Alex_

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Little trick i found to make those pesky vines seem much less pesky. All you need are one or two villians with tp foe (i know you exist, ive fought you in bb). While the main group is killing cot in the vine room, have the 2 tpers tp all the vines into one spot (depending on group/spawn size, could take a while). Then attack the vines en masse, quickly killed.

Our team 5 man team tried for hours, and couldnt kill the vines.
With only 2 players left, we rounded up the remaining 21 vines, (40 initial spawn, lending credence to the fact that they dont respawn to full), and killed them. Of course 2 people killing the AV is impossible, but was worth the shot.

Another important thing to note is, once youve cleared out the vines once, the AV stays attackable. When the vines regen, simply tp them out of the way and stay focused on the AV. Most of you may know this, but its posted for those that dont.

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Old thread, but this is a really awsome idea that needs to be saved for future reference.

Hmmm, our Respec Trial didn't go so well.

1x lvl 27 Brute
1x Lvl 27 Bots Mastermind with Shivan summon
1x Lvl 26 Mercs Mastermind with Shivan summon
2x Lvl 26 Dominator

We finished the first missionn easily. The second one was impossible. There was a boss and an Elite boss, Boss, several Lieutenants, and some minion Wyven group right at the entrance, and they were taking us out as soon as we zoned. We had to use stealth and TP friends into a corner as soon as they zoned to try and avoid debt. Must have gone through 2 or 3 team whipes before everyone got inside and we got set up.

Then we buffed everyone, and summoned the Shivans. The dominators used thier holds and powers, the masterminds concentrated fires, while traps a dn triage beacon were doing their thing, while brute was trying to get the elite boss. The Shivans were just running arround smashing random enemies.

Then came the shower of arrows. Wasted both Masterminds, and by extension, all their pets, and hurt the Dominators badly. The other went down shortly after, with the AV not even at half life yet. Only a couple minions and liutenents were dead.

We tried twice with the same result. I go the Punch Drunk badge, and we all quit. So is the second mission supposed to be that difficult?