River Hag drowning

[Resolve]

Figured I'd post. Although this is mainly a hardcore/warrior gripe, the river hag (white, regular mob) bubble to snare and drown almost instantly killing your character NEEDS to be altered. Make it drain health first or something, just feel as it is now is a horrible mechanic. Can be lvl 43 with 75% armor, 65% block, max res, 1.6k life... little regular mob comes along and poof drown. Sigh.

[parent child bowl]

You know that you can just roll out of it, right?

[Kritty]

It takes multiple seconds, during which your whole screen gets an increasingly noticeable "underwater" effect, before your character dies. If you don't notice that whole screen change, I'm not sure how you're going to notice your health slowly draining.

[RodHull]

When you meet three or more of them who spam this from the edge of the screen whilst your being body blocked down the alleyways, as a warrior you can EASILY end up trapped and unable to get away from one. Or sometimes your roll takes you out of one slow into another.

Which is besides the point, I can eventually kill things with my bare fists but its not fun or advisable.

Its horrible monster design. A cheap "wah wah your dead" effect that is in essence more powerful than virtually any boss ability as it just outright kills you, it just feels stupid that random crap white mobs have it.

[SaltSouls3]

It's just bad game design. It's a mechanic that was never explained.
Remeber when the game paused for you to tell you how to roll?
Why not pause the game and tell us whats up... something like....
"You see the blue on your screen? thats not just slowing you! In fact if you stay in it for more than one second its an insta kill!!!"
Its hilarious Right before this a Vaal God couldn't get me below 90% HP...But a river hag can one shot me. Ruined the game completely for me.

[JohnMiller92]

Originally posted by parent child bowl:

You know that you can just roll out of it, right?

exactly. this is a skill issue. reported the OP directly to chris

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Resolve:

Figured I'd post. Although this is mainly a hardcore/warrior gripe, the river hag (white, regular mob) bubble to snare and drown almost instantly killing your character NEEDS to be altered. Make it drain health first or something, just feel as it is now is a horrible mechanic. Can be lvl 43 with 75% armor, 65% block, max res, 1.6k life... little regular mob comes along and poof drown. Sigh.

1. Game is Path of Rolling.

2. 1.6k HP - there's your problem.

[Smushey]

I agree with this post. I just died to it at lvl 44 with 75-75-73-15% resistances, 82% armor, 1.5k HP. I had no idea at all that there would be some white mob that would just instakill me out of nowhere it is completely ridiculous. This is not a "fun" mechanic. it is unneccesary and if you are going to give this to mobs, then in the very least give it to a boss so players can read it beforehand. Just wasted 100+ hours for what, to get oneshot by a stupid white mob ability where there is zero warning for whatsoever, if you keep it on the mob in the very least make it something like down to 25% hp or something. this is just overdose for no reason and game experience ruining

[gungadin22000]

So....

Now you know.

Don't let it happen again.

Happened to me. Once. Then I got wise. Hasn't happened since.

[Nefser]

Going in full tilt on a mob not seen before, with blue circling waves and blue blobs which immediately start altering the entire view of the game...well, that's just being over aggressive/cocky.

Unless you were already levelled well enough to clear the whites easily, you were probably more susceptible to the danger...and yes, the loss of health, slowed movement and graphical changes should be enough to alert you to back off immediately...which you didn't.

[b0nehead]

I always looked as ironman challenge as something you do after you learn the game. But this is always online too so you need logout script or die to any lag weirdness or other game issue. Fun

[tolshortte]

what a lot of these trash talkers dont realize is on War that bubble isnt a slow death. my frost sorc is tankier than my titan. it is what it is.

[Grimmx]

I have died a few times to the Water Hag. Mostly because i dont pay attention, or its several at once.
I really despise that mob, and the insta kill mechanic.
Its just lame.

[Smushey]

Originally posted by gungadin22000:

So....

Now you know.

Don't let it happen again.

Happened to me. Once. Then I got wise. Hasn't happened since.

It's a max lame mechanic there for no reason other than just screwing with unsurprised players. There is no indication at all informing the player beforehand. It shouldn't be there, Its over the top. You can argue otherwise if it is part of the boss of the area and players can read up upon on beforehand but otherwise it is max lame, unnecessary and there is zero counterplay as you get instashot even if u have good resistances and life allaround. In the very, very, very least, it could only bring you down to like 25% hp or something so there is counterplay

[Shadow Spirit]

The mechanic is lame. It's an ability that belongs on a boss not a normal mob.

[gungadin22000]

Originally posted by Smushey:

Originally posted by gungadin22000:

So....

Now you know.

Don't let it happen again.

Happened to me. Once. Then I got wise. Hasn't happened since.

It's a max lame mechanic there for no reason other than just screwing with unsurprised players. There is no indication at all informing the player beforehand. It shouldn't be there, Its over the top. You can argue otherwise if it is part of the boss of the area and players can read up upon on beforehand but otherwise it is max lame, unnecessary and there is zero counterplay as you get instashot even if u have good resistances and life allaround. In the very, very, very least, it could only bring you down to like 25% hp or something so there is counterplay

So, you died once.

Now you know.

Let it happen again?

That's on you.