This is a neat idea for a single player game, but for an MMO, it is a problem. Lesser Circle in Alik'r Dessert, and Summoner's Camp in Bangkorai are a couple examples in DC. I'm sure the other two factions have similar zone bosses.
The problem is that you have to wait for the first elite to spawn to summon adds. Then you have to kill the boss and the adds in order to get credit towards map completion for the zone boss. There is a significant waiting time before the elite summons the adds, and since this is an MMO, there is ALWAYS someone new wandering into the area. They see the elite sitting there and naturally think it's just like most other zone bosses, and they attack it.
This is leading to huge groups of people standing there for hours sometimes waiting for the sequence to finish. Then you have everyone yelling at each other, insulting each other, and blaming each other. It is a very poor design.
You can't blame the person just coming in for killing the first elite because that's how 99% of the zone bosses are. You see them and kill them. For every 10 people standing there hoping nobody kills the first spawn, someone ALWAYS wanders in and unknowingly kills it.
Please change this. Make them all spawn at the same time, or make the summoner immune to damage until he/she has completed the summoning. It isn't fun or challenging or unique. It is a hassle.
Edited by Alphashado on April 27, 2014 5:23AM