Arkfalls: Do not kill the Skitterlings!

[Scarabrae]

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

^^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!

[JBuddha]

^^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!

Failed to finish the crystal??? O.o

[Scarabrae]

Failed to finish the crystal??? O.o

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

[Blastiel]

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

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.

[Samurai UK]

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.

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.

[Davisto]

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.

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

[Scarabrae]

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.

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!

[Davisto]

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!

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

[TheSavageSage]

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.

[Captianmudflaps]

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

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