2009-08-31, 01:10 PM
I too think 12 hours is a bit much. 3 hours is very possible, and any version would be able to beat it in that time. This group, while it's great that they beat him/her/it, (I wouldn't be able to sit for 5 hours straight holding a button.) had too much trouble. One of the ranged actually was doing 3k damage a hit every now and then, and PB alone took over 3 hours.
Though this means we can learn from them. PB alone, like others have instantly noticed, is more than half the fight and the toughest of them all, what with super knock-back and many other skills. What bothered me more than the time limit in this run was that all the major statues were nerfed. There was no insane damage that killed ranged in one hit. Ariel was supposed to do over 10k damage on some hits, and PB was to do over 20k. (If memory serves right.) It was why so many people die on this boss. (Besides lag and accidents.) But these bosses had all their major attacks just turned into 1/1 attacks. Heck, PB didn't even have his huge microphone attack.
In my honest opinion, the timer should be increased to 4 hours, not 12. This gives plenty of time to beat the boss to most groups in all versions. I picked 4 because it's enough time that it's not real stressful, and it also keeps groups that don't really know what they're doing and half of them stand around half of the time doing nothing from beating it and getting rewards for little work or challenge involved. Also might cut down on those trying to buy PB pendents.
But gratz to this group. Though next time they should pick better team mates that don't soft of abandon the team and hide in the far corner once Ariel and PB came around.
Though this means we can learn from them. PB alone, like others have instantly noticed, is more than half the fight and the toughest of them all, what with super knock-back and many other skills. What bothered me more than the time limit in this run was that all the major statues were nerfed. There was no insane damage that killed ranged in one hit. Ariel was supposed to do over 10k damage on some hits, and PB was to do over 20k. (If memory serves right.) It was why so many people die on this boss. (Besides lag and accidents.) But these bosses had all their major attacks just turned into 1/1 attacks. Heck, PB didn't even have his huge microphone attack.
In my honest opinion, the timer should be increased to 4 hours, not 12. This gives plenty of time to beat the boss to most groups in all versions. I picked 4 because it's enough time that it's not real stressful, and it also keeps groups that don't really know what they're doing and half of them stand around half of the time doing nothing from beating it and getting rewards for little work or challenge involved. Also might cut down on those trying to buy PB pendents.
But gratz to this group. Though next time they should pick better team mates that don't soft of abandon the team and hide in the far corner once Ariel and PB came around.