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Rhinoplasty Solo

sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
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Hello Heroes - I'm trying to solo the Rhinoplasty mission on Monster Island. I've gotten to the end twice, defeated the rhino, but Dr. Moreau gets away each time, and I can't complete the mission. Do I have to defeat him as well? The mission doesn't say I have to, and when I asked CO about it, they basically told me 'we don't give answers to questions about missions around here'. I could use some advice here. Thanks! B)

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  • notyuunotyuu Posts: 1,121 Arc User
    well if you can reach the end solo easily enough.. the next step is simple.. take out the doc before rhino.
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  • sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
    notyuu said:

    well if you can reach the end solo easily enough.. the next step is simple.. take out the doc before rhino.

    I wish it were that simple! But when the doc starts running about and creating 40 billion more rats that slow my ability to chase him, that goes poorly for me. :)

  • stratluverstratluver Posts: 313 Arc User
    notyuu wrote: »
    well if you can reach the end solo easily enough.. the next step is simple.. take out the doc before rhino.

    Might not be the answer you want but it is the answer.

    Are you soloing it because you want to or because you can't find team members?​​

  • sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
    stratluver said:



    notyuu wrote: »

    well if you can reach the end solo easily enough.. the next step is simple.. take out the doc before rhino.


    Might not be the answer you want but it is the answer.



    Are you soloing it because you want to or because you can't find team members?​​

    Hi. Soloing with this tank because it's coming up on lvl 35 and I wanted to see what I might need to adjust when the big stuff comes up (like Gravitar).

    Back to Rhinoplasty: if the answer is that both the Doc and the Rhino have to be defeated, so be it, but I just wish it'd have said that somewhere...
  • pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    You don't need to defeat both the doc and the rhino (though I usually do -- the doc has to run to consoles and spend a bit of time to summon rats, and if you attack him he runs, interrupting the summon), but there might be a trigger region so if you pull rhino too far it doesn't count for mission completion.
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  • sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
    pantagruel01 said:

    You don't need to defeat both the doc and the rhino (though I usually do -- the doc has to run to consoles and spend a bit of time to summon rats, and if you attack him he runs, interrupting the summon), but there might be a trigger region so if you pull rhino too far it doesn't count for mission completion.

    Thank you! It's odd though, that both times I've defeated the Rhino, it's in the exact spot where he was standing when I entered that last cave clearing!

  • stratluverstratluver Posts: 313 Arc User
    stratluver wrote: »
    notyuu wrote: »
    well if you can reach the end solo easily enough.. the next step is simple.. take out the doc before rhino.

    Might not be the answer you want but it is the answer.

    Are you soloing it because you want to or because you can't find team members?

    Not only did my post look rude and cocky...it was WRONG!

    I ran one of my 40's, that has never done it, through the mission. I fought Rhino basically where he started. I did die once...missed a heal :p . Finished him off and got credit for the mission and even Doc defeat.

    So, I'm not sure why you're having trouble but at least you know it can be completed that way.​​

  • sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited July 2017

    Not only did my post look rude and cocky...it was WRONG!



    I ran one of my 40's, that has never done it, through the mission. I fought Rhino basically where he started. I did die once...missed a heal :p . Finished him off and got credit for the mission and even Doc defeat.



    So, I'm not sure why you're having trouble but at least you know it can be completed that way.​​




    Thanks, strat :) So if I read this right, you defeated both the Rhino and the Doc? Or just the Rhino, and still got mission credit?

  • stratluverstratluver Posts: 313 Arc User
    Just the Rhino. And I got mission completion and credit for defeating the Dr.

    Now, I'm sure I hit the Dr. with some AoE splash. So, maybe that helped in what my outcome was?​​

  • pwestolemynamepwestolemyname Posts: 978 Arc User
    I've done that mission plenty of times, never beaten the Doc, did not even know that was an option, and got completion credit every time. You do not have to beat the dog to get mission cred, though I do think you get a bit more loot. You might be missing an earlier part of the mission or something like that.
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  • pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    edited July 2017
    Beating the doc gets you a perk. Beating on the doc puts Rhino's AI in a super-stupid mode which makes the fight faster and easier.
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  • sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
    My thanks to everyone who contributed to this. On my third pass, I emerged victorious. I had to defeat the doc to do it, though. Going on pantagruel01's info, about interrupting Doc Moreau before he summoned more rats (which snare movement to a crawl), I focused on him with a lot of Pyre AoE, and ignored Rhino to the best of my ability. Doc did not summon any rats until he was 2/3 down on health, and then they started appearing anyway, although not in the same numbers if he had been summoning all along. Because Rhino stuck close to Doc, by the time I defeated Doc, Rhino was already 2/3 down from the same Pyre and AoE axe attacks! BTW, if you get Rhino to attack you while he is standing in one of the bonfires already present on the map, they will damage both Rhino and Doc's rat army!
  • pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    I believe there's some damage sharing between rhino and the doc, and rhino takes a lot of damage if you block his charge attack.
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  • sciroccostormsciroccostorm Posts: 19 Arc User
    pantagruel01 said:

    I believe there's some damage sharing between rhino and the doc, and rhino takes a lot of damage if you block his charge attack.

    That makes sense: I was surprised after I defeated Doc Moreau at how little health Rhino had left. I wonder if it's Draysha-related as well, because when you're going through the lab at first, all the soldiers that head to the Draysha machine will keel over if you leave them alone long enough! Anyway, it was your cue that unlocked it for me, so thanks!

  • cptmassive1cptmassive1 Posts: 120 Arc User
    Haven't done this mission in a while but IIRC the best place I found to fight them is right in the doorway in melee range, even with a squishy ranged dps. I don't recall defeating the doc or not but I think I did since everything was crowded in one spot - now I want to go do this lair again.
  • ealford1985ealford1985 Posts: 3,582 Arc User
    Rally!
  • pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    There's a cut scene right at the start of the mission that should really be shown to all draysha supercharger users.
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