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Snowbird
Rabbit Puncher
Posts: 80		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18209]
#18214 - 03/25/07 11:39 AM

Then this game isn't for the casual, solo type. Guess I'll be on my way... I was looking for a D2 type game not a WoW game.


LiquidX
Actual Hawk
Posts: 286		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18189]
#18217 - 03/25/07 11:51 AM

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I believe stephen had said they tested the bosses and beat them with a group...though he never mentioned any paticulars.


I wonder if that's an admission from him that all boss encounters are designed to require grouping.



You could always PM him and ask.


Shaun
Chicken Hawk
Posts: 199		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18189]
#18235 - 03/25/07 05:02 PM

I wouldnt listen to players when you want a definite answer! Only the developers have the correct answers. I find it amusing to see the same group of players offering answers and more often than not, they are incorrect. PM a dev to get the answer you seek.


Ibalaki
Actual Hawk
Posts: 239		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18235]
#18236 - 03/25/07 06:16 PM

The answer was given by Stephen himself and you only repeat what was said in previous post so your post may be useless? You like to attack people (would love to know why?) you are the one who brings a bad atmosphere here.

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Ragnar11
Armchair Warrior
Posts: 42		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18236]
#18241 - 03/25/07 07:32 PM

Yes, i heard this game turn into a group based game. So adj0s.. its a shame there where no warning for this in the patch notes, cos I wouldnt have used so much time on it then. ohh well
Cancellation


Leiknir
New Kid
Posts: 19		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18151]
#18349 - 03/26/07 07:08 PM

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I have to agree on this one.. Abbadon is unkillable right now.. if you knock him down more than 10% he either casts that damned RoF skill which is a full heal for him, or his guard heals him to full. Kill the guard and he instantly rezzes it, so pointless effort. He is IMMUNE to stun (I don't give a crap if it says resist or not.. I tried for 3 hours with butcher and righteous stomp and it never even hit one of the guards in that period.. nothing but resist messages) so there's no way to interrupt him.

And to top it off, there's almost no one close to my level ever on, so am I to stay stuck at this point in the game forever? This one at least should have been tested before it was implemented.



I disagree. I am a level 47 warrior and Abaddon is NOT unkillable. He's just no longer killable at level 30 without using any potions.

Now it's just not efficient to solo him, as it requires several rows of potions and enough HP/resists to survive his Meteor Storm.

I do agree that he is totally immune to righteous stomp and butcher, as are all of the bosses. Even hero mobs resist it 50% of the time.

The easiest way to kill him is still to kill him first, then the female guard, then the two male guards.

Abaddon will actually only res the female guard once every certain amount of time. The same goes for the female guard resing the male guards. She'll only do it once every so often, and it's a plenty long delay in every case.

The trick I've found to killing Abaddon (as a warrior) is Acidic Blight + Gaseous Blast + Soul Rend (even nerfed, it's still useful) along with shadow and fire resists. You can add in 2 handed (or 1 handed) swivel arm action as well.

I don't know what to say to mages or rangers. Mages have always had a tough time soloing bosses and rangers got hit with a pretty stout nerf-bat.

-Leiknir-


Laurana
Old Timer
Posts: 597		 Re: Uneven strengthening of bosses? [Re: #18349]
#18398 - 03/27/07 04:09 AM

umm well then you are extroadinarily lucky.

lvl 50 waynger + lvl 57 ranger = 20 mins and still no dead abbadon (that's including the lvl bug where if im leader no guards spawn)

lvl 50 ranger + lvl 88 mage = 20 mins and still no dead abbadon (again including the bug of no guards spawning)

also at lvl 50 i tried soloing him. 20 times or more i tried, each time running out of potions more often than dying. both using a crossbow and using warrior skills. i have 8k+ hp so i wasnt dying. i could be right in the RoF and still be hitting him, and it made no difference. his regen was so quick i may as well have been hitting air. and the same thing happened when there were two of us. the lvl 88 mage had 22k mana and she was running out, because of his RoF with full regen which he'd cast every time he got down about 20% of his life.

i don't know how you seem to be able to solo him when we couldn't even kill him grouped with no guards.

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