I liked the walk under at kerapac. Save 15k dps and don’t take damage by dealing with a mechanic in a way that isn’t just dps. Should be more mechanics that are like that!
I agree that it is definitely a mechanic of sorts we can use for future bosses so there are learnings from this, but deep down I knew that it was an unintended way of dealing with the mechanic so made the move to fix it.
Do you think you look at how the "i will tear right through you." mechanic works?
By fixing the it you have essentially made melee unviable to use at the boss because you arnt able to attack kerapac from the edge of the arena because you cant lure him close enough to the edge and attack him at the same time.
The jump mechanic makes you need to surge arround making it very hard to position kerapac near an edge on the final jump while also dodging it.
This also discourages moving during the lightning phase incase you move kerapac away from theedge leaving the only option to use a turteling cade.
My suggestion isnt to put the rift all the way to the edge which disproportionately effects melee players but a set distance behind the character with it being capped out at the edge.
This would still reward edge placrment but also wouldn't be the end of the world if you were melee either.
No offence but i doubt i will be going back to this boss until somthing is done to make it viable to melee again.
I could do something similar to pads at Solak, where catching the pad resets your bladed dive/barge so you can get back to the fight quicker? How would a change like that sound for melee?
Melee is difficult one due to the nature of melee distance limitations.
Finally. Lets hope this is enough to bring the prices of pages down. Is the cluster of pages a drop from Solak, the Grove Creatures, or both?
Just Solak
It seems like the meta for range and magic for this mechanic would be to trap the tear in between Kerapac and the wall so it remains close by and then just AoE it so you don't have to waste any extra time killing it. If instead the tear just travelled to where the player is this would make it viable for all styles to manage it's placement.
I don't mind the meta that has surfaced for Ranged/Mage to just stack on top of each other.
But, as with every boss I get the pleasure of working on, I take big learnings from each and you best believe you'll get punished for stacking up in the future ;)
Mod Ramen is a fool.
Thanks?
Are you able to get an official drop with the cluster of pages such as Erethdors Grimoire and The Page Cluster? Such as Mushroom and Grim etc etc.
Yes
Can we make the pages last 1 hour now?
no?
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