sephiroth1084
11-04-2008, 08:46 AM
Ran VoN 4 with a PUG earlier. Had a fairly easy time with the quest as a whole. Only person to die was a newish character, and he got womped pretty hard by the Master Control Unit, so not entirely unexpected. Things were going smoothly until we got to the 2 fire elementals that spawn near the bridge to the final room and the end of the quest...
Had a 6 person group composed of a barbarian, paladin, 2 ranger mixes, a cleric, and a batman build, everyone lvl 7-10, with fire resist and some fire protection still up wipe on the 2 elementals. Couldn't even get one of them below half HP before we died. Batman was the last standing and he made a run for Haywire, only to be gunned down by the ellies while wanding himself.
I know that later in the game, elementals were somewhat laughable in how dangerous they were vs. other monsters, but this seems a bit rough.
I for one was hitting them with a +1 acid longbow of greater elemental bane, with manyshot on and rogue haste boost I. No evasion for me yet, but I was rolling well on my saves (two 20s in there).
Now that I think about it, the elementals at the end of VoN 3 were almost more difficult than the Marute, save that he had more HP. Did a run through 2 nights ago, and had the half of the group blocking up the doorway die almost instantly when they rose up.
Had a 6 person group composed of a barbarian, paladin, 2 ranger mixes, a cleric, and a batman build, everyone lvl 7-10, with fire resist and some fire protection still up wipe on the 2 elementals. Couldn't even get one of them below half HP before we died. Batman was the last standing and he made a run for Haywire, only to be gunned down by the ellies while wanding himself.
I know that later in the game, elementals were somewhat laughable in how dangerous they were vs. other monsters, but this seems a bit rough.
I for one was hitting them with a +1 acid longbow of greater elemental bane, with manyshot on and rogue haste boost I. No evasion for me yet, but I was rolling well on my saves (two 20s in there).
Now that I think about it, the elementals at the end of VoN 3 were almost more difficult than the Marute, save that he had more HP. Did a run through 2 nights ago, and had the half of the group blocking up the doorway die almost instantly when they rose up.