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Oct 17, 2024, 06:3510/17/24
01/31/20
993

4 Simultaneous Serpent's Will Buffs - WTH

Plarium has this to say in the FAQ

If two new Hydra Heads appear at once, only one receives the [Serpent's will] buff. But what if I manage to kill more Heads at the same time? - If you cut down 3 exposed necks at a time, 2 of the 3 new Heads will have the [Serpent's will] buffs. If you dispose of 4 necks at once, still only 2 of the new Heads will have the [Serpent's will] buffs. If you kill exposed necks one by one, this rule doesn't apply, and they might all end up with the [Serpent's will] buffs. However, we expect that facing all the 4 heads at once with the buffs will be a rare occasion. 

That is most definitely a load of BS.  I had all four heads respawn one right after another on my very first trial key on Hard Hydra today...4 minutes into the fight.  So much for "a rare occasion."  

It seems that the intent of this piece of the update is to prevent heads from being nuked immediatley upon respawn by Trunda teams or other teams that figure out how to do Trunda-esque damage. I get that.  However this is actually MORE PUNISHING for teams that do less than Trunda-esque damage because they are far less likely to nuke multiple severed necks simultaneously, and when they are spaced at all, then all the heads get the buff when they respawn, and in my brief experience, having 3-4 heads respawn with the buff is happening quite frequently. 

If this is indeed supposed to be a "rare occasion", then there needs to be an adjustment to the coding.  


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Oct 17, 2024, 07:5010/17/24
07/01/22
413

Yep, unfortuantely this is happening way more often than I think they wanted it to... A big part of the problem is that the decap heads have turns OR damage to respawn... I was hoping it would just be damage.

But yeah since all the Hydra Head speeds are different, on Brutal or Nightmare I'm noticing now I can't fully deplete two heads simultaneously so they're respawning back to back with the Serpent's Will buff which is leading to a chain of respawns that result in what you're experiencing too... 4 heads with full damage reduction. 

Also I might be wrong but this seems to really screw over using the Leech debuff for survivability?

It really sucks too right now with the AI attacking Heads with Serpent Will despite there being others without the buff...

Oct 17, 2024, 10:4410/17/24
04/18/20
62

This is the biggest fail this year. 

Oct 17, 2024, 10:5410/17/24
12/16/21
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Wild amazonian

This is the biggest fail this year. 

The biggest fail this year so far

Fify

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Oct 17, 2024, 12:5510/17/24
Oct 18, 2024, 22:06(edited)
06/24/19
2425

Something else we've already been feeding back to the CMs.

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Oct 17, 2024, 12:5510/17/24
06/24/19
2425
MooredRat

The biggest fail this year so far

Fify

There's always room to exceed expectations

Oct 17, 2024, 18:4410/17/24
01/31/20
993

I have now finished my NM key and my Hard key, and I spent way more time futzing around with various comps than I should have, but I was trying to get a solid sense of the changes.

I believe that the people that are complaining that this Hydra update is going to impact lower level players far more than end-gamers are 100% correct.

I did run a somewhat different team than my typical NM team, but I was able to do 78% of the total damage of my highest NM key ever with only 67% of the turns, so the impact on my NM dmg/turn was negligbile and possibly even improved.  Time will tell on that when I run my typical NM team for comparison.

On Hard, I ran multiple comps on both Auto & Manual and the very best was only 33% of my best Hard key (again, somewhat different team though).  The Hydra heads and the severed necks die so quickly that they spend way too much time with 3-4 heads having the Serpent's Will buff, so you are doing literally nothing, and then you kill Mischief and reduce the TM of the three heads that have Serpent's Will so you can do nothing for even longer.

For reference, this is not a Trunda (or Trunda-esque) damage team.  Just a run-of-the-mill Razelvarg squad with affinity debuffers.  It is my weakest team, but it is a team that a lot of mid-gamers would love to have, and I think this is most representative of the impact there:

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Oct 17, 2024, 18:4810/17/24
06/25/20
6712

Yeah. This latest update really is something special.

Oct 18, 2024, 00:4210/18/24
07/01/22
413
kramaswamy.kr

Yeah. This latest update really is something special.

Yep. I'm surprised it didn't come with a helmet and strawberry milk

Oct 18, 2024, 03:2410/18/24
Oct 18, 2024, 03:25(edited)
01/31/20
993

Now I am futzing with a Brutal key cuz I got that stupid daily quest after spending hours on Hydra yesterday.  Thanks for the headache Plarium.  

I am 20 minutes into the run and this is the third or fourth time that I have three simultaneous Serpent's Will buffs.  The stupidity of this is beyond words:

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ShortOnSkillzModerator
Oct 18, 2024, 15:2910/18/24
06/24/19
2425
Onikage55

Yep. I'm surprised it didn't come with a helmet and strawberry milk

Why strawberry?  What you got against Pink cows?  That's where strawberry milk comes from right?  Since chocolate comes from the brown ones obviously.

harleQuinnModerator
Oct 18, 2024, 16:2110/18/24
02/24/19
7962

I did more damage per turn this week than last week, full auto.

This week after changes:

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Last week before changes:

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360k per turn last week, 371k per turn this week. No changes, both auto. The benefit of no Ally Rally I guess. 

Oct 18, 2024, 18:5810/18/24
01/31/20
993
harleQuinn

I did more damage per turn this week than last week, full auto.

This week after changes:

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Last week before changes:

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360k per turn last week, 371k per turn this week. No changes, both auto. The benefit of no Ally Rally I guess. 

It's Marius and the AoE Max HP Dmg.  Last week, he did 35% of your total damage, and this week, he did 42%.  He is capitalizing on the bigger hits against the severed necks.

Probably the same thing for Trips in that other thread.

Oct 18, 2024, 20:0710/18/24
12/19/19
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WileyMan

It's Marius and the AoE Max HP Dmg.  Last week, he did 35% of your total damage, and this week, he did 42%.  He is capitalizing on the bigger hits against the severed necks.

Probably the same thing for Trips in that other thread.

100% the Marius 

harleQuinnModerator
Oct 18, 2024, 21:4410/18/24
02/24/19
7962
WileyMan

It's Marius and the AoE Max HP Dmg.  Last week, he did 35% of your total damage, and this week, he did 42%.  He is capitalizing on the bigger hits against the severed necks.

Probably the same thing for Trips in that other thread.

I know what actually did it, yes 🥂 

harleQuinnModerator
Oct 18, 2024, 21:4510/18/24
02/24/19
7962
Trips

100% the Marius 

And we love our nonsensical unicorn

dthorne04Moderator
Oct 18, 2024, 22:0010/18/24
12/30/20
6215
harleQuinn

I know what actually did it, yes 🥂 

sometimes people just want to state the obvious 🎉

harleQuinnModerator
Oct 18, 2024, 22:0410/18/24
02/24/19
7962
dthorne04

sometimes people just want to state the obvious 🎉

All too easy....

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dthorne04Moderator
Oct 18, 2024, 22:0810/18/24
12/30/20
6215
harleQuinn

All too easy....

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