starting ToD, seems real hard

rashylewizz

Module 4's campaign is really hard, not because it is challenging.

Its just pure hassle with time-gates and tons and tons of dailies. Such a burden to be honest.

query523

HR: drop RoA on the archers because they don't move soyou get the some LS forthe fight. Then whatever other encounters you have. dodge the white and split everything in the room. When white stops spinning he and whatever is left should be on top of you. fire off all melle encounters and RoA should be up when you hit tab. That kills everything else.
GF: FLS before white can start it's CC, LS him, ET white should be dead at this point. Stand on top of archer and cleave everything else will come to you. Vm whenever it comes up (about once an engagement)
SW: fire off two whatevers and then dt the archer (because he don't move) walk backwards everything will walk into DT.
GWF hit things until you go unstoppable, hit things more.
CW: CC everything then kill it all.

Don't have a DC or TR.

rhoric

Kill the ghosts first when you come on them. If you worry about the mobs around them and you only kill a few before you die. If the ghost is still alive then all the mobs respawn. If the ghost dies then if you happen to die. The ghost does not respawn. And when that happens you can just by-pass those mobs and move on. With the changes to the last ghost. You will have to kill everything before moving on.

vortican

In my experience, overall this campaign is not hard (if you've been to Icewind Dale) for a rogue. However, I am not halfway through it but Ghost Stories is by far the toughest part. I tried to solo a couple of times on my 13.x GS TR but it was not worth it. Hook up with a couple people (even one) and it's far easier. It's simply not worth the hassle of trying to solo that quest when you can usually find people to group with to complete it. My usual routine is to hit Neverdeath first, do the dailies, Ghost Stories if it's available, then kill the dragon, and do all the rest of the dailies and dragons from all areas. It takes between 1-2 hours per day. I did the Dread Ring and Sharandar the same way, group for the lairs and solo for the dailies. It was not a bad grind and so far it feels like those two took way longer to grind through them. Granted, I was doing them both at the same time, but still.

Icewind Dale is a totally different story. VERY difficult to solo many of the dailies for a low GS TR like me and I quit going after a while. There isn't much point even doing encounters when all you're going to get is black ice and some random crafting <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font>. At least with Tyranny of Dragons, you can get some enchantments and sometimes equipment, even if it's just transmutes or weapons you don't need. Icewind Dale takes way longer for fewer rewards. Unless you really like grinding and running around, it's practically not worth it. ToD is a far better experience.

pointsman

Ghost Stories is impossible for my 10k DC. Even with High Prophet set.

beckylunatic

I think a 10k DC probably doesn't have the power or crit to pump out a lot of damage even with all DPS spells slotted. Miracle Healer would actually improve your survivability if you own both. But High Prophet will help your party chew through it faster if you group, and there's certainly nothing wrong with grouping here.

I don't much enjoy Ghost Stories so I just quit doing it. What's the point of rushing to get lore pages if you're going to be locked out of the final boons for months anyway?