Arkfalls: Do not kill the Skitterlings!

Several major Arkfall failures later and i've decided enough is enough!

For all those who do not know or are unaware, please do not kill the skitterlings in Arkfalls, the skitts attack the crystals opening gaps in the rock that apply damage bonuses!

Kill the warriors and archers and matriachs by all means, but spare the tiny little skitts and you'll notice things will move along a lot quicker and with less hassle!

Let's hope this sinks in, though i'm guessing most console players will have never seen a game forum! :P

Never failed an arkfall and i say KILL EVERYTHING!!!!!

Never understood why they do that... but i understand its such a pain when your just sprinting the crystal and your like da hell wheres the.... ooh great i know haha

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Originally Posted by Scarabrae

Several major Arkfall failures later and i've decided enough is enough!

For all those who do not know or are unaware, please do not kill the skitterlings in Arkfalls, the skitts attack the crystals opening gaps in the rock that apply damage bonuses!

Kill the warriors and archers and matriachs by all means, but spare the tiny little skitts and you'll notice things will move along a lot quicker and with less hassle!

Let's hope this sinks in, though i'm guessing most console players will have never seen a game forum! :P

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whilst in the beta a drove around them with a car killing everything :( *hangs head in shame*
dont do it now though dont worry :)

my role is to kill the archers/blastpods whilst looking at crystal shooting the openings also reviving people if they need it :)

The thing is, your ego even shouts at you during the arkfall telling you that the little ones bite opens up holes which allows massive dmg. The problem is people either don't listen, or just wanna shoot stuff!

Can't say I've failed one because of it, but it certainly takes longer.

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Originally Posted by SensaiDoom

The thing is, your ego even shouts at you during the arkfall telling you that the little ones bite opens up holes which allows massive dmg. The problem is people either don't listen, or just wanna shoot stuff!

Can't say I've failed one because of it, but it certainly takes longer.

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this but sometimes the ego doesn't say anything seems to go mute now and then lol also the chat box could be better illuminated so you can see it alot more clearer.

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Originally Posted by Elastik Spastik

Never failed an arkfall and i say KILL EVERYTHING!!!!!

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I am with you

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Originally Posted by SensaiDoom

The thing is, your ego even shouts at you during the arkfall telling you that the little ones bite opens up holes which allows massive dmg. The problem is people either don't listen, or just wanna shoot stuff!

Can't say I've failed one because of it, but it certainly takes longer.

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It certainly takes a lot longer!

I'm going to assume a lot of players play with a different soundtrack or are just plain ignorant, (see above) the difference it makes in removing the Arkfalls is monumental. I actually came across a group of players "killing everything" and in chat one of them was saying "How do we kill these things" add in scrubs driving their awful pre-order boy racer cars in circles around the crystals mowing down everything...well! You get the picture!

:D

If I'm not mistaken there is one variant of Arkfall where you kill the skitterlings as well, but I think it has a blue crystal rather than an orange one.

I guess I've been lucky because all of the Arkfalls I've been involved in, everyone left the little guys alone for the most part.

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Originally Posted by RLStroud

If I'm not mistaken there is one variant of Arkfall where you kill the skitterlings as well, but I think it has a blue crystal rather than an orange one.

I guess I've been lucky because all of the Arkfalls I've been involved in, everyone left the little guys alone for the most part.

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I think there are several variants with different tactics and outcomes for each, though the lil skitt Arkfalls do tend to surround the starter areas mainly!

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Originally Posted by Scarabrae

It certainly takes a lot longer!

I'm going to assume a lot of players play with a different soundtrack or are just plain ignorant, (see above) the difference it makes in removing the Arkfalls is monumental. I actually came across a group of players "killing everything" and in chat one of them was saying "How do we kill these things" add in scrubs driving their awful pre-order boy racer cars in circles around the crystals mowing down everything...well! You get the picture!

:D

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To be honest i didnt even know until you posted it, im not being ignorant. Never heard anything about it. Im just trying to sound macho! Sorry :-(
I wont pretend im rambo any longer.

On the larger arkfalls I'm curious to know is there a quicker way to destroy the large flying ones (there are normally two of them)? Sorry I can't remember the name of them. I'm assuming you have to shoot the orange part of them but its not exposed long enough to really inflict any serious damage.

