Increase boss difficulty please.

[Glacian]

Yeah looks like when Nim kills you now you start at the last phase you reached instead of starting over, probably made him a hell of a lot easier.

You know I think also some of the disconnect between different players opinion of this might be the difference in difficulty between using a keyboard+mouse combo vs using a gamepad. FPS games in general are way the hell harder with a gamepad, so it might be that we're in a situation where some content is too easy for PC players, and too hard for console players, just due to the differences in controllers.

I don't mean that as an insult to console players or anything, its just a lot faster and easier to aim accurately with a mouse than it is with a stick.

[Shadow Viper]

The bosses are fine as is, they do not need an increase in difficulty.

It's way more important that Trion focuses on fixing and addressing the many game breaking issues/bugs/glitches/etc that are plaguing this game and making it near unplayable for 85% of it's playerbase.

[Glacian]

Again, missing the point because of my poor choice of title. The real question is do you think the upcoming DLC should be as easy as what we have so far. If it is, then for me at least it won't be worth playing.

[Shames]

Hi,
I am stuck on Jackleg and have been for a week (ps3)...I get Jackleg down...start circling him getting shots off ..then try a roll to avoid grenade and my chat pops out..whamo I get incapacitated...no self revive no xtraction till timer runs out...now I have to start again..but I can't continue the missions till I Kill Jackleg...
I am a casual gamer new to MMo's and 69 years old...but like the game concept..but I am tiring of doing arkfalls ....and the side missions..
Jim

[Glacian]

Hi,
I am stuck on Jackleg and have been for a week (ps3)...I get Jackleg down...start circling him getting shots off ..then try a roll to avoid grenade and my chat pops out..whamo I get incapacitated...no self revive no xtraction till timer runs out...now I have to start again..but I can't continue the missions till I Kill Jackleg...
I am a casual gamer new to MMo's and 69 years old...but like the game concept..but I am tiring of doing arkfalls ....and the side missions..
Jim

What I suggest to anyone stuck on any boss, is to try different equipment and ability layouts. Personally I like using an SMG + Ground Pounder for Jackleg. SMG takes down the adds fast and a Ground Pounder with a clip extender takes down Jackleg fast. I prefer either Decoy or Cloak for this fight.

If your getting him down on the ground, then you've already done the hard part. Once he's on the ground you fight him just like a blacklung, make sure your using run and strafe around him, rolling when needed. Play with different distances. If your getting hit on that last phase your doing something wrong, his grenades aren't hard to dodge.

I don't know what the deal with your chat is. No self revive or extraction sounds like a bug.

[dalendria]

Agree with op. Or at least a return to the original difficulty for bosses.

I just did Jackleg 2 days ago on my alt. It was much easier than my first fight on my main in April. Sadly, I think they nerfed this boss. Here are my reasons.

1. Jackleg behind the shield focused most of his grenade attacks on Rosa. In the original fight, I was the target most of the time. I could not hide anywhere. This time, I spent most of my time hiding behind the right side barrier with limited threat of attack.
2. Mobs focused mainly on Rosa and rarely tried to flank me. Again, in the original fight I was the primary target. Also, in April, it felt like they were swarming and flanking me if I did not kill them quickly. Not this time. In fact, I sometimes walked out of cover and had to shoot one before it attacked me.
3. Mobs seemed easy to kill. On my main the first time, I used shottie, A/R and could barely take them down. This time on my alt, I used what usually feels like a weaker build (LMG and pistol).

The only thing hard about the fight recently was setting the little guys on fire. It took me a ton of tries. Again, this was not the case the first time in April because they did not die so easily.

So yes, to me, this boss was clearly nerfed and is real easy now. I did it in one try. The first time it took me 12 tries.

Please return the boss fights to their original mechanics (player aggro, damage, health pools, etc). Just allow grouping in these instances for people that want to do it with friends/pugs etc.