Athiss "Shortcut"

[MagSul]

I wanted to make a suggestion regarding this "shortcut" in the Athiss flashpoint.

 

 

While I cannot say with absolute certainty that this was not intended as a shortcut by the environmental artists of the game; I can say with confidence that every single time I have landed an Athiss via Group Finder, it has caused a problem for at least one member of the group.

 

Athiss is a very early-game flashpoint, accessible before a character is even level 20. As such, it is reasonable to assume that many players accessing this content are either new or at least inexperienced.

 

If a player refuses to exploit the terrain or actually repeatedly tries and fails to do so, they often face ridicule and are even actively removed from the group. Today, I saw this happen with a level 17 player and the consensus of the other group members was that if a player wishes to level, they should "stick to Story Mode flashpoints."

 

While I can't expect the development team to prevent the toxic behaviour of individual players, I hope that I could perhaps open the door to two potential solutions to this problem:

 

1. If this should be considered a valid shortcut, please consider making an adjustment that would make this jump easier to accomplish without players

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2. Consider removing the ability to do this at all.

 

Thank you for taking the time to read my suggestion.

[Voroschuk]

I remember when I didn't know how to do it the group explained this to me and waited for me to try a few times, and this is how I do when someone is new to this. To be honest, I really like the "bouncing off the edge" part of it, the only problem with it is the glitch that makes you use your /stuck when you go straight at the cornice and not at the pilaster, with that fixed, it won't be so annoying.