+1 to this! Every major Arkfall I've done people seem to ignore the advice your EGO gives you and proceed to slay everything in sight. I've no doubt that it's just human error, but its frustrating to say the least.

Last night I had a dude in a massive van doing 360s around every crystal I went too - it made taking them down a massive b@ll ache.

It'd be alright if you could easily let them know - but no one seems to see the world chat (I tried typing a message there) - and with the amount of people at the Arkfall I found it impossible to see their gamer tag so I could send them a message.

I guess once the chat/communication in this game has been tweaked a little it won't be so much of an issue. I don't mind spending a couple of mins to give someone a heads up. I'd hope someone would do the same for me if I was making an *** out of myself.

i thought th skitterlings turned into the warriors or archer i may just be mistaken though :S

Umm I'm no pro. But in my experience, on the 'destroy the crystals' segment of a major Arkfall, the Skitterlings bite the crystals opening up gross looking weak spots for you to blast. Obviously theres a balance in play between keeping them off you/your team mates, but allowing enough to live to keep the weak spots exposed.

I've never seen one mutate into an Archer or anything. I thought the Archers/Warriors just spawned on timer, like when the EGO lady says "they've brought back up etc".

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Originally Posted by Rumball

i thought th skitterlings turned into the warriors or archer i may just be mistaken though :S

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I was playing last night and some went into a chrysalis stage like a caterpillar to a butterfly but skitter to something bigger. Ivonly seen it happen on 2 arkfalls. You can shoot the chrysalis before it hatches.

Meh I just kill what I want because you need to get on the top 20 damage list for arkfalls to get some decent loot.

thanks for the info for when I get to that part...gl

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Originally Posted by JBuddha

Meh I just kill what I want because you need to get on the top 20 damage list for arkfalls to get some decent loot.

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skitterling bites the crystal opening a weakness shoot it with powerfull fast waepon and you will get high critical numbers thats for sure

Yep I do that aswell but also kill everything I can, havent been to one arkfall where the crystal doesnt have a weakness as spoken by the EGO. The point is I get in the top 20 quite consistently which I wouldnt if everyone only went for the weakness because then everyone is doing the same damage roughly, by clearing up all the skitters/warriors/archers etc aswell I maximise by damage and kills.

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Originally Posted by Davisto

skitterling bites the crystal opening a weakness shoot it with powerfull fast waepon and you will get high critical numbers thats for sure

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^^This!

You get more points for doing it properly than killing all and asundry, you can literally triple your points by shooting at the correct target at the right time! As i'm an old bugger, most of my time is spent on Defiance very late at night, (was up till 5AM yesterday) and at those times the servers are not very populated, this in turn leads to co-operation and communication among the playerbase, we failed last night three times, due in fault to scrubs ignoring advice and just charging in gung ho!

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Originally Posted by Scarabrae

^^This!

You get more points for doing it properly than killing all and asundry, you can literally triple your points by shooting at the correct target at the right time! As i'm an old bugger, most of my time is spent on Defiance very late at night, (was up till 5AM yesterday) and at those times the servers are not very populated, this in turn leads to co-operation and communication among the playerbase, we failed last night three times, due in fault to scrubs ignoring advice and just charging in gung ho!

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Failed to finish the crystal??? O.o

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Originally Posted by JBuddha

Failed to finish the crystal??? O.o

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Yes it's actually quite difficult when there are only a few of you!

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Originally Posted by Scarabrae

Yes it's actually quite difficult when there are only a few of you!

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This is true, especially if only a few of you actually know how it works.

I was involved in a 25 player one this morning that went belly up because most of the players insisted on nading the crap out of the arkfall.

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Originally Posted by JBuddha

Yep I do that aswell but also kill everything I can, havent been to one arkfall where the crystal doesnt have a weakness as spoken by the EGO. The point is I get in the top 20 quite consistently which I wouldnt if everyone only went for the weakness because then everyone is doing the same damage roughly, by clearing up all the skitters/warriors/archers etc aswell I maximise by damage and kills.

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Seriously.... sigh

If this is the case then Trion need to penalise players killing the skitterlings, as I fear due to the innate selfish nature of most humans, this will continue happening.

