How Warbands Works

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Gevrael wrote:

I like warbands in principle a great deal. In practice I find that they have almost no impact on my game. As others are saying, they have too much health and don't yield enough of note while leveling.

When warbands was announced, I imagined seething gangs of humanoid enemies with trained monsters that relentlessly hunt the player; I thought that different warbands would make zones harder in different ways forcing players to plan and anticipate. I thought that hunting warbands would lead to cumulative profits as you wipe them out - rarer mobs and drops as you go.

While I play it feels like standard, except every now and then I encounter 4-5 enemies that take a long time to kill if my dps is too low (more of a problem while leveling). They're damage sponges that I skip more often than not because there is no incentive to kill them, and no threat to leaving them alive.

Conceptually I want to like it; the crests around map pins are exciting. The actual experience is underwhelming.

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Gevrael wrote:

I like warbands in principle a great deal. In practice I find that they have almost no impact on my game. As others are saying, they have too much health and don't yield enough of note while leveling.

When warbands was announced, I imagined seething gangs of humanoid enemies with trained monsters that relentlessly hunt the player; I thought that different warbands would make zones harder in different ways forcing players to plan and anticipate. I thought that hunting warbands would lead to cumulative profits as you wipe them out - rarer mobs and drops as you go.

While I play it feels like standard, except every now and then I encounter 4-5 enemies that take a long time to kill if my dps is too low (more of a problem while leveling). They're damage sponges that I skip more often than not because there is no incentive to kill them, and no threat to leaving them alive.

Conceptually I want to like it; the crests around map pins are exciting. The actual experience is underwhelming.

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GingerBeast wrote:

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Gevrael wrote:

I like warbands in principle a great deal. In practice I find that they have almost no impact on my game. As others are saying, they have too much health and don't yield enough of note while leveling.

When warbands was announced, I imagined seething gangs of humanoid enemies with trained monsters that relentlessly hunt the player; I thought that different warbands would make zones harder in different ways forcing players to plan and anticipate. I thought that hunting warbands would lead to cumulative profits as you wipe them out - rarer mobs and drops as you go.

While I play it feels like standard, except every now and then I encounter 4-5 enemies that take a long time to kill if my dps is too low (more of a problem while leveling). They're damage sponges that I skip more often than not because there is no incentive to kill them, and no threat to leaving them alive.

Conceptually I want to like it; the crests around map pins are exciting. The actual experience is underwhelming.

I think this is an extremely well worded description of the league and how I feel playing it.

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Chris wrote:

Some Warband leaders are beginning to show dissatisfaction with their factions. Soon they may take matters into their own hands.