Mercy Mission and A Dirty Job
" OK, I didnt know this. Guess I was just unlucky with crits because he hit me 5 times and during that time I didnt move at all, so my guess was that he can keep me forzen forever. @Others you should really learn how to read. No where did I say it was OP or imbalanced I was commenting the constantly being frozen issue. All you had to say is that it freezes only on crits and that I was simply unlucky, nothing more. learn to read whole posts and not just first word and than imagine how the rest of the post goes. As for the 2nd issue its still annoying and shouldnt be in game. Trespassers will be shot survivors will be shot again!
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Please stop using the word 'retard' in this manner. Thank you. :)
__ Hailrake's a prick. An honest-to-God prick. But that first death to Hailrake is your wake-up call. It is very clearly intended to be such, and that's why it's a side-quest even though it's the only quest you're given at first. Perhaps the game should give you the mud flats/glyph quest at the same time. I can discuss this with the devs. If I like a game, it'll either be amazing later or awful forever. There's no in-between.
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No problem :)
Trespassers will be shot survivors will be shot again!
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I have to kind of agree with the OP and the main complaint is that Hailrake usually fires the LMP Ice Spear from way off screen. It's not like you see him cast it and fail to dodge in time. They usually come out of nowhere, and freeze you, which can be frustrating for a new player who spent a total of 20 minutes playing PoE.
We're talking OB newbie masses here, not seasoned players. Last edited by buralien#0023 on Nov 29, 2012, 10:50:41 AM
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There is going to be a lot that comes out of no where as far as new players are concerned. The first one OB players are gonna hit will be Hailrake(lots of he just froze me and raped me). Then we have Chatters, Brutus, Flicker mobs, etc. Now if they start in Default there is no penalty for dying and as long as they try and adapt to the fight, instead of slamming themselves against it and getting pissed, they should get past it(again you can skip them) and learn the mechanics.
Beyond_Bow_BobMKIII Level 80 Tornado Shot Scion
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Compared to (most of) the other, later enemies that use 'ranged' attacks from far/offscreen, Hailrake is less of a big issue - he will only surprise you at your first attempt. If you know what you have to expect, you can avoid being frozen: the ground area around him has that grey/blue shine of coldness; I notice this before I see him onscreen and mostly even before he shoots at me. And the other thing is, the projectiles are somewhat slow (compared to Brutus' attacks), let you be able to manually dodge them, and this did not force you to hide behind rocks/things that also block your attacks (if you're ranged) - much different to merveils room, as another example...
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Just pointing out that hailrake is no miniboss. He's a quest boss.
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" To me, the difference is that you face Hailrake almost naked. Typically, you will be level 3 with maybe couple of magic items. There is no reasonable way to expect a new player to have some cold resists by that point, not to mention notice the blue aura. By the time you face Brutus or Merveil, you already had some chance to get geared. To be honest, the necromancer/mage combination in prison levels is much more frustrating then Brutus has ever been. |
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Hailrakes ridiculousness is offset by the fact that it's SO early in the game that you only lose a few minutes of progress from the death anyway.
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Maybe the problem is, correct me if I'm wrong, is that Mercy Mission is the first quest you get.
I didn't know this was a side quest because usually in game first mission is the one to get things started on your adventure. Trespassers will be shot survivors will be shot again!
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