Owners of tough characters...
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Jibikao,
Posted on: 2009-08-23 11:42 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
So all these missions require you to solo AVs?
I think I've tried Arcana when AE first came out. It was the one that you need to find a glowie before all the ambushes came. I wasn't sure if the goal was to just get the glowie or to clear everything because getting to the glowie was easy but the ambushes were too crazy. The last wave is like Energy Melee + Radiation + self rez?
And do you do them at relentless level? I did that one at relentless and the bosses were 54.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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No, mine has only one EB and the rest are all min-boss. If AVs were something I wanted in here, then the amount of difficulty could skyrocket to the point where no single character could beat it. This is designed to be extremely difficult, but doable once the ambush triggers are well thought out and timed.
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Originally Posted by Jibikao
So all these missions require you to solo AVs?
I think I've tried Arcana when AE first came out. It was the one that you need to find a glowie before all the ambushes came. I wasn't sure if the goal was to just get the glowie or to clear everything because getting to the glowie was easy but the ambushes were too crazy. The last wave is like Energy Melee + Radiation + self rez? And do you do them at relentless level? I did that one at relentless and the bosses were 54. |
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The goal of Arcana's challenge is not to find the glowie. Read the instructions |
Originally Posted by Jibikao
So all these missions require you to solo AVs?
I think I've tried Arcana when AE first came out. It was the one that you need to find a glowie before all the ambushes came. I wasn't sure if the goal was to just get the glowie or to clear everything because getting to the glowie was easy but the ambushes were too crazy. The last wave is like Energy Melee + Radiation + self rez? And do you do them at relentless level? I did that one at relentless and the bosses were 54. |
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To kill each wave? Did you do it? How did you kill those 54 bosses that can't be held? I was using my Fortunata? I couldn't hold any of them for some reasons. |
Originally Posted by Kahlan_
The goal of Arcana's challenge is not to find the glowie. Read the instructions
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I remember the 54 bosses were using energy attacks, please green clouds around them (I assume that's Radiation's Choking Cloud) and even defensive secondary which I have to assume it's Willpower because I think I heard "Strength of Will sound.
I tried it when it first came out. Haven't done any recently.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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yes, to kill each wave. It is very challenging to say the least. Mine is designed to debuff the daylights out of anyone in range. And lets just say people at the def cap will be seeing a lot more numbers than they are used to. My SD/Fire tank (not quite soft cap but 40% until he gets all of his sets) got debuffed to the point of -95 def which iirc is the defense debuff floor. Anyone have any numbers on -def floor?
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Originally Posted by Jibikao
To kill each wave? Did you do it? How did you kill those 54 bosses that can't be held? I was using my Fortunata? I couldn't hold any of them for some reasons.
I remember the 54 bosses were using energy attacks, please green clouds around them (I assume that's Radiation's Choking Cloud) and even defensive secondary which I have to assume it's Willpower because I think I heard "Strength of Will sound. I tried it when it first came out. Haven't done any recently. |
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Mmmm, I guess I won't bring Dominator then. LOL I remember those bosses can't be held for like one full minute. They used god-mode or something. Yeah, good luck for my dom to kill one, let alone there are 3 of them.|
Originally Posted by Pyro_Master_NA
yes, to kill each wave. It is very challenging to say the least. Mine is designed to debuff the daylights out of anyone in range. And lets just say people at the def cap will be seeing a lot more numbers than they are used to. My SD/Fire tank (not quite soft cap but 40% until he gets all of his sets) got debuffed to the point of -95 def which iirc is the defense debuff floor. Anyone have any numbers on -def floor?
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I am going to try yours tonight before True Blood. I'll use my Merc/Storm or Necro/Pain.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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I forgot the name of the character but I got a respone from a merc/storm in game. Was that you?
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Originally Posted by Jibikao
Mmmm, I guess I won't bring Dominator then. LOL I remember those bosses can't be held for like one full minute. They used god-mode or something. Yeah, good luck for my dom to kill one, let alone there are 3 of them.
I am going to try yours tonight before True Blood. I'll use my Merc/Storm or Necro/Pain. |
I ran it, comment from @Krukut. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who plans to give it a go, but stay on your toes folks!
Oh, my ill/rad doesn't lose :P
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It's me! I died. lol I got held/stunned... and I think one of the radiation uses either Nuke or Neutron Bomb. The ambush is too much for my soldiers to handle and my hurrican debuffs are nothing. lol
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Originally Posted by Pyro_Master_NA
I forgot the name of the character but I got a respone from a merc/storm in game. Was that you?
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What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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Isn't it nice to have Army that doesn't die and take aggro for ya? |
Originally Posted by prev1
I ran it, comment from @Krukut. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who plans to give it a go, but stay on your toes folks!
Oh, my ill/rad doesn't lose :P |
My Army (Merc) seems to be made of paper (even with 4 Pet Unique!). Any serious aoe kills them and it's even worse if I use bodyguard as they take even more damage.
I am going to change some strategies tonight. I forgot to use tornado.. that could be a good situation to cause some chaos to buy me more time to kill them slowly one by one. lol
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
AE challenge missions are probably power set biased. Some people may mistake choosing options at the power set select screen as skill. I think these things could be worth doing with your best character then working to it with your weakest. From seeing it before you know what is coming and that might make up for the fact that powerset wise your at odds.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
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Yeah totally.. I will never bring my Dominator to this kind of "madness" ambushes where they've got mez protection and crazy debuffs. Those bosses on Extreme have mez protection too.
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Originally Posted by New Dawn
AE challenge missions are probably power set biased. Some people may mistake choosing options at the power set select screen as skill. I think these things could be worth doing with your best character then working to it with your weakest. From seeing it before you know what is coming and that might make up for the fact that powerset wise your at odds.
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What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
I recently tried out Arcana's challenge mission and let me say...it delivered. So much in fact, that I was inspired enough to go and made one of my own, which I think is even more challenging. Now it still needs some tweaks here and there, but it has been published, and I was wondering if any of you AV soloing indestructable types would want to try it out and give me some feedback. Keeping in mind it's not 100% finished, I want to know what people do or do not like about it. Thanks in advance for anyone who tries it and apologies for the debt you WILL get if not lvl 50. The arc is #310845 and titled Pyro Master's challenge.