solo tt

Blackula__ - Archosaur
Blackula__ - Archosaur Posts: 56 Arc User
edited June 2011 in Archer
So I was wondering how does solo'ing tt work? Is it just about interval for the most part? Do you have to be demon to do it? I don't mean to over simplify but it almost seems like build archer, restat to "good" fists and then collect interval.....hit spark....repeat?
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Are you asking about soloing TT in Single Mode or Squad Mode?

    Level 90 Archers without interval can solo TT2-3 in Single Mode.

    I am unsure about 3-x Squad Mode, since I haven't gone into TT after the bosses got harder.
  • Blackula__ - Archosaur
    Blackula__ - Archosaur Posts: 56 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Well I didn't know that an archer could solo tt 2-3 ......I am new to the high levels of the game as I have gotten 2 characters to 90 but not really much beyond that. With all these rep sales I was just wondering would a archer with rank equipment be better then say a cleric. I love aspects of cleric however I get frustrated by the interval classes seeming to be able to make money by solo this and that. That being said I hope you all understand that its not a QQ fest or a poor me I hate the interval melee classes just trying to decide "IF" I invest which would be smarter. The interval is obviously useful but I feel the channeling has very little effect as even with decent minus channeling my cleric is not gonna be PEW PEW!!

    Please post any thoughts about this.....
  • Dpicic - Harshlands
    Dpicic - Harshlands Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    can some1 tell me what tt u can solo with archer and what gear u need and lvl req

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  • Fleuri - Sanctuary
    Fleuri - Sanctuary Posts: 1,763 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Blackula__ - Archosaur wrote: »
    So I was wondering how does solo'ing tt work? Is it just about interval for the most part? Do you have to be demon to do it? I don't mean to over simplify but it almost seems like build archer, restat to "good" fists and then collect interval.....hit spark....repeat?

    Normally archers are all about killing other things before they get hit. And if you have optimized your build for that kind of thing, you will probably kind of suck for "soloing TT", unless you have truly amazing gear (if you have +10..+12 gear, and the right kinds of gear, you could solo TT with pretty much any kind of build that allows you to wear them).

    If you optimize your build for "soloing TT" or other such things, you will not do quite so well for regular archer combat situations.

    So... soloing TT requires you have enough self healing available to survive combat. The better your defenses, the less self healing you need. To some degree, really good self healing will drive your costs up, so economics becomes another issue. If you wear a guardian charm, you only need enough self healing to survive for 10 seconds. (None of the TT bosses have the psychic debuff that slows down healing.)

    So here's a brief list of kinds of ways of healing and defending yourself, for soloing:
    * buffs -- the big three are cleric, blademaster, barbarian -- support your neighborhood buffers!
    * armor
    * ornaments
    * ornament refines
    * guardian charms
    * crab meat
    * defensive charms
    * genie
    * apothecaries
    * kiting
    * wings of grace
    * demon spark (heals, temporary invulnerability, might or might not increase your chi gain rate)
    * sage spark (heals, temporary invulnerability and gives you defensive buff from wings of grace)
    * winged shell
    * wings of protection (this does help, not much but economically its nice)
    * blessing of the condor (this one hurts, but can be a one time "save me" button)
    * defense levels (yes, that schoolteacher blessing might keep you alive in a marginal setting where jones would not, though jones might end the battle and keep your safe where school teacher defense would not)

    Also, you need enough health for your healing methods to work, and increased health increases the rate of some of your heals, so also:
    * vitality
    * armor refines
    * citrine shards

    And, about fists...

    Fists increase your chi generation rate, and chi via triple spark gives a healing boosts, gives you temporary invulnerability and which lets your healing catch up, and remove any debuffs on you, but they also expose you to melee attacks and short range attacks which on some bosses are much worse than anything you would face if you were using a bow. This depends on the bosses. (And I have yet to find a really good guide for bosses. The pwpedia seems like an ideal place for that, but it needs a lot of work, I think, before it becomes a useful reference for bosses.)

    So, in other words: if you have the best gear on the server, you can solo TT with few issues, but mostly it involves tradeoffs and economics and some careful planning.
  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Blackula__ - Archosaur wrote: »
    Well I didn't know that an archer could solo tt 2-3 ......

    It needs to be clarified that an archer without interval gear can solo TT in SINGLE mode, not Squad mode.

    Here's some info:
    Link: TT1-3
    Link: TT2-2
    Link: TT2-3

    Again, these are all in Single/Solo mode, not Squad mode.
  • Cavalieri - Sanctuary
    Cavalieri - Sanctuary Posts: 94 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It needs to be clarified that an archer without interval gear can solo TT in SINGLE mode, not Squad mode.

    Here's some info:
    Link: TT1-3
    Link: TT2-2
    Link: TT2-3

    Again, these are all in Single/Solo mode, not Squad mode.



    Been wondering and some people here might know the answer to this:

    I ve heard that with the latest TT changes solo mode got changed in a way that u dont get ANY drops if u have someone else coming along with u. Can anyone confirm this? Or maybe tell me it s not true :P
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  • VlLKASS - Sanctuary
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 1,396 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    * demon spark (heals, temporary invulnerability, might or might not increase your chi gain rate)
    * sage spark (heals, temporary invulnerability and gives you defensive buff from wings of grace)
    For soloing I'd go sage 5aps (with rank fairly cheap now 5 aps ain't so hard anymore) for sage spark b:dirty.

    I have no idea which TTs I can solo, since using my barb ( b:chuckle even though he's LA) is much easier with BP. Archers sadly don't get it.


    I duno, instead of soloing it'd go along with a cleric or a half squad of decent DDs.
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  • Olbaze - Sanctuary
    Olbaze - Sanctuary Posts: 4,242 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary wrote: »
    For soloing I'd go sage 5aps (with rank fairly cheap now 5 aps ain't so hard anymore) for sage spark b:dirty.

    Um, you can only be 5 aps with fists. That or having every single piece of -interval in the game and using Wind Shield. And even that only allows you to permaspark, not perma-5aps.
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  • VlLKASS - Sanctuary
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 1,396 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Olbaze - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Um, you can only be 5 aps with fists. That or having every single piece of -interval in the game and using Wind Shield. And even that only allows you to permaspark, not perma-5aps.

    Why would I be refering to a ranged weap o.o


    + /~100 archers don't use bows, only fists b:chuckle
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  • Olbaze - Sanctuary
    Olbaze - Sanctuary Posts: 4,242 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Why would I be refering to a ranged weap o.o


    + /~100 archers don't use bows, only fists b:chuckle

    Oh wait... this is the Archer forum.

    I'll just be in the corner cultivating my mushrooms.

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  • Oniwabanchu - Archosaur
    Oniwabanchu - Archosaur Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    VlLKASS - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Why would I be refering to a ranged weap o.o


    + /~100 archers don't use bows, only fists b:chuckle

    Indeed, actually i just have 2.5 aps 3.33 sparked and killing wurlord at 2/3 solo mode is such an easy task, barely use 6 crab meats during the 3 mins that i used to kill it, i only use r8 bow to kill some mobs and obviously Sharpened Tooth...
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  • Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973
    Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973 Posts: 7,881 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Archers can solo every TT if they have enough gear for it.
    The catch is once get good enough gear for farming you no longer need the coins.
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  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    I'd state the obvious, but meh...

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