Ricdic
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Posted - 2005.12.21 13:06:00 -
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Level 4 Zazzamatta mission
Now, this was one hell of a mission. Get dropped in without an acceleration gate. Within around 40km of the closest rat. All aggro upon arrival.
Now, I can handle this (I tell myself). I start by taking out a couple of The Seven. Then I see the spider drones orbitting me, so I unleash my drones to take them out, as I want a safe exit if the going gets tough.
I manage to kill the spiders, one of the battleships, and about 4 cruisers, when I notice my cap is down to about 50%. Ok, I think. Time to warp out, in order to recharge and refit. Wrong. I find that I am being scrambled by one (or more) of the 5 or so frigs orbitting me.
Ok, so I focus complete fire on the frigs (inties i think). As each frig dies, I try to warp out. I constantly remain scrambled. My cap runs low, and there is no escape. By now the 10 odd cruisers are in optimal, the frigs have me locked down, and Zor is sitting back with Olufami spewing cruise missiles and having a beer.
Now, my raven was no pushover. Having spent well in excess of 1 billion on my ship over the last year, it is disgusting to lose it in this way. I clearly remember (and will find the post) a dev stating that while npc's would be given pc effects, the general difficulty would not change.
Before this mission was revamped, the Damsel in Distress was a pushover. Hell, before RMR I could solo the Angel Extrav l4 bonus stage in my pricey raven. So now, to have a mission which (as far as i am concerned) is impossible to solo is not exactly "keeping the difficulty the same as before".
Hell, a person a page back said he done this mission with a group of 3 ravens, and by the sounds of it all 3 of them died before I did. I would say I lasted a good 8 minutes in there, however the lack of an escape route no matter what I done is never a good way to die.
So for anyone saying we should group up for these missions, missions are not currently designed for grouping (no shared reward/lp/standing), therefore they definetly should NOT force us to group to complete them.
I understand that Zrakor has started this topic for similar reasons to mine. I just hope that my issue is covered, as I will be awfully annoyed if it is not. Yes, I have petitioned, and Yes I will bug-report if the refund takes place. If I get no refund, I guess there is no bug, and missions were designed to be un-doable.
quick btw: I didnt read this topic until after my loss. Wish to god I had checked it before heading into the fray.
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