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Solo CN:

thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
in PvE Discussion
So, after the nerf of the warlord's inspiration I thought it would be a good time to get in my solo CN run:



Wiped once to the first boss, 3 times to the 2nd boss, once to the 3rd boss, once to the final add wave and 6 times to the pig right before the first boss....That is right folks, the pig before the first boss is the hardest fight in CN confirmed.

Used blink dog for active companion in order to maintain combat advantage bonus, I am playing MoF thaum.
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  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    magenubbie said:

    What can I say.. Well done, as always.

    I agree the bosses aren't very challenging. There's a bit of RNG involved in where and if those deathballs spawn on the Orcus fight, but the rest is fairly simple. I can imagine that "pig" as you call it - I really had to search my memory trying to figure out what you meant xD- would be difficult alone indeed. Very little room to maneuver means very precise and controlled gameplay. How long did it take you to get through?

    3 hours and 11 minutes, the timer is correct in this instance.
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  • loboguildloboguild Member Posts: 2,371 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    Woah... well done. But how in the world do you not get one-shotted against Orcus every time? Did your companion tank?
  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    loboguild said:

    Woah... well done. But how in the world do you not get one-shotted against Orcus every time? Did your companion tank?

    My companion tanked some hits yes, the rest....well, elven battle = more dodges = more immunity frames, I gave up on shield because his AoE blast hits for a percentage of your HP (think its 90% of your max HP) and since I was either always at full HP or dead, shield didn't matter. All the other attacks were a case of even with the full mitigation of shield, I would die if hit, so I just had to assume I would never get hit by the other attacks and burn him down.
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  • plaviaplavia Member Posts: 540 Arc User
    nice:)

    didn't do foundry in long time, can it be summoned in foundry?
    might make it challenging for groups as well
  • itblsitbls Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 121 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    http://s30.postimg.org/iseafeuhr/zzzzzzzz.jpg
    https://youtu.be/6YMmBjrUdjo
    https://youtu.be/TgI6Jcfsxl8
    https://youtu.be/12buoX5Itho
    Meh, not as good as you did sharp but here are the clips of the boss fights.
    Only had trouble with the 2nd boss. After 15+ deaths on him I decided to respect to MoF and.. somehow I did better.. lol only took 1 try with MoF.
    So yea if it wasn't for the 2nd boss it would have been at least 2 hours.. and still don't get how I could not beat him with Spellstorm.
  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    itbls said:


    https://youtu.be/6YMmBjrUdjo
    https://youtu.be/TgI6Jcfsxl8
    https://youtu.be/12buoX5Itho
    Meh, not as good as you did sharp but here are the clips of the boss fights.
    Only had trouble with the 2nd boss. After 15+ deaths on him I decided to respect to MoF and.. somehow I did better.. lol only took 1 try with MoF.
    So yea if it wasn't for the 2nd boss it would have been at least 2 hours.. and still don't get how I could not beat him with Spellstorm.

    Grats freedom :) I think MoF works better because of all the dots, lifesteal is more consistent, making it easier to survive. Btw, you didn't include a video of the real boss...the pig :p
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  • itblsitbls Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 121 Arc User
    https://youtu.be/YX5EZ68TEYI
    thanks, Lucky you I almost deleted the file :)
  • maseta89maseta89 Member Posts: 37 Arc User
    Good job. Btw what companion is that?
  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    maseta89 said:

    Good job. Btw what companion is that?

    Blink dog.
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  • torontodavetorontodave Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 992 Arc User
    high fives all around. =D
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  • loboguildloboguild Member Posts: 2,371 Arc User
    Thanks for the videos, amazing!

    Shows how boring the fight really is. Orcus waits for the Blink Dog to revive and never switches the target *dang*. Afaik even taunting a mob can't stop an attack that has already started on the aggro target. So if Orcus immediately switched to the CW he would at least attack the player once until the Bling Dog regains aggro and tanks another hit.

    What's wrong with the Bell btw.? It's supposed to give 10 secs of immunity, but it looks like 60+ in the video.
  • mrvincent1959mrvincent1959 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 740 Arc User
    Did you get anything extra for doing this solo? If not, you wasted your time.
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  • lirithiellirithiel Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    mrvincent1959 said:

    Did you get anything extra for doing this solo? If not, you wasted your time.

