Mob density is out of control

[GoldenPants.1870]

5 hours ago, Alcatraznc.3869 said:

I guess you've never step foot in Arah

I mean technically the Risen are not dead, they are alive, kinda, undead dead, living dead ? Why is it even called undead?

[costepj.5120]

Or as Explorer Ank states: "Correction: were dead, then reanimated. Now dead again."

[GoldenPants.1870]

5 minutes ago, costepj.5120 said:

Or as Explorer Ank states: "Correction: were dead, then reanimated. Now dead again."

True that, still it does pose the question, why are they called un-dead if they are kinda dead but just reanimated by magic ? Wouldn’t living be called undead since they are not dead. 🤔

[Trondel.2508]

16 hours ago, Pifil.5193 said:

Surely peace is the ultimate endgame? Why else do we fight?

 

I mean, apart from loot and xp, that is.

Well, we only play for fashion, of course!

[Gibson.4036]

17 hours ago, Pifil.5193 said:

Surely peace is the ultimate endgame? Why else do we fight?

 

I mean, apart from loot and xp, that is.

To establish our legend?

To give Joko something to be smug about?

To give us a few minutes of calm to harvest this rutabaga, dang it!

[Svarty.8019]

9 hours ago, Alcatraznc.3869 said:

 

I guess you've never step foot in Arah

• -Mounts don't get CC'd.
• -They're giving everybody a shadowstep.

Edited December 11, 2021 by Svarty.8019

[Gibson.4036]

Thief shadow refuge for when you just don’t want to fight those mobs over a parsnip.

Or Mallyx purple circle of doom. Critters curious about your logging melt as they approach, and you can go on with your chop chop uninterrupted.
 

Condi Firebrand circle of flames. Same.

😄

Edited December 11, 2021 by Gibson.4036

[Naxos.2503]

On 12/10/2021 at 2:45 PM, Lynx.9058 said:

I've played a lot of MMO's, and this is honestly one of the first where I felt this way.  It seems like no matter where you go, at least in any of the endgame zones, you can't walk two feet without being attacked by something.

Really hope they tone this down for EoD because I'm getting a little tired of it -_-

I understand how that would be taxing, but this is very much by design : If you could waltz in there without problems, it would feel out of place and devoid of meaning. You're meant to struggle. In most of those maps though, you either have footholds with protected walls, or your task is to establish said foothold to push forward from them.

[LucianDK.8615]

Theres absolutely nothing wrong with mob densitiy. Play carefully.

[Kastylx.4657]

I'd like to explore every now and then instead of fighting my way thru the map but it is what it is i guess

[Vayne.8563]

4 hours ago, Kastylx.4657 said:

I'd like to explore every now and then instead of fighting my way thru the map but it is what it is i guess

 So how I manage to explore and kill stuff at the same time.  It is what it is, probably because you don't kill fast enough. Most of the native mobs in this game die pretty fast.  A good AOE build with the right setup allows you to do both.

Edit: There are zones and areas of zones where this doesn't really work but they're they exception not the rule. The Desolation for example is a rough zone to explore. But I don't have this problem in most zones.

Edited December 11, 2021 by Vayne.8563

[Kastylx.4657]

3 hours ago, Vayne.8563 said:

 So how I manage to explore and kill stuff at the same time.  It is what it is, probably because you don't kill fast enough. Most of the native mobs in this game die pretty fast.  A good AOE build with the right setup allows you to do both.

Edit: There are zones and areas of zones where this doesn't really work but they're they exception not the rule. The Desolation for example is a rough zone to explore. But I don't have this problem in most zones.

Umm, okey?

[Ryou.2398]

Yea hot was really annoying I think people complained about the lack of mobs in core and they uped it a bit to much, pof has been fine for me for the most part its not as bad as hot It probably could use a little toning down, mmos are not just about combat thats what many do not get here, allot of us come from mmos with fishing for example and other peaceful things to do in the open world.

[Ryou.2398]

3 hours ago, Vayne.8563 said:

 So how I manage to explore and kill stuff at the same time.  It is what it is, probably because you don't kill fast enough. Most of the native mobs in this game die pretty fast.  A good AOE build with the right setup allows you to do both.

Edit: There are zones and areas of zones where this doesn't really work but they're they exception not the rule. The Desolation for example is a rough zone to explore. But I don't have this problem in most zones.

While that is true there is a certain eb and flow when your having to constantly stop and fight while some may like it many do not.

[Vayne.8563]

10 minutes ago, Ryou.2398 said:

While that is true there is a certain eb and flow when your having to constantly stop and fight while some may like it many do not.

Which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the respawn rate.

[Orack.4825]

On 12/10/2021 at 8:05 PM, Katastroff.1045 said:

Never seen anything dead attacking me.

Joko and Zaithan would like a word with you

@OP : mob density is fine to me. Some location in PoF can feel overwhelming sometime, I can agree, but you can easily avoid them or clean them. If you want boring open world try ESO, beautiful but boring, plane and empty.

[Lynx.9058]

As an example, I was in desert highlands trying to get to a mastery point.  Got knocked off my mount, next thing I know I've got probably 10+ branded ogres beating my kitten.

Feels like there's a mob every 10 meters, and every one of those has a 20-30 meter aggro/leash range, and by the time you get done fighting one or more of them others have either respawned or patrolled into aggro range of you.  It's never ending.  I can't even mount up half the time because of this kitten.

[Ryou.2398]

5 hours ago, Vayne.8563 said:

Which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the respawn rate.

Ok?

[Nightcore.5621]

I have said the same also so many times No Matter where u go u always get attacked.. The fact u cant just walk around and enjoy the world with out bein attacked 24/7 really not joyable 

Edited December 12, 2021 by Nightcore.5621

[LSD.4673]

In WoW i could pull together a cluster of mobs and AOE them down.

In GW2 i can't get close to a 3rd before the first two deaggro and run off. 

 

What mob density?

[vanfrano.1325]

I noticed this was indeed over the top and especially annoying in PoF zones. If you can't check your map for five seconds without pretty much always being attacked despite the fact that you've just killed the mobs around you, there's something wrong.

[robertthebard.8150]

Ok, it's time to get my glasses prescription updated, because for some reason, I read this as "mob dentistry"...  #sucksgettingold  😐

[Ayakaru.6583]

Have you tried not picnicking in enemy territory?

[Gibson.4036]

12 hours ago, vanfrano.1325 said:

I noticed this was indeed over the top and especially annoying in PoF zones. If you can't check your map for five seconds without pretty much always being attacked despite the fact that you've just killed the mobs around you, there's something wrong.

Dastardly Forged. They have no honor, I tell you, attacking an enemy whose nose is in a map. Dirty pool, old chap!

Edited December 13, 2021 by Gibson.4036

[TwiceDead.1963]

On 12/11/2021 at 6:31 PM, Kastylx.4657 said:

I'd like to explore every now and then instead of fighting my way thru the map but it is what it is i guess

I like to fight my way through a map while exploring.

On 12/12/2021 at 2:07 AM, Ryou.2398 said:

Yea hot was really annoying I think people complained about the lack of mobs in core and they uped it a bit to much, pof has been fine for me for the most part its not as bad as hot It probably could use a little toning down, mmos are not just about combat thats what many do not get here, allot of us come from mmos with fishing for example and other peaceful things to do in the open world.

Don't you dare tone down HoT anymore than it already has been! 

I love that I can run through a map I have finished a million times and still get wrecked because I decided to not take that angry charging mushroom seriously!