So my group and I did a NM run the day the Academy Blessing came out. We got through the 1st two levels, and our WC timed out trying the 3rd, though we got real close a few times to taking it. Our fully buffed BRs going in were 115k, 101k, 99k, 98k. And being ToK NM was billed as 100k-120k BR, we felt we should compete with the first few levels - and we did.
Well, we tried again the next night (now that academy buffs had set in on the overnights) and found that the NM academy was impossible. We didn't even come close to beating the 1st NM level. Our damage being done was reduced by about half from the night before. The only explanation is that these enemies are being granted buffs from the academy overnights., and that completely throws off the power skew of ToK.
We went back and did Hard yesterday and found that we all needed to buff up to 100K+ BR (putting on WC and Pots) just to clear Hard 4, and Hard 5 took until we got lucky and drew no AoEs for the first two rounds against us. This is a group that averaged about a 105k BR last night. Prior to the Academy Blessing we didn't need WC in there and were running with BRs in the 80k-90k range.
I believe that this really needs to be looked into. If ToK is going to scale to the abilities of the top players represented within (incl Academy / Blessing buffs) then realistically there's no way anyone but the top players themselves would ever be able to scale to beat them. It's fairly demoralizing.
Well, we tried again the next night (now that academy buffs had set in on the overnights) and found that the NM academy was impossible. We didn't even come close to beating the 1st NM level. Our damage being done was reduced by about half from the night before. The only explanation is that these enemies are being granted buffs from the academy overnights., and that completely throws off the power skew of ToK.
We went back and did Hard yesterday and found that we all needed to buff up to 100K+ BR (putting on WC and Pots) just to clear Hard 4, and Hard 5 took until we got lucky and drew no AoEs for the first two rounds against us. This is a group that averaged about a 105k BR last night. Prior to the Academy Blessing we didn't need WC in there and were running with BRs in the 80k-90k range.
I believe that this really needs to be looked into. If ToK is going to scale to the abilities of the top players represented within (incl Academy / Blessing buffs) then realistically there's no way anyone but the top players themselves would ever be able to scale to beat them. It's fairly demoralizing.
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