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Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:35 pm
by HoenheimOfLight
Titles says it all can we make it so idols can't be used in arena?
The pvp ranking is hard to hold when you kill someone and they idol and go for you already with low health...

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:35 pm
by Eliminater
At the very least add more cool down to idols in arena , should be longer cool down for idols anyways.

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:10 pm
by Teaweasel
Titles says it all can we make it so idols can't be used in arena?
The pvp ranking is hard to hold when you kill someone and they idol and go for you already with low health...
+1

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:36 pm
by shepman
+1

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:40 pm
by CommunityBot
I've noticed that this issue has come up several times before, and it seems to be a popular request, so what I will do is I will pass it on to the team so that they can consider it/see if it is possible to implement.

I don't know if such a change would be patchable, or whether it would require an update to the app itself, however I will suggest it.

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:13 pm
by mdimarco
PvP ranking? What PvP ranking?

j/k but who really cares... it doesn't translate to anything, and people can't usually see it unless you tell them to look at it.

Not saying that idols should be able to be used in arena, just saying the PvP ranking incentive needs to be looked at as well.

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:30 pm
by Aileron
I've noticed that this issue has come up several times before, and it seems to be a popular request, so what I will do is I will pass it on to the team so that they can consider it/see if it is possible to implement.

I don't know if such a change would be patchable, or whether it would require an update to the app itself, however I will suggest it.
Back in beta, the idol cooldown was supposed to be longer. The issue was it was too late to implement a cooldown timer for separate items, instead the universal item cooldown was simply increased to 10 seconds. It's really not enough as it makes a lot of bosses trivial. I think OTM need to re-evaluate and start implementing separate timers so that idols and potions can have longer cooldowns (e.g. 1 minute for idols, 30 seconds for potions, etc.).

However, I agree with the OP, idols and sigils shouldn't work in arena at all.

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:37 pm
by mdimarco
I've noticed that this issue has come up several times before, and it seems to be a popular request, so what I will do is I will pass it on to the team so that they can consider it/see if it is possible to implement.

I don't know if such a change would be patchable, or whether it would require an update to the app itself, however I will suggest it.
Back in beta, the idol cooldown was supposed to be longer. The issue was it was too late to implement a cooldown timer for separate items, instead the universal item cooldown was simply increased to 10 seconds. It's really not enough as it makes a lot of bosses trivial. I think OTM need to re-evaluate and start implementing separate timers so that idols and potions can have longer cooldowns (e.g. 1 minute for idols, 30 seconds for potions, etc.).
I agree, mabye in the next version of the engine :)

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:14 pm
by omaomaoma
Who really cares if people want to waste idols in the arena?
PVP in this game is a joke - there are no real consequences...there is no xp loss or gear loss in this game like others...

The real crime with the arena is the nerfing of embrace for us Druids. 90% of your Druids are support and not DPS, epecially at higher levels (+100), yet our healing abilities are lame in the arena. No point in doing PVP if you are a Druid, you'll almost always lose....

Re: Can we get a patch for idols in arena?

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:33 pm
by Aileron
Who really cares if people want to waste idols in the arena?
PVP in this game is a joke - there are no real consequences...there is no xp loss or gear loss in this game like others...

The real crime with the arena is the nerfing of embrace for us Druids. 90% of your Druids are support and not DPS, epecially at higher levels (+100), yet our healing abilities are lame in the arena. No point in doing PVP if you are a Druid, you'll almost always lose....
Just because you don't care, doesn't mean everyone else shouldn't. We know pvp is broken and we're trying to get them to fix some, if not all, of the issues (eventually). Idol and sigil use is just one of them. But if everyone is like you, then it will never get fixed.

Druids certainly could use some pvp improvements, your attitude notwithstanding.