Bromious wrote:
I keep seeing everyone calling this a nerf. I don't think it's a nerf, it's a fix. I can't imagine it was working properly considering I was able to duo (with 32 Fury) a level 39 redder than hell solo mob. Now after the patch I wouldn't even think about tanking for that kind of encounter. I don't think I as a Ranger was ever meant to tank, tank is really the wrong word, I should say Avoid. We weren't able to tank pre-patch, we were able to avoid incredibly well.
Has it been more challenging to solo after the patch? Absolutely, it has forced me to refine my solo tactics a little more. I'll break it down like this so far in my experience:
Green Solo mobs: Still cake, if you have a problem with green solo's it's a tactics problem or a problem with the mob being overpowered.
Blue Solo mobs: A little tougher but still easily soloable, can get away with a couple mistakes.
White Solo Mobs: Time to start paying attention, a tough fight but still a win for the good team, can maybe get away with a mistake if you have the nerve to stick around if your health gets into the teens.
Yellow Solo Mobs: You better have a [FaarNerfed!] near perfect fight, pull tactics, debuffs on inc etc, using snare when you can for bow shots and so forth, very tiny room for error.
Orange Solo Mobs: You might get lucky.
Red: Debt can suck.
Group mobs: They're meant for groups , pretty easy to understand.
This is of course all subjective and my experience with soloing since patch, is it any less fun for me? No, I still enjoy the game a lot. That being said about 75% of my time is spent grouping. This is all of course based on my current level and most of level 32. I know there a ton of variables involved and don't pretend to know them. I would consider myself an average player as well, certainly not the best but not the worst (have experienced this one first hand).
Just my 2cp worth, nothing more than a [Removed for Content] of wisdom on the toilet paper of life.
Gretz
33 Ranger
32 Provisioner
Bravo , I agree 100% , I can still solo 3 green (No ^) group mobs , so I feel lucky. I wish people would stop complaining, solo solo mobs.