This is beyond words, instead of the communicated "nerf" they do the exact opposite for multiple times in a row now, and even buff the Mage Tower encounters.(The nerfs are like = "Reduced the size of Inquisitor Variss' Aura of Decay by 0.5 yards.". 0.5 yards. Wow, just wow. Better do a -5 movement speed also, that would complete the nerfs!)Activision is fortunate that their shareholders do not understand videogames, because if they would, they would immidietly know that the development is in obviously wrong hands.When i log into the game now all the people i see are ~85% only 2.6k rio score people, noone else left in the game. All the casuals, the majority left.I also cancelled my subscription after this mage tower fiasco, have fun playing with the rapidly shrinking playerbase :-]
Nerf the damn Mage tower Blizzard. 15 min fight on my WW monk with 500 dps is sooo stupid.
Ppl go to look for some overpowered items to do the stupid thing. They go and farm old raids and dungeons hoping to find some really strong weapon, trinket, enchant to help them with the Mage Tower.... Instead of fixing the scaling problem with your current gear (lack of stats and low dmg and healing), blizzard fix the scaling problem with the OP items. People wont go to look for OP items if their items work properly. It should not be better to use some BFA or Legion items instead of your mythic SOD gear!
No wonder Blizzard doesn't give a f**k. They are not gonna read through essays of people complaining about how MT is overtuned and also how people just need to git gut. Start giving constructive criticism. Stop asking for 7.3.5 nerfs. People on the opposite side of this argument should also stop saying everything is fine, because some challenges are seriously not fine. These MT wars are getting out of hand, many people are seriously dumb.
To be honest I don't remember so many infernals during the Kruul's first phase. Second phase is strange because I wiped twice on 5% after 5th annihilate cast. Dunno. I guess I have to farm some actual/old gear to get a lil bit more dps
after 168 attempts. I managed to complete "The Highlord's Return" Challenge on the 169th attempt. however, reducing the aura wasnt the issue. It was the health pool from both bosses. Especially Kruul. Its managable and Yes, I had done it with hodgepodge setup and consumables. all these 1%'ers have no clue as to how it was easier back when the mage tower first came out when you had your artifact weapon buffing you with alot of things and not to mention 2 legendaries. Netherlight Crucible didnt come until late in the mage tower cycle which made the tower alot easier for the casual players. with this iteration, we are now in week 2 and still blizzard is tweaking the tower. They dropped the ball really hard on this one. Yes, Its achievable with and without shadowlands gear. For those that complain that the Guardian druid challenge is still tough: There are videos of people doing it in straight greens, shadowland gear only AND 0 consumable other than lightless force. For those with that "get gud" mentality: get a life. The game wasnt created for you only and if youre complaining about challenges being nerfed, then this game is NOT for you. I heard the nonsense for the last 16 years. I got a challenge for you elitist pricks: Run Mythic SoD with green gear equipped, no enchants/gems and only your weapon and defeat all bosses. you must record the video with 0 editing and show proof of the kills...If you cant achieve that, then shut your traps and move on.
To be honest I don't remember so many infernals during the Kruul's first phase. Second phase is strange because I wiped twice on 5% after 5th annihilate cast. Dunno. I guess I have to farm some actual/old gear to get a lil bit more dps[/quoteI had to create a macro to pop berserk, drums and unbridled fury when phase 2 started. I used thrash and mangle the entire time berserk was up and incapped when the adds finished their aoe cast. You can avoid alot of the mess by staying around velen (not close, but enough to run to the orb when you need it.) I managed to go into phase 2 as the second infernal dropped. However, during that fight I only saw one up and running around. If you can gather the adds and cleave them off of kruul you should be good. You can be in close proximity of the ground slam and can side step it so that you dont get knocked back. I also roared when I had it to get off the green muck on the ground.
Still not enough. Annihilate needs to be really closely looked at tbh.
'fix too much people like play WOW'
It's so weird seeing lfr raiders feeling entitled to rewards for which they have to actually put the effort. They are not going to nerf this to the ground, they want it to be a challenge. These small adjustments for certain specs are fine but if you are a casual and you expect these nerfs will have any impact on you they won't. Go clear Tomb of Sargeras if you want easy to obtain recolors of mage tower transmogs and understand these are supposed to be a challenge.
Just got my tome so I could properly %^&* on Closing the Eye; p2 needs a very very small hp nerf. You shouldn't need the best consumables and (in my experience), at least 5 old world gems just to be able to hit the minimum dps treshold. Doing your rotation flawlessly just to have to fight for at least 5 seconds (mind you, it hits for a lot) on a full-of-void platform can't nor should be intended.
Oh wow, awful change to the twins. That pretty much ruins the conservative strat of killing Raest on shadow priest. It hardly felt like a cheese, there was still alot to manage and I failed it many times before I got the kill. Now you can't even do it anymore? That's terrible...
NERF GUARDIAN DRUID CHALLENGE
found new bugged for Reast , if Shadow Priest use minion on him he will run to you which ruin his position and can lead to us player out of range him instead of he out of range us during our kite
In the comment section of every post/article relating to the Mage Tower I see people calling for nerfs, pointing fingers at Blizzard and blaming the tuning and scaling for their shortcomings, and I see people complain about 'having to' farm old content gear or spend absurd amounts of gold to empower their character, stating that the challenges are impossible without it. You people are conceited. The problem is not with the scaling or tuning - you are the problem. Swallow your pride.You really don't need any of those things to complete the challenges. It's true that there are powerful items and consumables that trivialize many of the challenges, and this is a great shame. It minimizes the achievement and the feeling of accomplishment for a lot of people, but why this would be a problem for the people in these comment sections I don't understand. Most of you are not able to complete the challenges in the first place. But surely, if all you want is the transmog then this should be music to your ears. Simply rock up to Archmage Timear at The Violet Hold in Dalaran, queue up and spend an hour or two running through all of the Legion LFRs, and return to the Mage Tower with your newfound powers. Or better yet, spend half an hour farming some Mists of Pandaria profession materials and have someone craft a set of dreadful gear for you. You can exchange marks of honor for shoulder enchants and gems at the old pvp vendors in Stormwind/Orgrimmar, so you don't even have to spend any gold. Congratulations, you now have a fantastic looking transmog set.Large amounts of people have been able to complete these challenges, with and without legacy gear and consumables. Personally I've completed at least one challenge for every class, most of them in my unsocketed shadowlands pvp gear, some with my medallion and battlemaster trinkets still equipped.If you people wanted a challenge, you'd be in there butting heads with the bosses of the towers right now, instead of wasting your time complaining and shifting the blame to shield you from the reality that the problem is just your lack of skill. But I think a lot of people fundamentally missunderstand what the Mage Tower is about. It's meant to be difficult, and it's meant to be a challenge you have to work hard to overcome. As far as I understand, it was never intended to be something that average Joe could complete with ease, just because he happened to be a fan of the cosmetic rewards. Why do people feel entitled to these things?To all the people out there who are enjoying the challenge of the mage tower and are working hard to complete it, I wish you the best of luck.Happy holidays everyone.