I Hate Big Parties!

[Namine]

Except it's a lot of assumptions for the formula to be true. Again, tapping with that many players is hard. It's too likely that the monster dies before even half of the party tapped.

[Crazylor]

Maybe in some places, but in necros a whole party can tap.

[Henvar]

Crazylor Wrote:Maybe in some places, but in necros a whole party can tap.

true especially with a pro lurer which can handle a big mob

[Zaratus]

I will just overhear the sarcasm.

[loveapples]

Lust Wrote:That's the reason why I don't really mind big party plus it is safer to be with more people. :D

Certainly not safer when you have idiots who don't know what they are doing or if you have people who are completely not geared for where they are.

Or people who don't know what they are doing exactly, and end up luring monsters from behind or running into a mob for no apparent reason.

[Matrim Cauthon Jr]

^ That. There is not usually strength in numbers (outside of BB/DB rooms)

[RoChickita]

You don't always have idiots in parties lol. And I disagree, if all members are non-idiots, then there is definitely strength in numbers ^_^

[Namine]

RoChickita Wrote:if all members are non-idiots

Sadly, that's a really big if.

The biggest problem isn't always skill problem, but really you gotta have that pasana and bathory armor to stay alive in some of those places =/ Like... please, please don't answer the calls for a thor party if you don't even have pasana or at least water armor with a valk shield...

[Crazylor]

I've played with a big party, unless you have many of the same classes (excluding snipers/hunters), or loads of useless classes that don't help much, it's very hard to ruin a large party.

[Adrillf]

The theory of, 'well if we have enough people we can just smack it do death' doesn't sit well with me.

Sure, if you get 1,000 people online and they all do 1,000 points each to an mvp you can get out 1,000,000 points of damage. Or you can get 4 people that support each other and drop the same MVP in less time than it took you to get those thousand people together.

I agree, if you get enough people trageting a monster and damaging it, it sooner or later will die.
I do not agree that it is a good idea or worth while to do something like that.

Also, many times when we have dice invasions or DB events, you should all be able to see that the 'let's just throw more people at it' tactic does not work. You can grab 30 people and start throwing them at Piamette or Bishop and somehow or another the MvP doesn't die. Once everyone gives up, three people (wizard, bard, priest) walk up and in two minutes the MvP is on its back, the wizard has the little MvP sign pop above his head, and the other twenty people scratch their heads and wonder why in the world they weren't able to drop Bishop or Piamette.

If you're going to try to say, well an organized large party of good players is better- I would say that a good player understands when they are not needed and just dragging the group down. A good player would never agree to being extra weight just to get extra people into the party.