Hey Trion, thanks for using logic when designing time trials

/sarcasm
/rant mode: ENGAGED

Who was the genius that decided that having 3+ monarchs on a time trial course made sense?

Then, who was the bigger genius that decided that just GETTING NEAR a monarch, let alone colliding with one, was an instant vehicle explosion?

Then... who was the biggest genius when they didn't put 2 and 2 together and forgot all about combining these elements when dealing with time trials?

As I typed this, (because I was too pissed to close the game out), my character gets attacked by a mutated monarch at the time trial start point.

Insult + Injury obtained.

Yes, I realize this is a total rant post, but there's a colossal amount of tardation with this whole mess and it makes me wonder if Trion has monkeys throwing darts at boards in the idea room.

Wait til the server starts spawning warriors that burst through the roadway as you drive passed.

Over and over and over.

They're tweeking the game, but somebody at Trion failed English and confused 'Frustrating' with 'Challenging'.

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Originally Posted by crasher

Wait til the server starts spawning warriors that burst through the roadway as you drive passed.

Over and over and over.

They're tweeking the game, but somebody at Trion failed English and confused 'Frustrating' with 'Challenging'.

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Eh, my frustration has been building for about a week on these, honestly. Sad thing is, I can take most of the BS on the time trial courses... the bumps that stop you cold and pop you straight up in the air. Clipping the bare tip of an object (like squeezing between 2 trucks, or 2 logs, or 2 branches) and it stops you cold. Etc etc.

Random warriors and archers don't bother me as much because they move around more, and you can at least clip them or plow through and survive. Monarchs have some magical proximity thing so you have to swerve off the course just to survive, and there goes your gold medal.

Oh well. Was gonna edit first post to be more constructive, but I figured someone would get a tickle out of a good rant.

To be fair, I think everyone who tries can golden every race in lets say 10-20 minutes. Of course you can´t golden it on first try (at last I cant).

There is a simple solution for the enemys on track. Shoot them or don´t drive trough them!
When I do a race and there is a monarch on the road and I hit him, I kill him and do the race again, and guess what? He will be gone.

I like the fact, that there is something going on on the road and you have to look out a little bit.
Don´t make them nerf it, please!

I you have trouble with some race, look at some yt videos or level your vehicle skill and come back later.
There is enough time in all races, that if you miss a checkpoint, you can drive back, hit it and still get silver!
Just my thought.

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I think its ok to complain, but calling trion monkeys is not the best way to get them fixed anything.

Man I'm glad I gold ranked the time trials before the vehicle nerf . Also, you can thank all of the players that thought it was funny to grief Hellbug Arkfalls with vehicles and Cass's truck.

Hmm... i kinda liked extra nuisances on tracks, sure it made me retry some of races few times but it added some flawor on othervise easy tracks. Most races can be done in first try when you have lvl10+ driving skill so some extra artificial difficulty ups are welcome imo, but i understand that it can become annoying if you get stuck on some races.

I know about the arkfall griefers. But this is a perfect example of an overreaction to one issue causing problems with another.

MMOs do it all the time with balancing. Someone *****es to high heaven about something being overpowered in PVP, so it gets nerfed, and now the PVE aspect is gimped too.

A simple fix? Get rid of the proximity thing so that an actual collision is needed for the instant explode. I can buy that. At least then people can just swerve and continue on.

PS - on the course in question, there was 3 monarchs in the way. By the time I killed all 3, the first one respawned. I logged out, closed client, changed phases to a group member - tried it all. No dice.

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Originally Posted by Saboteur 6

Man I'm glad I gold ranked the time trials before the vehicle nerf . Also, you can thank all of the players that thought it was funny to grief Hellbug Arkfalls with vehicles and Cass's truck.

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Me too I got stressed out with the Dodge Weekend Challenge as a rocket launching 99er was in the middle of the road and he killed me everytime without fail. What's worse is he didn't always show as it lagged.

You do realise that the Morarch was just thumbing a lift yeh?

What's the problem? I just drive around the emergencies. You don't have to drive perfectly to get the gold in time trials. I have no problem with them using a keyboard to drive.