90s Hauntlet Achievement > 200M Gear

[Jellowpy]

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StS i hope you are reading these kind of comments..

[gundamsone]

If STS can check the prices on hauntlet eggs, they've gone up tremendously with shilo costing over 200k+ now.
Reason being PUG games can't even get under the 2:30s requirement for the coin.

[chitgoks]

yes, maps were scaled when new cap is raised.

except hauntlet.

i believe this was sts' solution to disappoint leechers from just idling waiting to collecting the hauntlet coin. i still play hauntlet and die sometimes but the leechers are gone. i encountered like 2 only since nordr maps came out

this was their easiest solution change to discourage leechers rather than force players to at least have to be in somewhere near the finish line or something which requires more coding.

... i think

[Haligali]

At least you can sell your lvl15 gears at high price.

[Norris Neo Dicaprio]

it easy to me..

[Chaim Nail]

yes, maps were scaled when new cap is raised.

except hauntlet.

i believe this was sts' solution to disappoint leechers from just idling waiting to collecting the hauntlet coin. i still play hauntlet and die sometimes but the leechers are gone. i encountered like 2 only since nordr maps came out

this was their easiest solution change to discourage leechers rather than force players to at least have to be in somewhere near the finish line or something which requires more coding.

... i think

If that really was their intention they should have engineered it somehow so that unless you actually partake in the fighting you don't get the reward.


I just tried doing a run, 1 dropped out at the beginning leaving us 3 warriors, ok so the other lvl31 warrior had literally half the Damage & DPS I did but it took almost 5 minutes to complete, and I had to go through a slew of potions - for crying out loud, before they screwed up the Hauntlet difficulty I could easily solo it in less than 3 minutes!

[Y O L O]

wow.i got my title in season 1 on warrior and season 2 with pros that quit

[Jexetta]

I absolutely agree with the post and appreciate the amount of information & work you put into the post Love. Unfortunately, it's been brought up before when Nordr first came out and nothing changed. I don't see the game mechanics and difficulty of hauntlet changing until the next season. The reason I don't see it changing is because of the current leaderboard standings and people seeing it as unfair that suddenly the methods of achieving a leaderboard position has changed. Onestrike above is right in that there are certain methods to running the hauntlet quicker - but there is no reason why a group of level 15 & 16's should have a much easier time in getting records on runs.

The original post when Nordr first came out questioning the hauntlet was skewed more towards people wondering what exactly happened with the hauntlet as many used to use it for grinding experience - good luck trying that anymore. Iirc Samhayne suggested / emphasized that hauntlet should be elite and difficult for anyone to get the 90 second achievement and that it was never intended to be easy. I think the original post above indicates how difficult it is and really does a good job at questioning why would it ever be easier at a lower level.

I've helped several guild members and friends get the haunted title a month + ago in crate armor, it can be done. Unfortunately after several runs you usually end up growing frustrated and grabbing elixers in order to scrap the few last seconds off.

Here is a youtube video of 3 of us doing it all in mostly crate gear - though for this run we ended up all running elixers :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRq8efwCt5k

[Taejo]

I agree to this thread. My warrior may never see the 90 second Hauntlet achievement. I have wasted plat, time (to include my friends' time) and energy on this. I thought the free respec weekend would be *perfect* opportunity to accomplish this. My dreams were crushed -_-

Bottom line from my perspective is, I shouldn't have to go make friends with 3 "hook rogues" etc to accomplish this as a warrior.

If STS can check the prices on hauntlet eggs, they've gone up tremendously with shilo costing over 200k+ now.
Reason being PUG games can't even get under the 2:30s requirement for the coin.

It's actually 3:30, but yes this is very much the reality of it.

[Jellowpy]

^
This..

[Killingsworth]

As a level 31, somewhat respectably geared warrior, I second this. Since the Nordr expansion, I feel as if any shred of hope I had for completing the Haunted Achievement has escaped me. After reading Love's plea for change after 30+ runs in the absolute best in-game gear, my feeling is that I will never have the opportunity to cross that achievement off my list as an endgame warrior. My vote is for change!

[Chauakai]

hhhmmmmm.. ehhh....its not hard.. There is a specific strategy in there.. in the last time run LB event me and my team got it for 1 min and 21 secs as first (1), then 1 min 22 (2), 1 min 23 (3), 1 min 24 (4)..1 min 25 (5). before the twinks dominated our 1st to 5th rank LB.. i don't have the screenshot but i guess that time a lot of people see that and my team is not all Top Gear btw...

Our first try after i (solo) analyze the map and told my friends the plan.. we did it in 1 min and 27 secs. 200m Gears help but strategy is more important..

2 rouges (Onestikedead, Chennz)
1 mage ( Demoniya)
1 Warrior (Alvinwu)

also, in that event i run with a team who doesn't have a full top gear (50/50) and we dominated crypts and tombs.. as our strategy is not to touch same team with same members we did not get all cause we looking into winning the prizes (random 5 teams per map and so we counted the team is more or less 5-6 same teams, which means 100% we won already) and i'm the only rouge on our team.

Congrats on your achievement! Now you state it is possible to get 90 sec achieve without having top gear. I know for a fact that you have Arcane Blackbeard Hooks and Alvinwu has Arcane Hammer (Maul of Olerus). Those are the best you can get! I am a member of your guild (Photomac, lvl 31 Rogue). I am sure that those arcane weapons really helped you get your 90 sec time.

[wowdah]

With a good team I can get 1:23 with hauntlet. However, the scale is a bit too much for l31

[vholt]

I know Devs prefer monsters being "harder" at endgame for harder leveling purposes, so how about buffing the monster difficulty at certain twink levels.
I'm asking devs to please look into this and even try it themselves to see if this requires a change.

Awe but that doesnt serve justice to the endgamers. It doesn't solve the [Hauntlet] Achievement > 200M problem, and just brings twinks & newbies up to the level playing field of find it near impossible to get the achievement. I think hauntlet should be easier on endgamers, not harder on lower levels.

[Kuazzae]

The Hauntlet is dead to me.

Before they made Hauntlet harder it was one of practically guaranteed places where you could do PUG runs with a full party and get something out of it (luck elixir runs & Hauntlet coins) but now it's just not worth it in terms of having to drink so many potions to get through it.

I never managed to get the Haunted title before the difficulty increased and now I have no hope, it sucks.

I've gave up on that title... I've earned Shiloh... so i don't plan on runing the Hauntlet anytime soon.

[Temarichan]

I'm glad other people agrees that the getting the hauntlet title at the endgame is difficult to get (-•_•)-

It took me hours of tactical thinking with my team to get it.

I feel terrible not getting the achievement earlier when it was easier ==;

[Zeus]

Agreed!

I still can't get the achievement on my geared out rogue...

[gundamsone]

party me :P

[Azepeiete]

I can help ya, did that with a warrior too, unmaxed. Took 2 tries.

And I paid 1.2m for my l15 set, tyvm

[cindersx]

Maybe you guys didn't get 90s or below because of the skills you are using.. Or the second option which is your strategy.