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My partner and I finished up Rohendel's MSQ last night and jumped into matchmaking for the first Abyss Dungeon. On the first boss I realized I was in solo AoE spec on my Bard, died, then another player failed the shot mechanic and died, so we wiped. The player who failed the mechanic immediately voted to quit. Everyone said no. And... everything went completely fine from there! We killed that boss on the next pull and then talked through our sword order on the next one. It took a few tries (my partner was #2 and I was calling the timing as she's still not comfortable enough to look for debuffs while moving around, but I thought that when the message disappeared from over your head that meant the debuff dropped) and we adjusted our order to make sure we had big stagger coming free early, but we got in down in six or so pulls. It was the first time for 3/4 of us. Cool dungeon. Really looking forward to the next one since that dungeon was siiiick in the MSQ.
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I don't usually follow the inane story line because I value my sanity, so picking up this polaroid without having any context gave me a pause.
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Feb 24, 2022 19:39
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FYI you don't need to look at your debuffs at all. There's a quick screenwide flash + sound cue right when the debuff expires. I found that a lot easier to pay attention to than the debuff bar.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:FYI you don't need to look at your debuffs at all. There's a quick screenwide flash + sound cue right when the debuff expires. I found that a lot easier to pay attention to than the debuff bar. Yeah that's the smart way to do it, but I have a way of out-smarting myself and deciding I saw the flash when it was just someone popping Awakening or some poo poo.
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Feb 24, 2022 19:49
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EVERY TIME GOING posted:I don't usually follow the inane story line because I value my sanity, so picking up this polaroid without having any context gave me a pause. man that guy is so cool i wish i could meet the demon queen like he definitely did
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admanb posted:Yeah that's the smart way to do it, but I have a way of out-smarting myself and deciding I saw the flash when it was just someone popping Awakening or some poo poo. Sorc is particularly busted for this encounter. If you pop ult and drop ranged stagger you can clear 2/3 the bar before sword even spawns and then kite the sword. Lots of people overcomplicate what's going on in that fight. You'll fail stagger check by the time the 4th can get the sword and 3rd getting it means they can use maybe one ability before stager check fails. I've ran it more times than I'd like to admit due to alts, and the biggest problem (besides people ignoring debuffs and killing the group) is not letting big stagger players go first. e: for anyone worried about stagger, mouse over your skills. You'll see lots of stagger: high, stagger: med/high. Those are your stagger skills. Most classes have a bunch of stagger. Khorne fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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Feb 24, 2022 20:05
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Yeah as Bard I was 4th so I just kited and popped a shot at the boss if I had space. Our group was like Shadowhunter/Demonblade/Gunslinger/Bard so we didn't have any super obvious choices for 1st sword, but it didn't matter that much.
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Gunlancer makes the stagger check pretty easy mode. I could generally get it down to 20% by the time the 2nd sword popped.
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Is there any way to see weak point/destruction on tooltips? I see Destruction show up on some of my bigger hits as Scrapper when I hit enemies with it (Death Rattle, Supernova) but I don't see the strength of the destruction listed in the tooltips unlike grenades. Also, is stagger per-hit or for the overall attack? Because if it's per hit then wow, Chain Destruction Fist is gonna do a LOT of stagger with its 8 hits.
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Hyper Inferno posted:Is there any way to see weak point/destruction on tooltips? I see Destruction show up on some of my bigger hits as Scrapper when I hit enemies with it (Death Rattle, Supernova) but I don't see the strength of the destruction listed in the tooltips unlike grenades. It shows up in tool-tips as "Weak Point." It has levels instead of low/med/high, for whatever reason.
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Hyper Inferno posted:Is there any way to see weak point/destruction on tooltips? I see Destruction show up on some of my bigger hits as Scrapper when I hit enemies with it (Death Rattle, Supernova) but I don't see the strength of the destruction listed in the tooltips unlike grenades. I'm pretty sure every move has separate hand-tuned stagger values and the low/mid/high is just a vague indication. A "high stagger" move that hits 8 times is never going to do 8x as much stagger damage as a single-hit move. Stagger is invisible in guardian raids but dungeon bosses and named enemies get visible bars and you can see how much each move reduces it.
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It’s stupid-fun to laugh off guardian raid mechanics as blue gunlancer and also teaching me so very many bad habits. But on the other hand I get like 5 counters off on that stupid bear every run so that’s nice.
