Besieged Update, May 15th

[Artsfalcon]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Ach... they should have had 3 zones for this.
With sysmessages if someone was captured something happened in the east, west or central zone.

That way, they could even have 1 of the zones with a special mob who places a condition on all mobs and players in the zone... like lvl 60 restriction, "DOT magicX2", "double damage for all", "Everyone Always at 300TP", lvl 5 restriction, " Magic uses no mp (but everyone gets +50% resist, and healing is capped at 30hp)"... Hmmm. while I'm wishing, can I have a pony? Oh. And world peace!

Anyway...


Putting it all in one zone is a server nightmare.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Question, guys, is there any set timer as to when Besieged occurs? I mean, I know I can check the menu to see that there is an attack going on, but do we know in advance? Is there any "real timer" on the web somewhere that tells us when the next expected attack is?

Anyway, I logged in today to find my first Beseiged, and didn't get any xp. I guess I have to actually engage the mob, or at least cast something on it? I just stood in the back and tossed out some cures to people who needed them. (Hey, as a level 50 RDM that's all I can really hope to do.)

Well, wait, I did cast Dispel on one ... I guess I'm not understanding the criteria for gaining experience when doing this, can someone fill me in? Thanks.

[Matera]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Nope, because progress is server dependant. Let's say, on one server, the trolls have 2 Archiac Mirrors, meaning they'd grow in strength more than a force with no mirrors.

Mirrors are considered monsters, so kill them and you stop the flow of that tribe for a while. And since they're monsters, they don't span across servers, and also are unpredictable (What time they get killed).

[UnnamedGalka]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

You have to complete at least the first two Aht Urgan missions and become a mercenary in order to reap the benefits of Beseiged.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

You have to complete at least the first two Aht Urgan missions and become a mercenary in order to reap the benefits of Beseiged.

Ohhhhh ... damn it. >.< Well, guess what I'm going to spend tonight doing?

Thanks a million.

[Artsfalcon]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

All in all, Besieged is a super way to have fun earning xp.
SE needs to implement more "mini-games" like this one were the stupid xp penalty is off and folks can have fun killing and being killed for a little bit of xp bonus.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

I just logged off after my first *real* Beseiged! Wow, that was the most fun thing ever. I'm definitely going to do that again. I wish they could do something about the lag, though. :/ Other than that, it was way fun.

[fastcart]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Another maintenance means another triple attack. I hope you guys are ready. ^^

[Caspian]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Why is it always when I'm at work? I swear, I just wanna go and see how bad I get my butt kicked. It just sounds like a lot of fun. Btw, is it not back up yet? They originally said it would be up like 50 minutes ago.

[sevenpointflaw]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Got to play around with participating in besieged in different places finally. I hung back in the main area, by where the home point used to be. Head west to the first tunnel. At the start it is blocked off, but eventually the mobs will break through.

I've found that fighting mobs just on the other side of, in that, and on the homepoint side of that tunnel is an awesome place to make a stand. In fact, I was on during JP peak this morning, doing back-to-back besieged just before the maintainance. 750 people in the zone and I was able to not only stand the lag, but do so with all of my filters off.

Didn't have any problems at all. To top it off, the lag was so managable there, I was actually able to do more than usual, and got about 200xp more than I normally do.

[DaSantis]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

I agree with sdillon; the random teleportation effect is brilliant. It scatters players and makes us react to battle conditions and really communicate with each other - often with complete strangers, in order to hold our defensive lines. I especially like the positive effect it has when you see people helping each other out even though they've never met and don't even speak the same language.

Icemage

Unless you're in there as a Bard... plain and simple, we're good ONLY if we're with our party members... and for Elegy/Requiem songs.

And trying to get through and finding all your party members to buff them with SOMETHING is pretty horrendous to do when it lags.

Of course, it's a catch 22... people should realize that Bards should be party engaging/disengaging to buff as many people as possible.

However, once the fight starts, NOBODY has time to get us into their party. Not to metion everyone goes 6-deep to start with in their parties, so there's absolutely NO space for us to get into the party to start with.

There should be some way for us Bards to go instantly into a party... (say something like Autogroup automatically accepts invites into a party.)

[Aksannyi]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Nothing sucks more than going through a triple Besieged with Empress Band up (left over from lame xp party), completing two out of the three attacks, and getting disconnected during the last one, only to be unable to log back in until the event was over. I was really trying to get the max out of my band. /cry.

Even with all the lag, I still have a lot of fun doing Besieged. The teamwork is just incredible.

[fastcart]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Yeah. I'm of the mind to never do besieged on Friday through Sunday again. Each time I went this weekend, there were 750ish people. All I could do was hope that PoL didn't crash. The game is just not designed to have that many ppl in a zone at once. I've crashed twice this week and it was after I did a lot of damage.

[sevenpointflaw]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Yeah, there's a server limit of 750 on the zone for sure. If you homepoint or DC while its at limit, oh well.

On another note, even 650 people is managable. I hang back by the door to the AC. Takes a few min, but I'm still getting more XP by waiting to join the fray. Happened the last six besieged now.

Today's was quite interesting... Did dynamis for the first time, then warped home and got back to back to besiged again; earned all my XP back plus the IS. I'm starting to understand why some people say the game doesn't even start until you reach endgame.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Besieged Update, May 15th

Yeah, I disconnected the other day, and I couldn't get back in until the Besieged was over. I was quite angered.