Improve Horntail LA DP Visibility

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Left arm animations are often blocked with lines of dpm, but even without it the LA animations (other than seduce) blend in to eachother quite badly.

Maybe I'm pleb but I personally still have never been able to see the LA DP animation in any of my HT runs as bish, even while actively watching with a timer on it. Mid head dispel visibility is great, it's rarely obstructed, and has clear indication of what's happening with ample warning for bishops that pay attention. Bishops already have to watch animations on 5 different body parts while managing buffs+wyvern control.

Mid Head dispel


Left arm dispel however... is a very subtle color, and small animation especially during charging stage.

Left arm Defense up

Mana drain isn't so bad, it's atleast a vibrant colour, and very "not" yellow

Seduce is very obvious because even when blocked it's the only animation that is dark purple/blue


While the LA DP animation is "charging" it is completely hidden behind damage lines, and the smallest of all the LA animations, Visible only at the exact moment it is cast.

I would suggest either a colour change, and/or preferably revamp of the "charging" stage of animation to help expose the animation from being hidden behind damage, and more visible in general.

Bishop retention is already difficult and getting mysteriously dispelled out of nowhere>>Dead is demoralizing when the mechanic doesn't compliment player skill/abilities but more "what won't hit me while I desperately cast MG"

During 12 man runs when we have a dispel that isn't accounted for, often times nobody has seen it, and we use process of elimination "did anyone see mid head dispel" just to confirm if it was left arm or not, because nobody ever see's the left arm animation.

Note: I do not want to change the mechanic/timers/gameplay whatsoever, just simply improve visibility to allow lower HP bishops to actually showcase player skill+abilities without relying specifically on rng.


Thoughts?


Credit: Animation gifs stolen from Glaceon 's god tier bishop HT guide https://forum.maplelegends.com/index.php?threads/trlnltyys-ml-horntail-guide.50100/

 

I'm not always host sir

 

I've had multiple instances now where the sed target dpm and/or shit wc on heads pushed LA into dispel early on in runs where it otherwise wasn't preventable. This has happened both with and without me hosting, and in todays case was a 6 man I joined where the sed target triggered LA DP around 20mins into main body.

This run died with me jump casting shield to the sed target on heads, dispelled mid air>dead before I hit the ground. I wasn't joking when I said I've literally never seen LA DP lol.

I've ran timers specifically for ladp and made it a side mission before in runs I've bished in to see the animation and literally never been able to. Only responding after when my magic guard is gone.

My 12 man runs I host I have taken to a different strategy to prioritize bishop and HB dependant runners survival, which removes arms from the equation early on in the runs.

 

Agree, but this leaves you in the open for dispel>head/wing/etc to kill you, by not seeing your buffs wipe away. I prefer to be able to read the boss as the run happens and improve my skills, and thus my own survival. HT on bishop is actually fun, rng aside.

 

Id have to check, I try not to run often since my bish is hp washing it will over level otherwise. Not a crazy amount by any means

 

The different body animations have sounds for them? @.@

Lol nice

It doesn't make it any easier per se, if you don't magic guard you're still dead regardless. It just allows you to actually see the animation properly