Solo Artist Challenge 2 - Rebooted - brainstorming thread

[Izmael]

Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Were you leaving the goo and the golem out too? They spawn in the same spots and have the exact same level and stats as the wurm

I'm doing north right now for exp so I have really recent experience dealing with all of its inhabitants.

Wurm is quite a bit weaker than the other named in this wing. Pretty sure he's lower level as well, I got nowhere near as many stun resists on him as on the named when I started doing north at level 54. I added him back though. He definitely has less HP's than the named too.

Besides, you acknowledged earlier in the thread that a large part of the difficulty in soloing any given mob is getting to (and possibly spawning) and pulling it, not just killing the mob by itself in a vaccuum. HS north is no picnic to solo unless you're already an accomplished soloer and/or familiar with the place. And even then, there's miles of difference between handling one of the rooms where the key for the boss room spawns as a chanter or a necro compared to as a shaman or druid or something. IIRC some of the best original SAC competitors didn't do north until they were 60, and I don't remember ever seen anyone outside of enchanter, necro, or shaman soloing it at all.

I'm not sure of the point you're trying to make there.

Further, you insisted on using a zone-by-zone system for this. Why in the world would you leave a named, loot-dropping NPC off of the list when your whole idea for the ranking was to show what all a person has done in a specific zone?

As I said, I left him out because he's barely different from regular trash mobs in terms of difficulty. However, I've added him back in due to popular demand (population = you). Also, I suppose, the more the merrier.

Are you sure about tier 6 for HS?

Absolutely not - this is a request for comments. Matter of fact I have never soloed a single mob in HS East myself, so everyone's wisdom is more than welcome.

Undertaker Lord is 56, so no normal mezzes, no stuns, tougher resists, and he's got a HT (and SK spells? I can't recall). Compared to Mortiferous Protector who is only 55, so he can be mezzed, stunned, has generally lower resists, and doesn't HT (or cast). Did they change DS with Velious? I almost want to say she should be on the same tier as Undertaker Lord. I mean, she hits harder and casts necro spells and has a big lifetap proc (as of the last I knew)... but she is more easily pulled and is only level 55 so she can be stunned.

As I said, not having done HS East myself other than back on live with a group - we're speaking 2001 so it's 16 years ago and memories are blurry at best - I'm gonna have to rely on everyone's comments.

What would you say? Put DS, MP and UL all in the same tier? or DS + MP in a tier and UL in the tier above?

I'm pretty sure south mobs tiers can also use some adjustments.