05-30-2012, 09:20 PM
(05-30-2012, 09:07 PM)RedRadical Wrote: No , it is true. I play solo 90% of the time, and I've had many occasions where I wasnt far at all from the checkpoint (within a few seconds walking), and when I get to them, they have full life again. It really, really sucks, and I've been forced to leave games where I otherwise might have been able to take them down even if it took a few attempts. But when you die 3-4 times in a row and they always have their life fully regenerated each time (even if the checkpoint is close), it is pointless IMO to even try. It's just another bullshit, cheap mechanic from Blizz to screw the player over.
The regen mechanics are not very consistent it seems to me. I'm not sure if there are hidden attributes to some mobs that allow them to heal back quickly when out of combat or what. I have died on the other side of the map, thought to myself "there is no way I can make it back to that pack before they are full so I'll just take my time and kill other stuff", then when I do get around to them again like 5-10 minutes later they are still low. On the other hand I have died to packs right at a stairway and watched them all heal to full in the 3 seconds it takes to revive.
There should be some level of balance with the regen though. I personally despise the idea of succeeding in a tough fight simply based on zerging them down. If a player gets to the point in a fight that their respawn timer is up around 10 seconds it seems fair to me that the enemy can regen just so that it impedes the ability to suicide to succeed. On the other hand, however, if I get caught unaware by a stair trap and die I should be able to re-engage that fight in under 3 seconds and pick up where I left off.
In other news, it has been my experience that nearly any champ pack near a stairway can be trivialized by jumping in and out of the stairway and blowing all cooldowns on them. As long as you are not in the same zone as the enemies their health apparently stays where it was left at. This is obviously abusable, but as I've said elsewhere if you are gonna cheese me with stair traps I'm gonna cheese you right back.