Halure.2571 Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) UPDATE 2: this might have just been fixed? we'll see: "Avatar of Regret's Crushing Regret attack now properly limits the number of players targeted when fewer players are within range." UPDATE: a guildy of mine has been testing it. EVERY green circle needs to have 3 people in it. if 1 green circle doesnt have enough, everyone gets hit, same as some raid mechanics. this may or may not still be buggy, but they had consistent results surviving green circles with this method (they had a group of 10 players testing this i think? they said they were gonna bring their raid static but i wasnt around when they tested).this should not be an open world mechanic if the mechanic is not going to scale to the amount of people at the event. hello! a ton of champions are spawning green circles that players need to stack into. the issue is that on non-meta events, players often want to do these events with only 5 or so people. we were doing the champ event at [Farisan Village] with 5 people and 3 green circles spawned on us over and over. We got to the point we all had perma red-down status, therefore every green circle was a DEATH. mobs shouldn't be spawning green circles if theres not enough players in combat with the enemy, and the # of circles needs to scale as well. why are 3 green circles spawning with only 5 players? Edited August 25, 2023 by Halure.2571 new information 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I think the confusion is that the mechanic isn’t to stack, but to run away and hide from line of sight. I get zero damage that way. Staying close or stacking just insta downed me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoid.2568 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, Randulf.7614 said: I think the confusion is that the mechanic isn’t to stack, but to run away and hide from line of sight. I get zero damage that way. Staying close or stacking just insta downed me You should split and stack at least 3 for every green circle. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halure.2571 Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Randulf.7614 said: I think the confusion is that the mechanic isn’t to stack, but to run away and hide from line of sight. I get zero damage that way. Staying close or stacking just insta downed me stacking is most certainly the mechanic. maybe line of sight blocks it, but the indicator is the stacking indicator that has existed since AT LEAST 2015 (vale guardian raid boss is a key example) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Halure.2571 said: stacking is most certainly the mechanic. maybe line of sight blocks it, but the indicator is the stacking indicator that has existed since AT LEAST 2015 (vale guardian raid boss is a key example) That’s the mechanic elsewhere I agree, but it would appear not to work here. Every group using stacking fails that I ve been in.whether los is a bug or that they have changed the mechanic here I don’t know, but it appears to be what works 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nano.6435 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Yeah, they don't work as expected. Stacking doesn't appear to do anything, and if it does it doesn't scale properly. Doing events with only 3-4 people is frustrating because everyone in the circle just gets downed instantly. This isn't a raid or strike where you always have a fixed amount of people available. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manasa Devi.7958 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 When I got my first green circle, I ran to some other (non-circled) players to stack. The result was 4 downed people instead of just me. Similar experiences since then. Definitely not working as expected. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quench.7091 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Maybe the key is to hunker down with protection and an insane amount of barrier? Scrappers! That's it! Everyone! Res eachother with function gyros after face sponging damage with barriers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crepuscular.9047 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 10 hours ago, Zoid.2568 said: You should split and stack at least 3 for every green circle. apparently not, i moved my self into a group of 5+ still get blown up with multiple down states the combat log says taken 14k+ from Shared Destruction also, it seems like only you can see it, I couldn't see others' green circle; unless it's programmed only party / squad members can see each other's green circles(?) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perilisk.1874 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I can confirm that breaking LOS works to prevent green circle damage. Depending on where you fight, this might be easier than getting out of range. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Ant.1605 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) i think whats weird is that the mechanic hits people outside the green, which really doesnt translate well when you have 3 of them (greens will hit other nearby greens). it doesnt make any more sense when stacking greens inevitably means you get hit by the mechanic 3 times, which means you need a fairly sizeable group to simply survive the hit in this case the best strategy really is for greens to flee from the fight, to avoid blowing anyone other than themselves up Edited August 25, 2023 by Noodle Ant.1605 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I expect this to be a bug and hope it will get fixed soon. Perhaps it was intended to give you red circles instead? 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razadune.9260 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 21 hours ago, Halure.2571 said: the issue is that on non-meta events, players often want to do these events with only 5 or so people. Or less. I see people running rifts but of the few champions I've taken down each has been with 3 or less people. The green circles with no explanation as to what they are and no way to avoid them one shot killing you seems to have contributed to many people avoiding them and just not doing these fights at all. And I don't blame them. I don't do raids or strikes so the only other place in the game that I can think of that I've run into the mechanic is Drakkar, and most people don't even do the mechanic there. There's going to be a lot of players that have no idea what those green circles are even supposed to mean. Although, I'm not even sure I know what to do, since stacking doesn't exactly work anyway and you just die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuitnerd.5863 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 It definitely isn't consistent whatever it's supposed to be. I've seen people stack on it and get downed. I've also seen the opposite where people stack on it and not get downed. I've had it where it does very little damage to me and other times where it does tons. And it didn't seem to matter if there were people with me or not. I'd be surprised if it's a line of sight thing considering there's usually nothing to get behind for cover in time. To me it just feels bugged honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halure.2571 Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) UPDATE: a guildy of mine has been testing it. they took their static raid group with them to do testing LOL EVERY green circle needs to have 3 people in it. if 1 green circle doesnt have enough, everyone gets hit. same as raid mechanics. i wasnt there for this, but this is what they insist got them to survive the green circles. which, if true, is even worse and needs to be changed IMO. Edited August 25, 2023 by Halure.2571 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halure.2571 Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 11 hours ago, crepuscular.9047 said: apparently not, i moved my self into a group of 5+ still get blown up with multiple down states the combat log says taken 14k+ from Shared Destruction also, it seems like only you can see it, I couldn't see others' green circle; unless it's programmed only party / squad members can see each other's green circles(?) a guildy seemed to have the same issue. you need to have other player effects on or SOMETHING LIKE THAT don't quote me, to be able to see others green circles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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