Keighlea
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What changed? As someone who has never done hardmode before...
Well, there were changes to Scop, and Ceilings, which I'm sure you know about because I think they affected normal mode too.
On the old hardmode, it was last weeks + the current weeks rotation on p9 (which was the final phase then), and it was as simple as starting mid, pushing to the end and mauling, nothing more to it.
Now, I'm not sure how p10 + p11 phases are worked out (10 is pushing west > east as normal, then 11 is pushing east > west) now, but it's 2 phases for p10, and 2 phases for p11, after you maul p10, he jumps over you and starts around 30% towards the west, rather than bang in the middle as he does on p10.
That makes it trickier for bomb tanks, especially if your DPS is shocking.
That, and there's absolutely no messages for anything at all, so your entire team *has* to know when to get off for reflect on every single phase, how many blues are between each reflect on p10/11 (changes based on phase), etc. That's why it sucks for a team that doesn't use voice communication.