Riftbreaker Construct needs balance

The area of effect damage does WAY too much.
On Atlantic, where there's actually a population of players, it's nearly impossible to avoid given the LAG that it causes. The 5 seconds ends up being about 1-2 seconds of running because moving is like molasses it causes so much lag. At times, it's impossible to get away from the area damage from either lag or amount of players.

@Kyronix ; @Parallax

Your problems are specific to a crowded shard, the only crowded shard afaik. That's no reason to gimp a boss that's perfectly fine as is for everyone else.

ChumboWumbo said:

Your problems are specific to a crowded shard, the only crowded shard afaik. That's no reason to gimp a boss that's perfectly fine as is for everyone else.

Games are balanced for the majority of players, not the dead minority. Sorry, you must be new, because that's every game in existence. Even competitive games are balanced for the vast majority of players, not the competitive minority or the low skill level minority. Make sense, balance for the 95% of players? Derp herp derp. Braindead takes on these forums are insane these days.

I do the LS and Atlantic ones 5pm and 10pm.  Both shards manage to them.  Oddly I've only seen the tree and automatron.  

The players on Atlantic will res you pretty quickly.

Pawain said:

I do the LS and Atlantic ones 5pm and 10pm.  Both shards manage to them.  Oddly I've only seen the tree and automatron.  

The players on Atlantic will res you pretty quickly.

LS had the tentacled beast this afternoon.

username said:

The area of effect damage does WAY too much.
On Atlantic, where there's actually a population of players, it's nearly impossible to avoid given the LAG that it causes. The 5 seconds ends up being about 1-2 seconds of running because moving is like molasses it causes so much lag. At times, it's impossible to get away from the area damage from either lag or amount of players.

My appologies.  On Atl right now there's a bazillion players, we drew him, we are just dying over and over.  Has not been so crowded the other times.  It's kinda fun but expensive.

 😂  I guess I lost enough HP to get the satchel tho. 😂  

I got a 10 second lag alone by the healer when I got the satchel msg.

Pawain said:

My appologies.  On Atl right now there's a bazillion players, we drew him, we are just dying over and over.  Has not been so crowded the other times.  It's kinda fun but expensive.

 😂  I guess I lost enough HP to get the satchel tho. 😂  

I got a 10 second lag alone by the healer when I got the satchel msg.

Yes, it was awful. I was locked up for at least 20s upon it spawning and then again shortly after  for 10s. The server doesn't seem to be able to keep up with the spam @Kyronix @Parallax PLEASE fix the robot

@Community Manager  Yes, when Riftbreaker is on Atl with a large crowd everyone just dies over and over and horrible lag.  Smaller crowd not so bad.

This lag is not Just EC,  I'm on CC.   I'm ok with the 2 second lag at each commanders death, and at the Bosses death.  But the rift guy really makes a lot of lag.  Maybe all the dead bodies.  It's not like we can run to cause it.

Pawain said:

This lag is not Just EC,  I'm on CC.   I'm ok with the 2 second lag at each commanders death, and at the Bosses death.  But the rift guy really makes a lot of lag.  Maybe all the dead bodies.  It's not like we can run to cause it.

Just did Phase 3 and another Riftbreaker on Atl.

Lots of players!!!



5 seconds after it started,  I'm no where near him.


Constant view at the healer.



My dead pet was in a house.

I never saw the boss after I clicked him for the bar.

Got a Bag o Goodies tho.

I play ATL and while the construct can be frustrating due to players kind of griefing each other by running near someone (only worried about their own health) to kill them; I don't think it needs any major change simply because ATL is just so crowded. 

The only small tweak I'd recommend is to one of two things.
1) Have the energy circles have a certain range (similar to Anok's energy voids) rather than unlimited range. There have been a few times where I have died and either been rezzed down by the bridge or have been running back from the healer and get taken out again because 2-3 people are running by. I think 10+ screens seems a little far to suddenly receive damage.

2) Leave the range the way it is but decrease the damage the further off screen from the Rift Construct; ie if I'm 10 screens away the damage is only 1hp versus if I'm on screen it's the usual 25-35hp

I didn't know about the healer in mistas the first time I did a crowded Atlantic.  I went to the other one.  I was returning and got hit by the area attack at the catapults, took me to 12 hit points from max.

It's annoying but I got a drop.  Next time he appears in a crowd, I'm just going to tell the pet to guard, then die and not res until it's over and see if I get a drop.

I just did Atlantic with the Riftbreaker. My archer shot off 5 arrows and I died. By the time I rezed, the Boss died and I got a Goodie bag.

