Dungeons (and PvE) have never been the focus of my gameplay in WAR. It wasn't until I had a good experience in Bastion Stair that I really took any kind of interest. There was a scheduled run for the Sigmar Crypts over the weekend, so I figured it was a good time to try it out. I had recently hit 40 and had a full set of lesser wards.
My first disappointment was that it was a return to the traditional dungeon. Bastion Stair was part public dungeon and part instance. Crypts was fully instanced and lacked any PQ mechanics.
I found the visuals in here to be very drab and boring. I know it is a crypt, but it really was very uninteresting.
The mobs were also a tad buggy. Many times they would come through the walls or get stuck in the walls. Pulls were also a bit weird sometimes, as the mobs would dart around. The terrain is also buggy, as we had players get stuck.
The bosses were pretty good in their mechanics. I was happy to see it was not all tank and spank. The bosses themselves were quite boring looking though. In Bastion Stair we got to fight a huge dragon. The best we got here was a somewhat cool looking reaper.
Loot drops were quite stingy, and I think we only had 1 class appropriate drop the whole run. Please, implement a token system to go along with the drops. Badges in WoW seem to have worked out very well.
Overall I had a good time with our CoW group, in spite of the dungeon. I'm not sure if I will run Crypts again anytime soon. If there was a token system, perhaps. Warpblades is still on my list to try as is Lost Vale.
My first disappointment was that it was a return to the traditional dungeon. Bastion Stair was part public dungeon and part instance. Crypts was fully instanced and lacked any PQ mechanics.
I found the visuals in here to be very drab and boring. I know it is a crypt, but it really was very uninteresting.
The mobs were also a tad buggy. Many times they would come through the walls or get stuck in the walls. Pulls were also a bit weird sometimes, as the mobs would dart around. The terrain is also buggy, as we had players get stuck.
The bosses were pretty good in their mechanics. I was happy to see it was not all tank and spank. The bosses themselves were quite boring looking though. In Bastion Stair we got to fight a huge dragon. The best we got here was a somewhat cool looking reaper.
Loot drops were quite stingy, and I think we only had 1 class appropriate drop the whole run. Please, implement a token system to go along with the drops. Badges in WoW seem to have worked out very well.
Overall I had a good time with our CoW group, in spite of the dungeon. I'm not sure if I will run Crypts again anytime soon. If there was a token system, perhaps. Warpblades is still on my list to try as is Lost Vale.
