Hmmm. Okay, not bad. It's a step in the right direction at least.
I wonder how they're going to make Keyes more doable? I personally think the main thing would be to get rid of that "pulse" or nerf it down to almost nothing so that squishies and defense-based characters don't have to stick like glue to a dedicated healer (or more than one). I accept a certain amount of DOT to a point. And that random DOT + whatever I'm fighting might knock me out at a bad moment. But for the pulse ITSELF to be able to wham me into oblivion all on its own with me just standing there doing nothing? No. That's never been acceptable. Not even close.
Almost all my 50s have problems with the system as it stands. C8 is total defense and speed based. He can stick to a healer, but then he can't really do much. If he strays to fight and the healer moves away, he's toast. Kara Skye is very squishy. I couldn't even get out of the hospital for more than 30 seconds at a time with her. Startracker Zero - same. The only one of my 50s that I think might have a chance to run around without being spam-healed constantly is Lily the Diamond. And I never have got around to running her through anything but the base Alpha stuff and I -think- I ran her through a BAF once. (Lora'Lai and Zmierzch are Kheldians. I -think- in theory they might be able to handle it in Dwarf-mode or shifting back and forth to do their multiple self-heals. But again - haven't gotten them past base Alpha content, so I can't be sure.)
If they'll just do something with that, the rest is probably doable. There are other things I could think of to change Keyes (make it more clear what and WHERE each objective is to a new player without the leader(s) of the trial having to do as much "herding of cats"). But that pulse is the big one.
I wonder how they're going to make Keyes more doable? I personally think the main thing would be to get rid of that "pulse" or nerf it down to almost nothing so that squishies and defense-based characters don't have to stick like glue to a dedicated healer (or more than one). I accept a certain amount of DOT to a point. And that random DOT + whatever I'm fighting might knock me out at a bad moment. But for the pulse ITSELF to be able to wham me into oblivion all on its own with me just standing there doing nothing? No. That's never been acceptable. Not even close.
Almost all my 50s have problems with the system as it stands. C8 is total defense and speed based. He can stick to a healer, but then he can't really do much. If he strays to fight and the healer moves away, he's toast. Kara Skye is very squishy. I couldn't even get out of the hospital for more than 30 seconds at a time with her. Startracker Zero - same. The only one of my 50s that I think might have a chance to run around without being spam-healed constantly is Lily the Diamond. And I never have got around to running her through anything but the base Alpha stuff and I -think- I ran her through a BAF once. (Lora'Lai and Zmierzch are Kheldians. I -think- in theory they might be able to handle it in Dwarf-mode or shifting back and forth to do their multiple self-heals. But again - haven't gotten them past base Alpha content, so I can't be sure.)
If they'll just do something with that, the rest is probably doable. There are other things I could think of to change Keyes (make it more clear what and WHERE each objective is to a new player without the leader(s) of the trial having to do as much "herding of cats"). But that pulse is the big one.