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Got a Paladin up to 480, trying to figure out what classes I want to burn the power passes on. I am leaning toward Sorceress and maybe Deathblade? Any opinions?
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Theotus posted:Got a Paladin up to 480, trying to figure out what classes I want to burn the power passes on. I am leaning toward Sorceress and maybe Deathblade? Any opinions? both fun classes!
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just finished up the tournament arc and holy poo poo what is this animation https://i.imgur.com/odGVV6E.mp4
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Garrand posted:just finished up the tournament arc and holy poo poo what is this animation Yeah I dunno how that ended up like that when everything else is so good.
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Garrand posted:just finished up the tournament arc and holy poo poo what is this animation Theotus posted:Got a Paladin up to 480, trying to figure out what classes I want to burn the power passes on. I am leaning toward Sorceress and maybe Deathblade? Any opinions?
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After getting super frustrated doing Tytalos in matchmaking. I think I ran it at least a dozen times and only managed to get to phase 2 on half of them. I decided to screw it all and just solo it. First attempt was pure failure but my second attempt I barely squeezed in a victory before the time ran out. A victory is still a victory. Phase one isn't too bad but phase 2 is a miserable experience. You have so much stuff to avoid. Wide swings, seeking fire bombs, aoe circles, 180 degree angle slams, fire breaths, tornados that slow you and/or stun you before you need it forcing it on cooldown, It feels almost impossible to get a hit in. Especially the longer casting spells. But whatever! Its done and I'm still proud to say I beat Tytalos! Solo was a much easier experience. I heard the tier 2 ones aren't as annoying so I'll have to see how it goes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAVNGS46_Qg - My sorceress solo
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Every once in a while I don't skip a cutscene during the story and this time I'm glad. Although I think I accidentally made, like, Johnny Cage or something
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Is there a mode where I can just help Mokokos build lego towers all day 
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Still haven't a single inkling on how the story is supposed to tie together progressing across all the continents, but Feiton is definitely very satisfying in a D3/POE hordes of mobs and boss fights kind of way.
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So... is Artillerist supposed to be kind of a pain for solo leveling? Been doing the story dungeons alone to get it over with faster (and because nobody will both play the game with me consistently and not power-level way past my limited time). Artillerist puts out a whole lot of damage, but with all the windup/freezing in place for animations/etc dodging area attacks is barely even on the menu so far. Having a tank around would mitigate that, I know - just making sure I haven't missed something obvious to make my life easier while leveling.
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SkyeAuroline posted:So... is Artillerist supposed to be kind of a pain for solo leveling? Been doing the story dungeons alone to get it over with faster (and because nobody will both play the game with me consistently and not power-level way past my limited time). Artillerist puts out a whole lot of damage, but with all the windup/freezing in place for animations/etc dodging area attacks is barely even on the menu so far. Having a tank around would mitigate that, I know - just making sure I haven't missed something obvious to make my life easier while leveling. A big part of the gameplay for Artillerist and Sorceress and other classes with big animation locks on their strong attacks is choosing the right times to commit. Enemies that do appreciable damage and interrupt attacks will have windup and recovery animations that give you an opening to get damage in. It's all about avoiding the enemy attacks while still being in a good position to take advantage of those openings.
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Man gently caress anyone who doesn't just jump in the portal to the next chaos dungeon level right away! Stop chasing down every single mob on the map 
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explosivo posted:Man gently caress anyone who doesn't just jump in the portal to the next chaos dungeon level right away! Stop chasing down every single mob on the map This is the main reason I don’t matchmake for Chaos Dungeons.
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SkyeAuroline posted:So... is Artillerist supposed to be kind of a pain for solo leveling? Been doing the story dungeons alone to get it over with faster (and because nobody will both play the game with me consistently and not power-level way past my limited time). Artillerist puts out a whole lot of damage, but with all the windup/freezing in place for animations/etc dodging area attacks is barely even on the menu so far. Having a tank around would mitigate that, I know - just making sure I haven't missed something obvious to make my life easier while leveling. Not at all. Use some of your stuns / CC attacks to lock enemies down, then drop some big shots on them. Anything with a knock up / down works wonderfully. And the gravity cannon move is a godsend too.
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is artillerist as “sorceress but with guns” as it seems? because i think i’d be into that i’m up to 6 alts now — burning all my gold on knowledge transfers while my “main” is still at 500 ilvl. it’s not my fault all these classes are very fun!
