Video of Harry dying in one round

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

NSR and a few friends were running the Shroud a few nights ago and we noticed we were doing quite good dps on the portals in part 1, so we decided to have a go at taking down Harry in one round. I know we're not the first, but I happened to have fraps running - so here is the result. Thanks to Tanka for the additional dps and Healemup for the healing (and comet falls!).

Guildies said I should post on the forums, so check out the video here:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=66516533178&oid=22694160991

It's hi-res so you might want to let it buffer a bit before playing.

Garth

p.s. it's my first video so don't be too critical :p

[xanvar]

Pretty cool but that seemed like longer than 1 round to me. Or are you using a different def of a round than I am used to?

[Qzipoun]

Pretty cool but that seemed like longer than 1 round to me. Or are you using a different def of a round than I am used to?

Lol, how is that NOT one round :confused: Edit: Oh, I just saw your character levels in your signature, i'm guessing you haven't been in the shroud yet. A few seconds after the boss died in this video he would flown away and you'd have to kill a bunch of trash mobs before getting him. Most good groups take him down in 2 rounds, i've seen some go to 4 or 5 :(

Until this day, the closest i've gotten to one round was like 5/6%. We had crazy DPS, 9 Melees dual wielding on him, no bard. He was clearly going down in one round when we hit a major lag spike (think Part 1 portals where all the swinging starts to happen at a beat) and the clerics couldnt heal anymore so we had to back out :(

[vyvy3369]

One round of part 4, as in we didn't see any gnolls. By far the worst lag I've ever seen in part 4, but it was still pretty sweet.

Edit: We had 10 in there at one point - Vaanza (the sorc) used up his SP quick and ran in to melee.

[BGP]

I was on the run. What Willphase means by round is Harry never ported away and we never had to fight the second round of creatures.

It may seem a bit slow since we were all lagging badly. If you'll notice, towards the end, it looks like Garth is the only one swinging. (when in truth, he can barely hit Harry without rolling a 20 lol) jk

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

Until this day, the closest i've gotten to one round was like 5/6%. We had crazy DPS, 9 Melees dual wielding on him, no bard. He was clearly going down in one round when we hit a major lag spike (think Part 1 portals where all the swinging starts to happen at a beat) and the clerics couldnt heal anymore so we had to back out :(

Yeah we were getting major lag in there - you'll see that from about half way through I was only seeing my own swings - I think between the fraps client hogging the CPU/disk and the sheer amount of dps/combat-log the client just gave up the ghost. Other people in the group commented afterwards that they were only seeing their own swings.

Or... I could choose to believe I soloed Harry... hmm :rolleyes:

EDIT: just saw BGP's post. I'll have you know I hit on a 19 too!

Garth

[vyvy3369]

Bah, at least you were swinging - I tried to refresh my fireshield halfway through and couldn't due to lag :P. When I got the notification that I had died, I still had half health on my screen, but sure enough he was dead a few seconds later.

[Tanka]

Thanks for letting me come along and posting this, Garth. Great run last night! Just wish my Lightning Strike had fired off a few more times in that round. I get so giddy when it goes off. :D

[Borror0]

I get so giddy when it goes off. :D

hehe, you should see our guild runs. You got people screaming LIGHTNING STRIKE!!!! all the time it triggers.

[Tanka]

hehe, you should see our guild runs. You got people screaming LIGHTNING STRIKE!!!! all the time it triggers.
I was in a guild run a few weeks ago where it went off against one of the Lieutenants in p5 when the casters were refilling. The aggro holder (non-Intimidate build) forgot it did ~600 damage in one shot. Took him a minute to get aggro back. :D

[captain1z]

maybe it was lag but all I saw was 1 brave dwarf and 11 pikers. ;)

[maddmatt70]

You should have titled this One dwarf solos Harrry in Part 4 in one round. I mean if I were in that group I would be watching the mighty dwarf twf too..

[Tanka]

It was so laggy everyone thought they were the only one doing anything. Two people dropped dead thinking they still had half their HP leftover.

Serious DPS in that group last night. I don't think I've ever seen Harry die so fast.

[captain1z]

slight derail = I was in a group that got harry to 1% of his life.............................................. .. and then wiped :(




in part 4

[debo]

that is pretty good...

surprised you were able to do that with so many gimps in the group :p

jk noobs :)

[KoolHand]

sure could have used a lil debo barkskin :eek:

[Tanka]

sure could have used a lil debo barkskin :eek:
So could my 34 AC Evasion THF Fighter. :p

[Baltire]

that is pretty good...

surprised you were able to do that with so many gimps in the group :p

jk noobs :)

Says the king of all Noobs.....

I'd like to say, my little sorc soloed Harry, as HE was the only one still meleeing Harry at the end....

RAWR....

Awesome run, much fun.....

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

Says the king of all Noobs.....


speaking of noobs, anyone else check out the other video linked from that page... <tee hee>

Garth

[CDG]

Yeah we were getting major lag in there - you'll see that from about half way through I was only seeing my own swings - I think between the fraps client hogging the CPU/disk and the sheer amount of dps/combat-log the client just gave up the ghost. Other people in the group commented afterwards that they were only seeing their own swings.

