Interesting that this 'essence' type drop upgrades the new ring over time... I wonder if
1: It will be a permanent buff or if you will need to keep feeding it the fragments
2: Other items will be needed if the upgrade is permanent (e.g. an alchemical onyx for the inevitable upgrade to t4 luck).
Kerapac can be fought by 1-3 players, but we recommend solo.
- How many players can take on Kerapac?
- Is killcount required to fight Kerapac?
1-3 for Kerapac, though solo is recommended.
There are no killcount requirements to access the boss. We'll talk about this more on Monday's launch stream, but it's a mechanic the team decided not to bring to this GWD for a variety of reasons.
Awesome looking trailer! Super hyped.
Not that it matters for most players, but will the t95 staff be dyeable?
Oh yes. And personally I think they look SO GOOD.
Regarding the difficulty of the 'normal' Kerapac fight... how would it be classified? Inbetween what bosses would it be placed?
I still recall that Raksha was 'supposed' to be around Arraxi/Telos regarding difficulty, but at launch this really didn't seem to be the general consensus.
(Also.. will Kerapac have 'one-hit-ko' mechanics used to artificially increase difficulty, or have you moved away from mechanics like that?)
Kerapac is a step up in difficulty from any of the 4 GWD2 Generals.
That's about as far as we want to go in terms of defining the difficulty this time out though.
As you mentioned with Raksha, us saying that set expectations too high or too low depending on who you talked to. We want to make sure to avoid that this time.
I've seen the trailer a few times now and I'm 99% sure there'll be 2 new slayer creatures: magic Nodon (yellow wings and head, with staff) and melee Nodon (black wings and red body, with sword).
Edit: Gladly, I was wrong!
There's more than two variants.. 🙂
Does that include hard mode as well?
Yes.
They've said before that the main four bosses will be massable, with a higher tier solo boss before. Not sure if anythings changed since then though
Kerapac isn't massable just to confirm.
Is 1-3 ppl also for hard mode or is that solo only
1-3 for both!
What are the player count capped at for both modes in the kerapac fight?
3 for both.
I prefer written announcements since they're much easier to understand for me. Considering how popular the TL;DWs are, I think a lot of other people do too.
We have something coming on Thursday that covers this plus added detail. Let us know what you think of it when it's out, would love your thoughts (including on timing vs the video!)
Can you guys share the different artworks seen in the video? I love them so much!
We'll look into doing this!
Will hard mode need a group or is it too early to speak on this?
It won't. For both, we recommend Solo.
Im a little confused on the wording, do the cannon/oldak/kinetic upgrades drop from the slayer monsters or have they got something else going for them like other uniques or xp or good drops? This exceeded my expectations tbh, might have to actually start grinding on the ironman to play it sooner rather than later.
The cannon upgrades drop from the Nodon Dragonkin slayer mobs. They also have a few drops relevant to some of the other Nodon Front content but we're leaving that for all of you to discover on day one.
Wonderful trailer, great job to all! Hyped to see it all 😃
I think that area is instanced, so it almost certainly won't be an issue
the dungeon will not be instanced
Hoping you can clarify on the post whether the cannon upgrade will be limited to 1 upgraded type at a time, or if you'll be able to upgrade all variants.
you will be able to upgrade all variants :)
New bone type? Dragonkin bones? Looks like Hardened/Reinforced but with black coloring
👀
Slayer requirement for kerapac?
No
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