On Atlantic now.  2 seconds after he pops.

I'm just gonna res and see if I get a bag.

Yup a 5 second pause and a bag.

Also seems like I get more drops there, just fought the Commanders and the boss, did get the bag of 5 drops.  I got 65 total.  And a big piece of Scorched Rubble.

Pawain said:

Just did Phase 3 and another Riftbreaker on Atl.

Lots of players!!!

Not wanting to be too harsh, but maybe ATL might re-think their tactics for this mob, because that looks like suicide by EV to my eyes.
Pets, you can call back, or even mount and run with, to mitigate the damage, but EVs go where they will.

@Petra_Fyde - The EVs aren't the problem as they aggro on the rift construct and pretty much blow up near him. The issue is when a player is hitting the construct and they get the number above their head; instead of trying to pile up, everyone runs away as far/fast they can and inevitably that "death ring" pops around them after 5 seconds wherever they are. The pic above was taken at the center of Mistas....I've died from the "death ring" far south near the bridge to the healers (where the 2 towers are). 

What usually happens for me is that I move like 4 steps away (trying to stack with someone) and precast heal... then the person I'm stacked with either gets spooked or a stack of garg throwers/etc run by and I'm hit with my own initial small damage AND their "death ring". Usually it's a death robe at that point unless it's just a single person.

Like I said, it's frustrating for sure and I'd love to see a range limit on that damage, but ATL is still killing the construct and I'm still getting a satchel even with minimal hits and/or maximum death robes.

I don't see numbers above my head on Atlantic, when the crowd is large, there is a 2 second lag and everyone dies.  I was standing off screen in the last picture, I knew the event began because all of us in that area died.  Non of us attacked it from that far away.  I ran over to the middle and pulled up his bar and took the picture.

But I get a bag.  Like I said,  I'm just going to die and stand at the healer and I'll know it ended when I get the bag.  This is the 4th time in a row that Atlantic got rift guy while I was there.

When it starts on Atlantic the only tactic when it is him is to go to the healer over and over.

The crowd was smaller the first few days, this wasn't so bad.

Pawain said:

LMFAO. Glorious. When i saw his mechanics on NL, i drooled at the thought of what it would do on Atlantic. I nicknamed him the "Botbreaker Construct" and the "Ender of Multiboxers".  😂

I really like this boss, probably one of the funnest times I've had fighting a boss in UO even if it means me dying a couple times. I hope they wouldn't nerf it. The only way to make this fight funner is spawning 2 or 3 more Riftbreakers at the same time.

Potgut said:

I really like this boss, probably one of the funnest times I've had fighting a boss in UO even if it means me dying a couple times. I hope they wouldn't nerf it. The only way to make this fight funner is spawning 2 or 3 more Riftbreakers at the same time.

Every time it's hit it should splinter off 5 little riftbreakers

Potgut said:

I really like this boss, probably one of the funnest times I've had fighting a boss in UO even if it means me dying a couple times. I hope they wouldn't nerf it. The only way to make this fight funner is spawning 2 or 3 more Riftbreakers at the same time.

Yeah, it’s growing on me.  It’s hilarious at times, and yeah, it’ll be a long time before I see “Lord” again, but seeing everybody doing their best Monty Python “RUN AWAY RUN AWAY” impressions when the timer kicks in gives me a chuckle.  

Potgut said:

I really like this boss, probably one of the funnest times I've had fighting a boss in UO even if it means me dying a couple times. I hope they wouldn't nerf it. The only way to make this fight funner is spawning 2 or 3 more Riftbreakers at the same time.

I'm not necessarily asking for a nerf, but if that's the result so be it. I, in fact, don't really mind the mechanic. The problem is that the game LAGS FOR 20 SECONDS at times making it IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID OR DEAL WITH THE MECHANIC. So, if the solution was somehow making it less laggy, that's about all I'm asking for. Alternatively, reducing the spam damage it does to people to reduce server lag is another option.

Okay, even though Lake Superior keeps rocking the event several times a day with a lot of players, it feels like we are being punished for something we've done, because the Construct keeps turning up multiple times a day.

I chuckled at the idea of the Benny Hill theme/Yakety Sax playing as we all ran away from the Construct and then ran away from each other, but now I believe that the Construct was placed in the game to make sure a lot of us will not see our Lady or Lord titles again until September.

Riftborne Monstrosity is not one of the bosses of Mistas, it's the Mawlings that are the bosses of Mistas.