    Roflmmfao.
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  • silverkeltsilverkelt Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,235 Arc User
    Its up to him to decide that..

    and yes.. techincally if he did it all the time he would 100% winner on every sig roll =P ..

    which is the only thing of any use in CN at all..

    and its not even 100% guarantee to drop (more like 1 out of every 10 runs)

    Grats and good job.

    I get to impatient and think of the AD I could be earning to even try.

  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    silverkelt said:

    Its up to him to decide that..

    and yes.. techincally if he did it all the time he would 100% winner on every sig roll =P ..

    which is the only thing of any use in CN at all..

    and its not even 100% guarantee to drop (more like 1 out of every 10 runs)

    Grats and good job.

    I get to impatient and think of the AD I could be earning to even try.

    As you can see in the screenshot, I did get an insignia drop on orcus which I guarantee you, I won :p
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  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,424 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    silverkelt said:

    Its up to him to decide that..

    and yes.. techincally if he did it all the time he would 100% winner on every sig roll =P ..

    which is the only thing of any use in CN at all..

    and its not even 100% guarantee to drop (more like 1 out of every 10 runs)

    Grats and good job.

    I get to impatient and think of the AD I could be earning to even try.

    For the only 2 CN runs I did, both dropped blue insignia on Orcus. I only won one of them though.
    Since mine is a GWF, I was the one who picked them up (to have a party roll) in both cases.
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  • duryntedurynte Member Posts: 132 Arc User
    Congratulations to your solo run! And, I like to add, double congratulations to Cryptic for offering you (and other masters of their classes) 3 hours of challenging entertainment.
  • itblsitbls Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 121 Arc User
    mrvincent1959 said:

    Did you get anything extra for doing this solo? If not, you wasted your time.

    Guess some people don't know how to multitask.
  • krymkackrymkac Member Posts: 210 Arc User
    Nice one. But 3h? Y have some some patience. Waiting for a melee class solo video :P
  • jugger71jugger71 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 252 Arc User
    They could have brought back the old CN unchanged and it would have been better than this pile...
  • flyingleonflyingleon Member Posts: 451 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    I watched two solo boss videos. I think the key is that the companions always get aggro even when they were down. I am surprised even blink dog is down, the boss was still waiting somehow. Well in this case, companions are the ultimate tanks. Because if a player die, they are out but companion not.

    I do remember the boss has a one shot (range) power if a player gets aggro? Am I right? Maybe companion is too powerful in this fight, there should be some restriction to the death of companions and tank companions should get higher AOE damage resistence but not immune.

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  • schietindebuxschietindebux Member Posts: 4,292 Arc User
    flyingleon said:

    I watched two solo boss videos. I think the key is that the companions always get aggro even when they were down. I am surprised even blink dog is down, the boss was still waiting somehow. Well in this case, companions are the ultimate tanks. Because if a player die, they are out but companion not.



    I do remember the boss has a one shot (range) power if a player gets aggro? Am I right? Maybe companion is too powerful in this fight, there should be some restriction to the death of companions and tank companions should get higher AOE damage resistence but not immune.

    being damnation lock, you can have 4 buddys in that dungeon, companion puppet + 2 spirits most time...you never get any aggro, even having a green pet at the boss he just stare at the dead body and wait for it to revive.
  • thefabricantthefabricant Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 5,248 Arc User
    Btw, you can see in freedom's video for the first boss he is using the High Vizier set :p
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  • krymkackrymkac Member Posts: 210 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    Tried doing it with gwf & comp. Sadly the boss switching from comp to me pretty much instantly ^^. So i guess it just maintains the closest target even if its a dead comp. But yeah shows how great current devs are at combat/mechanic design. AT this rate when/if we finally get epic versions of the removed dungeons bosses will 1shot any melee just buy mighty gaze but completely ignore ranged classes trying to kill dead companions. Balance &* challenge ftw.
  • kolatmasterkolatmaster Member Posts: 3,111 Arc User
    @thefabricant Congratations bud! :)
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