Curse

semantic · Dec 28, 2005, 12:50 AM // 00:50

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Originally Posted by David Lionmaster

how do you do it? i cant keep imps out of my aggro bubble, just a couple get in, but i have trouble with them.

So do I. In fact, I died because I got too close to a couple. But I managed to kill them before I went down and one dropped the sword.

Narutoscryed · Dec 28, 2005, 02:25 AM // 02:25

how do you get past the avacara boss and his mobs at the bridge in mineral? usually there is a small mob of avacara and you storm chaser past those.. but how do you get past the next group at the mouth of the bridge? because the boss on that bridge will slow you down and then comes the killing of yourself by a ton of pissed off bird men.

Kassad · Dec 28, 2005, 03:01 AM // 03:01

Use distracting shot on Iron Mist from the Elemental boss, easy running.

Valerius · Dec 28, 2005, 04:17 AM // 04:17

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how do you do it? i cant keep imps out of my aggro bubble, just a couple get in, but i have trouble with them.

how i usually do it is... i'll shoot a Poison Arrow {E}... use Dodge and run back... get a hill advantage and take them out one by one... there may be one or two imps that will be casting spells... but u should really be having no difficulties with only two...

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I can make it to the cave, but dam imps rush me even at range, and those dam trolls, interupt everything i do or is it the impS?? ANyway any suggestion for a R/W? Can kill about 4 or 5 before im dead, respawn run all the way back to kill 4 or 5 die, respawn run back, same thing!!

u need to take out the trolls first... i'll usually shoot a Poison Arrow {E} then run... then run back in shoot another then run back... just degen them to death... and going Mesmer secondary really helps cause u gotta have the Mantra of Cold or Elemental Resistance... or else u'll really have troubles with the imps...

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how do you get past the avacara boss and his mobs at the bridge in mineral?

either interupt it like Kassad said... or else u'll have to rezone or go the alternate route

Narutoscryed · Dec 28, 2005, 04:17 AM // 04:17

OK there are two seperate bosses with huge mobs on two different bridges... someone told me to interupt when the boss casts his slowdown spell...ya thats a great idea exept for one major problem....even before you reach the bridge of the first boss you have enimies on your ass from the small group before.. now no problem right? just use storm chaster and once you reach the main group with the boss fire frost whatever up and then intreupt his slowdown spell.. then cast dodge and bail..in a perfect world ya it would work.. but unfortunatly the damage you have taken from the first encounter is about 100 then you finnally get to the part where your supposed to interupt the boSS. well good luck cause you wont live long enough to see him cast the spell your supposed to interupt..and ya if you do then your at like 40 health and fading fast with spells on you like fragility and whatever crap they throw on ya.so heal right?? ya thats a good idea.. wait all day for troll ungent to kick in and even if it does the damage your taking is far greater than your healing..i know when i have frost whatever on me the physical attacks dont do any damage..but unfortunatly direct attack is not the only thing enimies do. i can kick the shit outa ice imps.. problem is getting there

Asrial · Dec 28, 2005, 04:42 AM // 04:42

Christ these guys are fricking annoying. The imps just LOVE to come into range.

semantic · Dec 28, 2005, 04:55 AM // 04:55

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Originally Posted by Narutoscryed

OK .. problem is getting there

... system message follows...

... Ranger privileges revoked ...

... all Ranger characters automatically converted to equivalent level Sword WaMo ...

... you will be forcibly logged off this character in 5... 4... 3...

King's Spectre · Dec 28, 2005, 05:08 AM // 05:08

Nice build. I like to go with R/W and farm my IDS with a FDS.

Valerius · Dec 28, 2005, 05:16 AM // 05:16

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OK there are two seperate bosses with huge mobs on two different bridges... someone told me to interupt when the boss casts his slowdown spell...ya thats a great idea exept for one major problem....even before you reach the bridge of the first boss you have enimies on your ass from the small group before.. now no problem right? just use storm chaster and once you reach the main group with the boss fire frost whatever up and then intreupt his slowdown spell.. then cast dodge and bail..in a perfect world ya it would work.. but unfortunatly the damage you have taken from the first encounter is about 100 then you finnally get to the part where your supposed to interupt the boSS. well good luck cause you wont live long enough to see him cast the spell your supposed to interupt..and ya if you do then your at like 40 health and fading fast with spells on you like fragility and whatever crap they throw on ya.so heal right?? ya thats a good idea.. wait all day for troll ungent to kick in and even if it does the damage your taking is far greater than your healing..i know when i have frost whatever on me the physical attacks dont do any damage..but unfortunatly direct attack is not the only thing enimies do. i can kick the shit outa ice imps.. problem is getting there

u just had a really bad spawn... rezone and try again

Asrial · Dec 28, 2005, 08:47 AM // 08:47

I managed 1 successful solo hunt with my ranger, very frustrating but it was because the imps kept coming into aggro range. No IDS'.

