For the last couple of days, I have been using timewalking dungeons to level my alts (SL dungeons are boring) and one thing I have noticed is the number of wipes in Grimrail Depot. People constantly fail at an alarming rate to the first and second bosses. In all my runs I don’t think I have seen a run without at least one or two wipes, which brings the question: Is Grimrail Depot actually difficult, or has the average player skill sharply decreased over the years?
Last night, I was leveling my healer and after the first wipe to the first boss, I tried explaining the mechanics in very simple words: “Let the orc charge into the goblin to take him down.” yet the party members, especially the tank, kept taking the orc to every single spot except the one with the goblin. I repeated, hoping that they would read the chat again only for the tank to say something along those lines: “Mhm this is much more difficult than how it used to be. We need to make a plan!”
I repeated for the third time, come on you typed in the chat so you got to read this! The tank said: “I have a brilliant idea, we take the boss to the corner!”
This is not a silly story, nor it’s portrayed differently. The guy literally had current mythic+ gear and they were upgraded too yet failed to a simple mechanic and to read the chat. To add, the other party members went on with his idea and we kept wiping, again and again. Seeing these wipes, I intended to leave this farce and wait 30 minutes rather than wasting my time and sanity with these people, but I gave them one last chance and I said: “Just… Just stay close to the goblin!” only for the tank to say: “I think this might work”
At last, we made it through, but I realized one thing, these people are not hopeless players, these are the definition of hopelessness because during the second boss they kept charging toward the cannon, standing right in front of it, and in the fire. I left with the only regret being not leaving earlier.
While other parties’ performances are better, it doesn’t mean they don’t wipe to the first or second boss as well. They have their own share of struggling which really makes me question whether the player skill has decreased over the years, or a good number of the playerbase are hopeless DPS-addicted players.
Though I’d like to say that the second boss AoE mortar attack does seem to be a bit overturned (Quite difficult to run out of it as a caster without dying) but I’d like to hear what the forum community’s thoughts are.