MMORPG.com Reveals: Catarina, Master of the Dead and Rampage League

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MackBesmirch wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

I do have to agree with a lot of the general sentiment around this.

While having the kill-streak alive to improve clear-speed and everything is fun, I feel like there should be a counterbalance to it that promotes GETTING those streaks. Something like you're permanently facing Fleet monsters the entire league.

Edit: I also don't see how this could get implemented as a core game mechanic without seeming a bit silly. It's fine for a 3-month league, but doesn't seem reasonable for an aRPG as a permanent fixture.

Oh, Idunno... Lots of games have kill streaks or powerups or double points for certain things that don't REALLY matter as much as give more competitive players extra elements to play wiht.

I have always been a casual, loot-hoarder type player. I gotta say tho, yes, it started to get repetitive and stale after a while. So i started Racing. Mostly to get uniques cuz my rarity find was abysmal. Racing taught me a way of playing the game I had not considered before. It rekindled my love of the game... My point is that I really appreciate how GGG aims to deliver a game that allows for diversity of playstyles. I mean, you can't please everyone, but I think GGG's love of games and being gamers themselves, really shows in what they develop.

From what I can tell so far, I would not mind if the Rampage/kill streak feature were implemented as a fundamental game mechanic -- aside from the Challenges associated with the Rampage league, kill streak seems entirely ignorable if your gameplay chooses to ignore it. Like, I'm gonna give it a try, but I know I'm not a fast enough player to really make it one of my core tactics. This is why I don't use the Reave or Bloodrage skills, LOL. I have a hard time keeping up serial kills.

A benefit of the Rampage feature, though, I think, will be m giving us a bit of an edge when being literally MOBBED by mobs -- either by rushing in, or just finding ourselves unlucky. With stun especially on lower level characters or crap-geared characters, I have died from being hit too many times sequentially by a group of monsters (not even scary ones) who collectively hit harder and faster than i do. It'd be nice to know there is a free spell or attack waiting to help me out if i can just kill 20 of the monsters before losing my cool. I mean, this is why Cast on Damage Taken is so popular, right? And why so many people use it defensively? I think killstreak will give us more flexibility but is in no way required to play the game. Although I am guessing the waves of Monsters for players who engage Atriri will probably benefit from rampaging. And also farmers. Probably a lot more Permanent Allocation groups, too.