Nalrok_AthZim

I got lucky on seven different characters? Irony aside, that's not luck. That was how the mission worked for me 7 times. Perhaps the spawn rate is tied to difficulty or something. When something happens consistently 7 times in a row, I do NOT consider luck to be a factor in it's occurrence.

I myself have not had fast summoning of bifurcations. I beat on the real one, and when he summons I jump around and hit tab until I target him. Then I close in on the bifurcation and smash it flat. They don't have a lot of HP.

I wouldn't suggest trying to outdamage him regen; maybe that's why you're so up in arms. You're trying to break through a concrete wall with your fists.

Which is why they 'fixed' it.

... didn't you just say that was your strategy? Look at my first quote. If it's a bad idea (as it's not a mechanic), don't do it.

If everyone I know who actively plays and has done the arc has had no trouble on a variety of characters, squishy and smashy alike, what other excuse do you come to? If some people can do it and some people can't and refuse to believe they can even after whining on the forums, what other reason can you give? There's a difference between "it literally can't be done" and "I can't do it."

BS/Regen Scrapper, Demon/Dark MM, Fire/Kin Corr, Pistol/Kin Corr, Dark/Dark Brute, Fire/Fire Brute, Illusion/Kin Controller, and have heard over my global channels that it's been soloed by Earth/FF Controllers, FF/NRG Defenders, and AR/Traps Corruptors. Hell, my Mercs/Poison buddy even did it, and combining those sets is like shooting yourself in the foot before an olympic sprint.

Hahahahahahaha. Dear sir, I do not have ANY purpled out DPS monsters. I don't. I have characters that are incredibly tough, and I have characters that are very versatile, but I will not put it in writing that I have a 'DPS monster.' I guarantee you someone with my exact build on any other character will probably do more damage than I do because I am a very casual player and I spend a lot of time at the office, not nearly enough time to earn the money/merits for purples.

I posted this thread because, despite having a non-DPS monster array of 50's, I am still able to take on this mission with ease. People who have very fragile characters with very team-centric sets have soloed this mission. I am unable to pick out the problem and I was looking forward to seeing people complain that a bugged mechanic was fixed. Yes, this thread was flamebait, yes this thread was 'QQ more', and now I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed because everyone thinks I'm some elitist who wants everyone to learn to play. This is not the case.

I already posted on how to defeat Trapdoor. Let me rephrase what I said earlier in this thread:

If, after heeding advice from the forums, refusing to team, refusing to use insps, refusing to do anything other than try to kill him alone, I do not know what the problem you're having is and it is not a problem that can be solved by anyone other than yourself.

A much less 'lrn2play' statement, but AGAIN I say, what other conclusion can YOU arrive at? You can say 'bad mission', but other people have no trouble. You can say 'you're some purpled out elitist', but I'll post my build and prove you wrong. You can say 'he should be soloable', but he's part of an arc that is meant to test you. Get help, get insps, or suck it up.

If you read the last line of my first post... you're right. I was expecting flames. I really don't see the issue. I can't find a way to make the mission more of an issue to me. Damage him, smash his bifurcation, damage him until he dies. It's baffling to be that it's a trouble-causing mission.

Which is why I hated to say it. I can't come to any other conclusion, though.

I have a BS/Regen Scrapper who did it too. No issues. So far I've soloed this on the following (with +1/x3+ settings): Dark/Dark Brute, Pistol/Kin Corr, BS/Regen Scrapper, Fire/Fire Corr, Demon/Dark MM, Stone/EM Tank, AR/NRG Blaster.

Having done this on a very squishy Pistol/Kin Corr and had no problems. He was at +1/x3.

What amazing sarcasm.

Seriously, he's not hard to kill. And besides, if the Devs changed it, I'm sure it wasn't WAI.

He is NOT HARD TO KILL.

Thanks for making it harder, Devs!

There are still ways to kill him, and it's still easy. Hold his Bifurcations, lava him, or just KILL the bifurcations like you're SUPPOSED to. Jeez, you people are lazy. I've done this mission on squishies and smashies alike and have had no problem.

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... do you have any use for Rocket Boots? I figure you deserve something for smashing St0ner's pride to pieces. :P

If it makes you feel better I'll send you something. ?

EDIT: Also, this thread should be immortalized somehow. Put it in your sig that he owes you 12 billion. Hell, make it even worse and make him pay in PvP IO's. xD

Foot Stomp won't activate this proc unless the attack hits an enemy.

Thunderstrike and Lightning Rod do knockdown, not knockback.

Dark also has a ToHit Debuff which will stack nicely with Granite's defense, especially up against big-bads like AV's. Mace, however, does not have a +ToHit component in any of it's attacks. What je_saist should have said is that Mace attacks have an inherent Accuracy bonus.