Or... I could choose to believe I soloed Harry... hmm :rolleyes:

EDIT: just saw BGP's post. I'll have you know I hit on a 19 too!

Garth


Nice work, guys awesome job.

Been in 2 (mostly) guild runs where we have taken him down in 1 rnd. Both times we all lagged massively from 50% health - maybe Harry just doesn't like going down in 1 rnd :D

The first time when I could only see me swinging I just figured I was "teh Uber" :rolleyes:;):rolleyes:

[mudfud]

Your map has a twitch.

[Aspenor]

Nice job guys. Every time we get close to a 1 rounder, we get smacked by the lag monster and Harry ends up at like 2%. :(

[Borror0]

Nice job guys. Every time we get close to a 1 rounder, we get smacked by the lag monster and Harry ends up at like 2%. :(

Is it just me or the lag in part 4 is just... INSANE! lately?

We've had a times where it was a close call and almost wipe due to lag. Thankfuly we had enough range firepower and UMD'er to finish the fight, but it's happenning very frequently lately. I'd say that part 4 of the Shroud is the laggiest place in the game right now, after the Devil citadel on the way to Vision.

[BGP]

Is it just me or the lag in part 4 is just... INSANE! lately?

We've had a times where it was a close call and almost wipe due to lag. Thankfuly we had enough range firepower and UMD'er to finish the fight, but it's happenning very frequently lately. I'd say that part 4 of the Shroud is the laggiest place in the game right now, after the Devil citadel on the way to Vision.

While 4 is bad, I have noticed that part 1 is now the worst for me. I NEVER had an issue with it until about 5-6 weeks ago. Now, I just try to follow the group or go where I think they may be.


Back to the topic at hand, it was a great group and we should do a speed run next. No afks, all zone in together. Maybe this time, Healemup will believe you when its mentioned that he shouldn't have to recall before part 1 to refill SP. ;)

I thought it was funny when he mentioned that he finally had to heal someone halfway through 1.

[xanvar]

Ok I see what you mean by 1 round. I am an old school PnP guy and a round either means 1 min or one set of actions. 6 seconds in later versions. Basically a round is one attack chain thats why I was so excited when I read your post. :)

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

I thought it was funny when he mentioned that he finally had to heal someone halfway through 1.

Yup - normally, when I'm on my cleric, the only person I have to heal in part 1 is myself, and that's only because I dual wield vicious of greater construct banes...

Garth

[BGP]

Yup - normally, when I'm on my cleric, the only person I have to heal in part 1 is myself, and that's only because I dual wield vicious of greater construct banes...

Garth

Hmmm I thought Keensly and Garth were separate people.... Unless there is more than one person pulling that stunt.

[Tanka]

Is it just me or the lag in part 4 is just... INSANE! lately?

We've had a times where it was a close call and almost wipe due to lag. Thankfuly we had enough range firepower and UMD'er to finish the fight, but it's happenning very frequently lately. I'd say that part 4 of the Shroud is the laggiest place in the game right now, after the Devil citadel on the way to Vision.
Oh, it's not just you. The lag in part 4 and on the way to VoD is just nuts. I can't figure out why, either. On the way to VoD I think it's all the teleporting devils, but those aren't in part 4 while fighting Harry.

It's just absurd, really.

[Healemup]

I kept telling my guildies... "Wow! One round part 4." Excellent job, although I am not sure how we did it without at least one of my blade barriers... :-) Good thing he died, I was on my last cast of mana when he toasted. I even saw the text that he was teleporting away right before the message that he was dead.

[Tomalon]

Nice job> just one questions tho. How did you do so much DPS when NO ONE but you was swinging at him. lol go back and watch it your the only one swinging at him.

[Borror0]

On the way to VoD I think it's all the teleporting devils, but those aren't in part 4 while fighting Harry.

Yeah, on the way to Vision... clearly the devils. But like you said, there is nothing explaining why there's so much lag in Shroud part 4.

[Tanka]

Nice job> just one questions tho. How did you do so much DPS when NO ONE but you was swinging at him. lol go back and watch it your the only one swinging at him.
The lag was atrocious in that part, as said above. Two people died and were teleported to the holding area with half their bar full on many screens.

[Qzipoun]

Yeah, on the way to Vision... clearly the devils. But like you said, there is nothing explaining why there's so much lag in Shroud part 4.

I think the problem with part 4 is the sheer amount of DPS. You have LOTS of swingings and spells going off every second and my guess is the client can't handle all that information at once. The way to VoD though I have no idea why that gets so laggy...

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

The way to VoD though I have no idea why that gets so laggy...

It's the AI engine trying to work out the agro on the devils and teleport them to/from the right people. It only started happening after the patch that fixed Harry, which was mainly back-end Kynapse changes.

The trick is not to fall off and agro any, and kill any you pass on the way :)

Garth

[Niclos]

I dont think 1 round is possible without a bard I might be wrong , but doubt it. Nice work. At least you have proof now and just not speculation. AKA we killed harry before the haste ran out.