Originally Posted by
Kurt2013
How does your experience of a ranger make my post untrue? Obviously a ranger can kite the boss, but still you need to survive one or two hits in case of unluckiness. And you should agree, that as ranger with single dps you are not the fastest in killing the rather lnear mob army before the ape. And again, i was not assuming new players know all the tricks and shortcuts...or even if they know, they most likely can not do them all due to power. 30 mins is even a good average in my opinion. You have to take into account, that lower powered chars (i also would NOT consider a char with t1 and t2 items or khitai blues undergeared). For an average number you can not assume you win all the fights or blast through them or manage to run by. Not all players can even do this due to the game setup. And when you get unlucky, the days chance for a hardmode is ruined and you have only a shot at 1-2 rares. You still don't believe me? Do the maths: One encounter roughly takes at least 05-2 minutes. Hippos, Snake, knockback, Tigers, Birds, snake, spiders- boss (skipable, if you only want normal mode) - panther, snakes, (optional runpast), snakes, spiders, tigers - statue fight (due to script at least 5 mins) - pirates - pirates - (optional runpast) - birds, boars, pirates - final boss (10 mins). Boss fights take longer obviously. Sure, you can run past a few, but only at specific points. And here it comes into play that you can actually survive a few hits from normal mobs as well and have potions. As undergeared player you do not kill the mobs fast. You also have to kite a lot. You also need potions. You need to rest more and longer. You also can not skip certain parts (depends on class as well here). You can encounter a fight you simply can NOT win with current build or power level. All these things have to be considered, if you throw out numbers...(trust me, i have grinded the isle with all classes at different powerlevels myself with and without knowledge of how it is done AND i talked to people in various guilds and various power levels).
It is also not a matter of paying attention. You need to be able to survive a few hits due to latency and sheer combat length and murphy. You can not take a lucky shot (or a good run) and declare it to the average. And even if you manage to do it on one char (out of?), it does not mean others are not sharing the problems i mentioned. And i have not even ventured into the psychology of grinding a lot...
And 4-5 rares in ONE day, compared to the normal modes you can repeat at a hourly schedule AND have an additional chance to get blue or purples for your class.
I do admit that my suggestion to do normal and hard modes was biased on personal preferences, because i can simply not do these solo instances more than a few times a week on a good mood, though if subbed, i could do a few group runs in a row. And if i personally solo, i have to take my time...