I decided to try an invinci-monk solo and snagged 3 IDS on the first run. Go figure.

I will say this though, the invinci-monk is VERY low maintenance but can be EXTREMELY frustrating because of bad guile spawns.

LightningHell · Dec 28, 2005, 09:05 AM // 09:05

Am i seeing something?

Icy Dragon Sword?

I must be missing out.

Beqxter · Dec 28, 2005, 07:09 PM // 19:09

Invincimonking takes me a lot longer (no speed boosts, and I like killing the brave/fierce mobs for the occasional decent drops), but is SO at the mercy of guile spawns - nothing like taking 40 minutes to get to the cave mouth to find the guile spawn mixed in with the imps right at the mouth of the cave (ARGH!). I'm just not clever enough to take out a mob with a guile or an ardent in it, I know some are. I like the ranger build for getting there a lot faster, and once you get the hang of it soloing the imps is pretty easy - but I can't take out the azures so it bugs that there's a mob or two I can't reach. It's a tossup, but lately I'm preferring the ranger.

Wish I had a warrior - that seems to be the simplest solution for solo farming.

David Lionmaster · Dec 28, 2005, 09:20 PM // 21:20

yay i finally soloed the cave with my ranger! i was with one other person, but they died in the first small imp group, so i continued and cleared the cave myself. i did die once, but i went back and finished it (my parnter died at the giants that time). there were some imps that spawned after the ice beast, so i wasnt able to kill those.

Valerius · Dec 28, 2005, 10:17 PM // 22:17

yeah... u have to try and kill the shadows one by one... if more the one pops up... it's kinda hard...

Asrial · Dec 29, 2005, 01:01 AM // 01:01

I'm lucky. I have an invinci-monk, a ranger, AND access to a warrior. I get the best of all IDS worlds

Sab · Dec 29, 2005, 12:16 PM // 12:16

Kassad: Thanks a lot for that tutorial - I got my first IDS based on your technique. My build was a bit different, I had Conjure Phantasm and Phantom Pain instead of Antidote Signet and Point Blank Shot. It just seemed easier killing Imps and Avicara with Damage over Time spells. The problem is that Maelstrom from the Imps will keep on interrupting the spells, so that's one thing I have to watch out for, but otherwise it works very well. Thanks again.

David Lionmaster · Dec 29, 2005, 06:57 PM // 18:57

yay! i finally had a successfull solo run, and i found an ids!

the build i used

poison arrow
dual shot
distracting shot
kindle arrows
troll
storm chaser
dodge
elemental resistance

the trolls were tricky, i just poisoned and ran, the imps slowed me, but it wore off pretty quickly, and they got out of range. i almost gave up on the trolls, but i managed to kill them. towards the end of the cave one of the imps dropped an ids.

my hard work finally paid off.

Asrial · Dec 29, 2005, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Usually what happens is that I'll get a bunch of imps plinking away from long distance but one will be a brave little punk and get up close and start using ice spears, mind freezes, and maelstroms.

Here's my skillbar (not the best of the best but I bammed it out pretty quick and it seemed to work okay) and here's what I do:

Savage Shot, Distracting Shot, Apply Poison, Troll Unguent, Throw Dirt, Whirling Dervish, Dodge, Storm Chaser

I get it to where only 1 imp is doing ice spears and maelstroms. I Savage Shot the maelstroms and Distracting Shot the ice spears (very important to Distracting Shot the spears so that you can disable them for 20 seconds). I use Savage Shot just to give extra insurance that I don't get hit by a maelstrom while Distracting Shot is recharging.

When a troll is coming at me, I hit it with a poison arrow and hit Whirling Dervish. When Whirling Dervish runs out, I hit it with another poison arrow and hit Dodge (at which point I stop attacking). When Dodge runs out, I use Throw Dirt on it. Usually, by this time, the troll is dead and I can focus on the imps.

1) If you're patient, damage is not important. DOT is what will kill things.

2) Using Amnoon Oasis Druid's armor, I never really had a problem with damage unless I was getting spiked by ice spears and maelstrom was taking out Troll Unguent.

David Lionmaster · Dec 30, 2005, 05:05 PM // 17:05

im pretty sure its whirling defense.

yeah, i never needed it when fighting a troll, i just poisoned and ran.

furious fellblade · Dec 31, 2005, 05:23 AM // 05:23

doesnt seem to work.......i keep getting pwned by those devastating health degeneration and knocked down by golems