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Post by sunbeam on Feb 9, 2015 9:00:08 GMT -8
Even with the nerfs this place can still be soloed. Obviously I have some planar gear (but a lot more Vex Thal and ToV gear than I thought when I actually looked).
I have the pet focus from Blackfeather Roost (Minion of Darkness, same as the Vex Thal gloves). Not sure this place would have been soloable with Summoners Boon (LDoN augment, and the Chaos Band from Bloodfields). Definitely not the Atens. I think the guy that actually drops Vex Thal gloves would have been.
I will say that except for Mini-Aten and Aten I could land spells on the raid mobs when I Malo and Malosinied them. I couldn't even get Malosinia to land on the Atens even after Malo, so I didn't bother trying to cast on them.
The Aten fights are boring as all get out, as pretty much all you can do is send in pet and spam heals. I cam close to missing a heal once or twice when the damage spiked, but I managed to get it off. Aten has some kind of silence thing, but I guess I was able to stand outside range of that, though I was silenced once.
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Post by sunbeam on Feb 9, 2015 17:20:39 GMT -8
Well as an addendum I went there tonight. The first two boss mobs (va whatevers were up, and mini-aten).
Krunk landed slow on mini aten. So I really don't have the foggiest notion of what my mage problem is.
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Post by Osiris on Feb 9, 2015 21:46:18 GMT -8
Well as an addendum I went there tonight. The first two boss mobs (va whatevers were up, and mini-aten). Krunk landed slow on mini aten. So I really don't have the foggiest notion of what my mage problem is. I'm not saying this IS the issue, but remember Pholtus was ported in from the VS db, a lot of inconsistancies could occur from that (considering all the db changes from the VS db, to the current emu db). I'll try Pholtus and a native mage on the text box and see what happens |
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Post by sunbeam on Feb 14, 2015 21:22:19 GMT -8
Okay I went back to Vex Thal and got killed by one of the blobs before real Aten Ha Ra. I'm not sure if she was up anywy, someone had already made a trip to Vex Thal since a lot of mobs were dead.
I didn't get a chance to check on Aten Ha Ra, but I did do Mini Aten. Maybe I am full of something because I am pretty sure I landed Malosinia without using the tash on the modified charm. It is hard for me to tell, and I am blanking on the sequence now (I did use the charm at some point on that mob) because of something I found tonight.
This is the first time I've been to Vex Thal since the changes to the stats. (x4 as opposed to x5). I got killed by a blob, but in retrospect if I had just played it safe and chain healed I would have one (probably against Real Aten too, she isn't that much tougher just has an AE and a lot more hp's).
With the lowered stat my pet has less hp's, and I guess AC and effective leve. There just isn't any margin on these mobs that enrage often to do much of anything other than heal. It does take a heck of a long time to go through all those hp's with just one character's pet damage though. But since we can spam an incredible number of heals it is doable.
It wouldn't be if she had adds like the PoP mobs do though. Even if you can heal through all that stuff, you still get summoned. Plus the planar mobs are tougher I think.
Need to make another trip to PoP when someone else is playing to see how it works now.
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Post by Osiris on Feb 14, 2015 23:13:37 GMT -8
Okay I went back to Vex Thal and got killed by one of the blobs before real Aten Ha Ra. I'm not sure if she was up anywy, someone had already made a trip to Vex Thal since a lot of mobs were dead. I didn't get a chance to check on Aten Ha Ra, but I did do Mini Aten. Maybe I am full of something because I am pretty sure I landed Malosinia without using the tash on the modified charm. It is hard for me to tell, and I am blanking on the sequence now (I did use the charm at some point on that mob) because of something I found tonight. This is the first time I've been to Vex Thal since the changes to the stats. (x4 as opposed to x5). I got killed by a blob, but in retrospect if I had just played it safe and chain healed I would have one (probably against Real Aten too, she isn't that much tougher just has an AE and a lot more hp's). With the lowered stat my pet has less hp's, and I guess AC and effective leve. There just isn't any margin on these mobs that enrage often to do much of anything other than heal. It does take a heck of a long time to go through all those hp's with just one character's pet damage though. But since we can spam an incredible number of heals it is doable. It wouldn't be if she had adds like the PoP mobs do though. Even if you can heal through all that stuff, you still get summoned. Plus the planar mobs are tougher I think. Need to make another trip to PoP when someone else is playing to see how it works now. pets are going to get a bump in AC, HP here pretty soon, nothing huge - but I thought that even before the x4 change. Its possible they can get a dps boost as well. i'm not against having to adjust player DPS either - as stated in the x4 announcement, " some mods may need to be adjusted based on feedback and other findings." |
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Post by sunbeam on Feb 15, 2015 5:46:38 GMT -8
It would be nice for soloing. I wish the guys that were going to play the low level guys up would get started. We need to test "classic" groups - tank, healer, dps type things.
Higbi has a druid, but he also has a family and kind of specific playtimes (usually see him in the afternoon). DPS could be a lot of things, Rogue, Wizard, Shaman or Necro, another Druid even. Berserker, Monk too too, come to think of it.
I'd also personally like to try a Bard, but realize you have a lot to do and may not get to that for a while. Although some of the biggies for them (haste songs, crowd control, Slow, Resists, Damage Shield, that sort of thing) aren't affected by the server changes anyway.
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Post by medi on Feb 15, 2015 5:50:53 GMT -8
I've gotten started, just have a busy weekend and week ahead of me. Rogue is 30
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Post by sunbeam on Feb 15, 2015 6:44:34 GMT -8
My Shaman is 41 or 42 now. I will have to do some stuff today, and won't be on a lot till tonight.
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Post by Osiris on Feb 15, 2015 9:55:00 GMT -8
....I'd also personally like to try a Bard, but realize you have a lot to do and may not get to that for a while.... There is a lot to do yes, but giving Bards some love is one of those 'things to do' so if you want to role a Bard I'd say go ahead and I will make the mod adjustments from what you find. |
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Post by sunbeam on Feb 15, 2015 10:50:20 GMT -8
Like to, but it can easily wait a couple weeks. I'm not sure how long it will take a team starting low and progressing through Classic/Kunark/Velious, the Luclin, then PoP to take. Since we are not going to be using pets (except for shamans and sk pets and whatnot).
If I wasn't going to play the healer I would do it now, but even though crowd control would be great, unless someone else wanted to play a Bard it isn't in the cards.
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