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Not at all. Use some of your stuns / CC attacks to lock enemies down, then drop some big shots on them. Anything with a knock up / down works wonderfully. And the gravity cannon move is a godsend too. Oh, to be clear, it's completely painless right up until the dungeon bosses, all of which appear to be immune to CC until you burn through that bar. Those are the main point solo sucks at. Anything else dies fast, no issue.
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SkyeAuroline posted:Oh, to be clear, it's completely painless right up until the dungeon bosses, all of which appear to be immune to CC until you burn through that bar. Those are the main point solo sucks at. Anything else dies fast, no issue. Then run around and wait for a chance to nuke em. Or use matchmaking.
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SkyeAuroline posted:So... is Artillerist supposed to be kind of a pain for solo leveling? Been doing the story dungeons alone to get it over with faster (and because nobody will both play the game with me consistently and not power-level way past my limited time). Artillerist puts out a whole lot of damage, but with all the windup/freezing in place for animations/etc dodging area attacks is barely even on the menu so far. Having a tank around would mitigate that, I know - just making sure I haven't missed something obvious to make my life easier while leveling. It can be painful since they dont have good mobility options ( i mean that swipe can be good) but stick with it. At end game game they get a useful shield to soak up damage and since they stack agility they have very little downtime between attacks. You still need to anticipate attacks because of their delay, but its much better since stats decrease the delays, not just the cooldown.
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The way to get more loot from chaos is: First map: wait for portal to open at 15%-17% and go next. There's some mechanic here I don't quite get because sometimes it opens at 15 and other times you need to edge to 17. Second map: kill mini bosses for cd resets and better drops, go into portal as soon as boss is dead, don't try to kill every mob but don't avoid killing them Final map: get to ~98%-99% then group everything up and use a single damage ability. This results in getting extra loot because you've killed over 100% of the mobs. The short version being "bosses good, killing extra things at the very end good, missing a boss at the end because you killed too much trash in portal1/2 bad". SkyeAuroline posted:Oh, to be clear, it's completely painless right up until the dungeon bosses, all of which appear to be immune to CC until you burn through that bar. Those are the main point solo sucks at. Anything else dies fast, no issue. Make sure to spam current heal over time potions & don't just leave the low level ones equipped. Heal over time potions are practically free at any tier. It's only % hp potions that you should avoid using unless in endgame content (pretty much anything that goes on 1-2-3-4 you shouldn't be using outside of endgame stuff.) Khorne fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Feb 25, 2022 |
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SkyeAuroline posted:Oh, to be clear, it's completely painless right up until the dungeon bosses, all of which appear to be immune to CC until you burn through that bar. Those are the main point solo sucks at. Anything else dies fast, no issue. As a sorc player - you just gotta work the attack patterns. Theres usually time to weave in a long attack after dodging something. Play in melee range and be kind of bold when your dodge is available.
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S.J. posted:Every once in a while I don't skip a cutscene during the story and this time I'm glad. Although I think I accidentally made, like, Johnny Cage or something I wish I had been fast enough to grab a screencap of that part since I can't find it in the Memory Archive. My striker with his glorious moustache looked amazing. Speaking of strikers, having the boss raids of Vertus and Chromium has made being melee dps kind of miserable with the point blank aoes. Might roll up a sorceress as an alt since they seem to come in mvp on those all the time anyway. Doing fine with the rest of the content, but man, if anyone has any ideas how to survive those monster-hunter-likes as non tank melee dps, I'm all ears. Should I not worry about back striking and just get hits in where ever?
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At least for Vertus you just need to get in and out and touch his back legs. They're behind his centerline so count as back attacks, but don't put you behind him enough that you get into trouble. You really don't have a lot of time though, and anytime they pick up their legs they tend to do a spin or smash attack so just run out whenever you see that kind of animation starting.
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Yea, theres a fairly safe spot in like the 45 degree angle between the side and the back on both sides for Vertus. You just have to keep up with someone spinning him in circles... Chromium - yea idk you just have to know when to dash away and not get faked out by the double slam
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Wayback posted:I wish I had been fast enough to grab a screencap of that part since I can't find it in the Memory Archive. My striker with his glorious moustache looked amazing. I'm maining a melee and everything that isn't Vertus has gone pretty well.
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Hefty posted:is artillerist as “sorceress but with guns” as it seems? because i think i’d be into that I haven't played Sorceress, but from what I've seen of it and my experience with Artillerist, totally
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