Worst Mobs Ever.

For sheer annoyance: anything with caltrops.

For threat value? The only time I ever really feal threatened is if I don't spot a Malta Sapper before I pull.

Oddly enough, the groups people are listing as most annoying have actually been my favorites. I practically leveled 15 - 25 on CoT and Tsoo and I've been running Mostly Malta missions the last few weeks.

I pretty sure I way overcompensated both accuracy and endurance regen on my claws / regen scrapper very early on. Even sappers are more of an annoyance than a threat unless I don't see them and they get several shots off. Even then, I can usually duck around a corner and have a full endurance bar before they catch up.

Somebody mentioned Mook Hitmen. I hate those guys SO MUCH. They prefer range, and since they have no melee attacks, closing in on them makes them run all over the place. Plus, those rifles hurt. They're an early lesson in target priority; you MUST kill them first, and kill them fast, or you're in a world of pain.

Sorcerers, Storm Shamans, and Spectral Demon Lords are only bad in multiples. One is fine. Two, and you're dead. No amount of yellow inspirations will help overcome stacked Hurricanes.

Carnies are annoying because you can't tank them in a normal fashion. If you try to stick them to your taunt aura, your endurance is empty after every single fight, and that's simply not sustainable. There's also the problem of Master Illusionists being the strongest bosses in the game. Boy, you have got to get those ladies down FAST.

Malta isn't so bad once you get your priority list down pat. Sappers, Gunslingers, robots, humans, turrets. The regular dudes with guns are pretty feeble.

Kadabra Kill is only bad because it's two bosses at once, and Lost bosses are no pushovers. Sub level 30, juggling bosses is pretty tricky to pull off for most builds, and KK really requires your undivided attention. Once the Singularity comes out, it gets very, very ugly.

Toxic Tarantulas. Especially as most melee sorts. Oh, they hit hard.

My best defense against Malta? Confuse/Disorient. Hit the sappers with it and watch the fireworks...or lack thereof.

For Tsoo sorcerers I just kill their buddy when they tp away. By the time they tp back their buddy is 1 hit away from death so they end up just healing a corpse. For knives I just dont do their missions. Its not worth the frustration of being perma-slowed into next week. I dont see the point of the caltrops. Practically everyone has some form of smashing/lethal resistance by the time these missions happen so how can anyone die from being caltropped to death? I would rather they spam immobilize than put a sea of caltrops that can cause performance issues on older pcs.

I would say the cimerians are one of the better groups. They didnt create them with stupid resists except on the elite bosses but again thats doable with a team. I hope the newer critters being made in GR follow a similar pattern and not have critters that have crazy resistances.

Heh, nice to see everyone still hates Malta. The sight of a big tough tanker curling up into a ball and wimpering in a corner at the very thought of a Sapper...actually that's why I hate them on teams when I'm a squishy, everybody gangs up on that lone Sapper and then all the squishies get nailed with the Stun Grenade of Infinity +1.

Solo though...I stopped hating Malta when I got my /Elec Brute up into the 40s. That was my first character to laught at them. Now I have an /SR and an /SD, I fight them at +2/x8 just because I can. Even my Invul does ok. Blaster with a hold, same deal. The only thing I really hate about them anymore is that the new "improved" Titan AI has them shooting missile swarms all the freaking time, which fills my screen with smoke so I can't see a thing.

Death is pretty frustrating too. That's why I just play with the IWIN button on autofire.

The mobs I hate the most are the ones that "cheat" in some way. I don't mind difficulty in the enemies I fight, but I do hate it when they play by different rules. Namely, Carnival Illusionists. We can't attack while phased, so why can they?

That and Rularuu Eyeballs, because they have enough accuracy to punch through most defense like it's not even there. Doing Technician Naylor's Shadow Shard arc on my Energy/Energy Stalker was one of the most painful experiences I've had in this game.

Very interesting reading.

I'm a bit bemused by the folks stating that such-and-such is easy if you have a certain combination of ATs, power sets, temp powers, and so forth. That may well be the case, but unfortunately for 99% of the players out there, they don't have their bags of holding with one of each inside. I mean, I had one, but I lost it somewhere in the lake in Perez Park.

I think the point is that an optimal team can do anything they want against a certain foe, but that same team might be much less effective against something else. Doesn't make that foe any less tough for someone.


Oh, and Vahz hurlage and CoT, particularly at lower levels. Definitely. You can barely afford the End to run your defense toggles, if you're lucky enough to have them, and they go and have the nerve to effectively ignore them anyway.

Of course, I've just decided on general principles that I hate CoT all the time. It's easier that way, and I'm right almost all the time. Plus, their caves give me a headache.