Raiding is one of the top things I have done in D2, so I am with a large percentage of the community when we say that the great difficulty lies in finding others.
When positioned as a “raid catch up” for newer players as TFS gets closer, Pantheon is difficult to reconcile in this way considering the learning curve is significant for not just one boss encounter but eight.
In this way, Pantheon feels targeted to seasoned players and raiders, which feels confusing since I need no red borders from raids or raid exotics. However, to complete each encounter, players need a firm grasp of the original encounters’ mechanics, understandings of D2 buildcraft, and be prepared for the increased power difficulty and other Pantheon-specific obstacles, which means being a gamer who can adapt, survive, and pass DPS checks. These are all essential to higher-level, endgame activities that feel off putting to position as a “raid catch up.”
The highly limited Fireteam Finder does not allow us to post “kwtd” only “experienced,” but “experienced” or “experience requested” can mean I am experienced and can sherpa or YOU should be experienced because I need sherpa-ed. They’re ambiguous tags, and many gamers who have never raided are now trying to do Pantheon with zero experience, and the Fireteam Finder is not helping sort this, causing a lot of frustration.
The majority of the D2 community is also confused about the differences between platinum and high score and if the former affects the latter.
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Spot on I have done a good bit of raiding I guess considering most of the games players have never even done one and this event is clearly designed around seasoned raiders but why would it interest them?