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Originally Posted by Blastiel

This is true, especially if only a few of you actually know how it works.

I was involved in a 25 player one this morning that went belly up because most of the players insisted on nading the crap out of the arkfall.

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nades are nothing ! i was in one yesterday 30-40 people 25 of which with detonators and rockets whilst grenading the rest were combat shotguns running in circles.......lol

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Originally Posted by Samurai UK

Seriously.... sigh

If this is the case then Trion need to penalise players killing the skitterlings, as I fear due to the innate selfish nature of most humans, this will continue happening.

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Good point!

There are a few slightly suspect game mechanics in place if you ask me, atm doing Arkfalls while fun initially, definitely has its limits, i have got better rewards and exp from normal mob drops and quests!

To quote the wiki on Rift: "Rifts are areas of elemental instability that represent the intrusion of elemental planes into the land of Telara. Once opened, these rifts begin to spawn monsters that proceed to march towards important points on the map. It is then up to players to defeat these monsters and to close the rift"

This is pretty much the same mechanic they are trying with Defiance but atm it is flawed and pretty pointless, the same as it was when Rift was first released, eventually Trion sorted it out and the Rifts became a pleasure to do instead of a chore, if they can enhance the Arkfalls and tidy up the lag and drops etc, then the future will be very bright indeed!

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Originally Posted by Scarabrae

Good point!

There are a few slightly suspect game mechanics in place if you ask me, atm doing Arkfalls while fun initially, definitely has its limits, i have got better rewards and exp from normal mob drops and quests!

To quote the wiki on Rift: "Rifts are areas of elemental instability that represent the intrusion of elemental planes into the land of Telara. Once opened, these rifts begin to spawn monsters that proceed to march towards important points on the map. It is then up to players to defeat these monsters and to close the rift"

This is pretty much the same mechanic they are trying with Defiance but atm it is flawed and pretty pointless, the same as it was when Rift was first released, eventually Trion sorted it out and the Rifts became a pleasure to do instead of a chore, if they can enhance the Arkfalls and tidy up the lag and drops etc, then the future will be very bright indeed!

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exactly this! wonder what they have in store for us with the updates and dlc coming :)

Appreciate the heads up... I'm one of those that's blaring one form of music or another, not reading the dialogue, and intent on killing anything that moves around those arkfalls! Will be more cautious in the future.

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Originally Posted by Scarabrae

Several major Arkfall failures later and i've decided enough is enough!

For all those who do not know or are unaware, please do not kill the skitterlings in Arkfalls, the skitts attack the crystals opening gaps in the rock that apply damage bonuses!

Kill the warriors and archers and matriachs by all means, but spare the tiny little skitts and you'll notice things will move along a lot quicker and with less hassle!

Let's hope this sinks in, though i'm guessing most console players will have never seen a game forum! :P

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Thank god someone other than me has noticed the stupidity of some people that's why i solo ark falls if i can lol

I would add that ramming a vehicle into the ArkFall accomplishes nothing other than to obscure the hot spots on the target-- please park at the perimeter of the site!

This so much hahaha

People just kill them and it takes an extra 15 minutes to finish the damn thing.

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Originally Posted by Noman

I would add that ramming a vehicle into the ArkFall accomplishes nothing other than to obscure the hot spots on the target-- please park at the perimeter of the site!

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We need a parking lot dammit.. would solve alot of issues .. lol :D

Trion please make a sticky of this so people can see this! Also I think there should be something in the tutorial about how to do Arkfalls that would help alot.

i always kill archers first they are the most annoying

That probably was me lol but yeah I had ran out of ammo and couldnt find the crate but I agree they should make a tut for these who don't know what to do in a arkfall

People totally don't understand them.
I was at an arkfall in the south and it was survive the waves of hellbugs and about 10 newbs were shooting the crystal.

READ PEOPLE READ!!!!

http://www.troll.me/images/x-all-the...l-the-bugs.jpg

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Originally Posted by JBuddha

Meh I just kill what I want because you need to get on the top 20 damage list for arkfalls to get some decent loot.

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No, you don't. The rank has nothing to do with loot quality, it's just epeen flattery, loot is random.

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Originally Posted by Vhailas

http://www.troll.me/images/x-all-the...l-the-bugs.jpg

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I just spit my coffee out LOL