Creating AV Clusters


Decorum

 

Posted

I want to have a mission where at the end you're confronted with an AV and several EBs or other AVs akin to Romulus/Nictus and the Inner Circle on the STF. Does anyone know how to do this as opposed to having them within several mobs?


Virtue: The-Invictus (Blue)
The Emissary of Justice - Level 50 Fire/Fire Blaster
The Emissary of Justice. - Level 50 WP/Fire Tanker
Mesmerius - Level 50 Psi/Mental Blaster
Nucleoa - Level 50 Rad/Son Defender

 

Posted

If I did, I'm not sure I'd tell you. That's a player killer.

Oh, OK. You just have to pull them out and put them in their own groups individually. You won't see them all together if you place them as boss events, though (it will spread them out throughout the mish according to what the map allows). There isn't a way to "cluster" them unless you make a group of them all and have them ambush, but then it just chooses what it wants as far as which, and follows the difficulty setting as to how many.


Dec out.

 

Posted

The arc in question isn't meant for solo play. It's supposed to be a TF and will come with bold color warnings.


Virtue: The-Invictus (Blue)
The Emissary of Justice - Level 50 Fire/Fire Blaster
The Emissary of Justice. - Level 50 WP/Fire Tanker
Mesmerius - Level 50 Psi/Mental Blaster
Nucleoa - Level 50 Rad/Son Defender

 

Posted

AVs and EBs hit hard, regen fast, and never tire. getting defeated ad nauseum is never classified as fun, for those involved. I'd stay away from that.

Also: Please remember that the best mission/arc is not the one that is most likely to wipe anything short of the perfect team. The most enjoyable and engaging is.


 

Posted

I'm not talking about an army here, but rather 4 total which is no different what we encounter on the STF and ITF.


Virtue: The-Invictus (Blue)
The Emissary of Justice - Level 50 Fire/Fire Blaster
The Emissary of Justice. - Level 50 WP/Fire Tanker
Mesmerius - Level 50 Psi/Mental Blaster
Nucleoa - Level 50 Rad/Son Defender

 

Posted

There's no way to reliably do this right now, as far as I know. Getting a bunch of AVs in the same room may be possible on certain maps, but you'd have to experiment with which ones had those spawn points close together, and it would severely constrain your map choice.

This is one of those things I'm hoping they allow us to do in the next iteration of features, because it's more broadly useful than for difficult task forces - think about the Civic Squad, for instance. It's a valuable story telling and mechanical tool, and I'm sure the devs themselves would like it to be easier.


bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner-
ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenth ur-
nuk!

 

Posted

Couldn't you create a boss fight with one AV (create a group with just him in it), and then have the surrounding enemy group be one with just the rest of the AVs in it.

The surrounding group will be random, and may contain duplicates, but I think it's the best you'll get.


 

Posted

I don't know how they did it, but i played a map that had a spawn of about 20-30 AVs, good times.


 

Posted

[ QUOTE ]
Couldn't you create a boss fight with one AV (create a group with just him in it), and then have the surrounding enemy group be one with just the rest of the AVs in it.

The surrounding group will be random, and may contain duplicates, but I think it's the best you'll get.

[/ QUOTE ]

That's how I did mine. In the last AV encounter I set the surrounding group to be a custom group with only AVs/EBs, and the AV itself was in an entirely different group. The AVs that spawn are random however, so that's something to keep in mind.

I wish I could figure out a way to get multiple AVs in one spawn; that would really help out some story concepts I have.


Current Projects:
Arbiter Chaos-lvl 43 Bane Spider
DivineStorm-lvl 35 fire/storm Corr
TerrorGash- lvl 32 axe/elec brute
Elemental Distortion MAarc ID: 18525

 

Posted

[ QUOTE ]
I don't know how they did it, but i played a map that had a spawn of about 20-30 AVs, good times.

[/ QUOTE ]

Objective: Add Boss (AV); Number: 30.

Or...

Objective: Add Boss1 (AV); Number: 1.
Objective: Add Boss2 (AV); Number: 1.
Objective: Add Boss3 (AV); Number: 1.
...
Objective: Add Boss30 (AV); Number: 1.


Speeding Through New DA Repeatables || Spreadsheet o' Enhancements || Zombie Skins: better skins for these forums || Guide to Guides

 

Posted

[ QUOTE ]
The arc in question isn't meant for solo play. It's supposed to be a TF and will come with bold color warnings.

[/ QUOTE ]

Good man!

And I was only "smart mouthing" anyway.


Dec out.

 

Posted

Does anyone have ideas on keep the spawn number low on the group? With 2 other people, I wound up facing 5 EBs on top of the AV. I don't want a team of 8 being massively overwhelmed.


Virtue: The-Invictus (Blue)
The Emissary of Justice - Level 50 Fire/Fire Blaster
The Emissary of Justice. - Level 50 WP/Fire Tanker
Mesmerius - Level 50 Psi/Mental Blaster
Nucleoa - Level 50 Rad/Son Defender