That's why they gave us bodyguard mode. It looks like you've done an awesome job of demonstrating the value of the "aggressive mode" strategy, because it is usually better to have the enemies shoot your pets instead of you, so you can just keep summoning more as they die. However... for the implacable, determined, foe, there is no substitute for BG mode.
If you don't already know, the way to enter BG mode is, open up the text on the "follow" command button. Change the word "Aggressive" to read "Defensive". Then whenever you hit that button, the pets enter a mode where all damage dealt to you the MM, will get divided evenly among your pets. So if you have 6 pets out, attacks directed at you personally only deal 1/7 their normal damage.
It's kind of hard to justify that mode to myself sometimes in terms of story..... like how am I sharing my pain with my henchmen? But I find ways to justify it. It's just too useful not to.
Oh, I was using BG mode. I'd take the Alpha, then let the aggro shed to my Zombies. However Supremacy supresses with mez, so every time Manti Ice arrowed me or I got held by Sister Psyche, BG mode dropped. With the mega hate that I described reared it ugly head there was little I could do to survivie.
Also, BG mode is a bit odd. The Mastermind Personally takes Two "shares" of damage (not just one) while Each qualifying henchman takes one. So with 6 pets and the mastermind there are eight "shares" to be split. The mastermind take 2 (2/8 or 1/4) while each pet takes 1 (1/8). However, as said before, that's all useless if you get mezzed.
Murphys Military Law
#23. Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.
#46. If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.
#54. Killing for peace is like screwing for virginity.
I have tackle this challenge with my NInja/Dark MM(blue side). I have succes to kill all the AV minus Lord Recluse( ONLY 1% TO kill him but his Ambush is almost impossible at that point. HE EVEN MANAGE RAID THE ENTRACE AND KILL ALL THE LB,the drones have over 20 Arachnos on then,One drone kill him but it leave the entrace clear of anything). LR was able to perma KD/KB Heavy, his dmg/attack rate is super fast.Also he is almost immune to debuff of all kind execp -dmg.
My strategy for all the other 4 Av was to use the heavy to tank.Making him focus more in St range attacks while the debuff(-regen/-recgh/-DMg/-tohit) make him more easy to kill. Keeping distance is key, if they hit me with a mezz(and my Clarion was donw) I was doom,Also figthing next to a fence help me avoid getting target as long I was on the other side of it.
GW was the biggest pain,her Phase power and hold screw my pets alot, and if i was target she would use her Mag 100 Hold autodeath.
If you want to avoid the rage, figth in the alley/next to a fence, and try to break Land of sigth.The AV will start running to you if it want to target you,get away until it stop chasing you. Also you can use the placate Day job power if you got the fashion designer/Clubber badge.Idk if you can buy or created that in the market.Finally use the heavy as tank, the Av will focus more on him that you.
I want /Fire stalker. Because nothing says stealth like dumping a can of gasoline on yourself and lighting a match. -Morac
For about the last week I've been tourturing the residents of Virtue's Recluse's Victory (Mwahahaha!...*Ahem*) with my incessant PvEing. In a nutshell, I've been spawning and killing the AVs.
A more detailed description of the event is, I pick up a heavy and take 4 Pillboxes. For the badges I used the heavy, but no Pillbox support, and pulling the AV into zone mobs is only as a last resort. Funny enough I had the botched ritual for all of them except Statesman and BaBs. T4 Musculature, and recently T4 Spectral. I didn't use Destiny, Lore, or Judgement.
Positron is a *******. He took three deaths and zone mobs (the only one I needed mobs to drop)
The hardest part of taking down Sister Psyche was the pull, well that and I was distracted by her massive...talents
Manticore went down chumpstyle
Synapse was a difficult pull, but he went down. I took him down twice, once I died, then dropped him the second time I took him down in one swoop
BaBs was a scary SoB, He managed to take down the heavy (The only one to do so) at 1/8th health, but I finished him off
Statesman was an exception to the rules I set (Not really, but on reflection it wasn't in the spirit of the challenge). For him I used Defense team inspirations. It was ridiculous
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Now I'm seeing which ones I can take on without the heavy (and seeing about Statesman without the insps)
So far Manticore and Sister Psyche both dropped, but I died once in each fight.
Bringing me to the point of the thread:
Both of those deaths were because the AVs decided (At about 1/4th health) to focus on me instead of my pets. My pets could -not- pull aggro off me, and while I'm getting better at shedding the aggro (through Immob and breaking LoS), I'd very much like to know what triggered the Hate. Much better to avoid the situation IMHO. Not to mention both have mez oozing from many many orifices meaning no BG mode
Anyway,
1. Any clue on how to prevent the mega-rage of these AVs?
2. Has anyone else tied this yet? If so, how'd it go?
Murphys Military Law
#23. Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.
#46. If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.
#54. Killing for peace is like screwing for virginity.