This is no longer PvE solo friendly game. For the faction mission rewards this quest is just quick cancel and reroll for something else.
I am lvl60 player with decent gear, but killing little simon along with her mother or whoever that other ghost is literally impossible. Did any tester actually try this alone? How much health those two have? 50 bilion? I was killing those two for 15 minutes alone before giving up and canceling mission seeing I took about 10% of their health. I would be there another 50 minutes killing them before some PvP enemie would just gang me most likely.
Please cancel this game and do something else than MMO. You just ruined whole game with recent changes. Lvl35 elite boss shouldnt be as hard to kill as some lvl65s…
Why do you have to add in jabs like these 2 statements:
Did any tester actually try this alone?
Please cancel this game and do something else than MMO. You just ruined whole game with recent changes.
Lots of people add these things into their posts and I am always confused by it. If you actually want to be heard and give input actually give some constructive thoughts and have a discussion.
You were almost there with this post, let me help rephrase it:
I am lvl 60 player with decent gear and tried to complete a faction quest in Brightwood that wanted me to kill Little Simon. When I engaged in combat with Little Simon I was in little danger of dying; however, his health pool was massive. I was killing him for several minutes and I took out less than a quarter of his health. I don’t mind if the intent is to have a group to take on this target, but being level 60 against a 35 and only taking out a quarter of his hp over the span of at least several minutes seems a little excessive. As briefly mentioned, if the fight is meant to be hard and require a group I totally understand; however, I was never in any danger of dying and a massive health pool does not equate to difficulty in my opinion. Given that this quest is supposed to be doable by people in their 30’s I think Little Simon’s health pool should definitely be nerfed.
hopefully insert screenshot of where you got his health bar to
hopefully insert screenshot of the quest (done in original post)
BEST if a short video can be shared to show how the fight played out to fully show the point.
I mean it says (Elite) to let you know its a group mission so I don’t see your point.
Now there’s a mission in Weavers Fenn to go kill a lvl 40 bear thats not marked as Elite, I attempted it once and its hell, mostly i think its the stomps and bleeds that are impossible to stop.
Its kind of immersive but also kinda broken that the ghosts in that elite zone aren’t there during the day. The zone is easy aside from the boss in the house during the day and hella hard at night due to the ghosts.
That would be fine and dandy if we would have group supporting mechanics like quest sharing and group finder, yet we do not. Only people securely able to form a group are players from same family gaming together or friends.
These elite quests obviously are also meant for groups on level. As a capped player, you sort of expect being able to tackle group content 20 or 30 levels below you, and it does work with some, but not with others.
Most of the lower elite areas lie abandoned because there are not enough players looking to do the quests. The faction npcs generate quests randomly and refresh can change the quests, as far as I am aware. We wanted to make running the 3 daily faction quests a company feature, for the extra gold they give, set a time, be there, but you can not guarantee the quests are up, and no one wants to just hang around, and we can’t share quests, in case someone managed to grab the quests earlier.
Group content needs group supporting mechanics, which right now are lacking. That is an issue, all the more on lower pop servers, but it will also be a problem once the game has matured more, as new players will struggle to be able to do these quests, might as well then wipe them of the boards and the elites off the map along with it.
