Mandragora wrote: »

I came back to Bangkorai and Alik'r desert after some months I didn't play and I don't remember mobs conjuring allies and doing CC. Was it increased?

Yep. Now they are not just a dumb damaging mannequins.

Other/lower zones seems OK, it is these 2 highest. From my experience it would just make the game more annoying, not challenging... Because most of the times you just want to pass by and CC makes it impossible and it forces you to fight even if you don't want. With ordinary MMO feature - too many mobs around - as it around Evermore, it makes the game not really fun to play. So I am just curious if they are aware of such trap of making the mobs outside dungeons more difficult...

Everything outside of veteran dungeons and trials is still mind numbingly easy. Not sure what you're experiencing, but take it as an opportunity to update your gear, evaluate your spells, and figure out why something so simple is presenting itself as difficult.

Mobs seem to use a lot more CC and evasive moves now.

They can chain stuns and knockdowns on you without any diminishing returns. Players spamming CC abilities cause immunity, but these rules do not seem to apply when mobs do it. Some mob CC seems to be instant and unblockable too.

Mob packs tend to split up immediately on contact making aoe harder. A lot of mobs backpeddle endlessly, sometimes into places players can't reach. Even some melee mobs seem to backpeddle for no good reason, other than to slow the player down.

It's good that they are trying to improve mob AI and tactics, but it seems to be oriented towards slowing the player down rather than providing a genuine challenge.

More difficult? Not really. More irritating, certainly.

Mobs hit harder, block more often and use more CC than before. For the most part, i would say this is an improvement, but there are some outstanding issues that I feel need to be addressed:

1) Some mobs are still able to use "banned" abilities like Sparks that the player can't use anymore. The dual-wielding world boss at Hunter's Camp in the RIft is an example of this. It's not a big deal, but it doesn't seems like fair play, either.

2) More mobs than ever are completely CC immune (e.g. Trolls), but ALL of them may as well be immune because they get immunity anyway the first time you CC them. What is the point of CC skills now? To use as an initial taunt, LOL?

I'm not sure mobs have been "nerfed", certainly as gear and skills get better, the mobs stay the same so they certainly may feel easier to handle.

They do seem to have a lot more abilities they do though, I am guessing so the fights won't seem "boring".