rogue solos new invasion ( Normal )

[stz]

I recently tried soloing new invasion, was kinda fun. Killing the air ele prob took the longest, plus unlucky on the drop zone being far from one another.

New Invasion - Normal - 50 minutes

Quicktoe the little fastling
19 Rogue / 1 Barbarian True Neutral
Khyber server


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[moonprophet]

...defeat the last fight? I can stealth my way all the way there, but the last fight seems like it would be daunting for a solo dps toon.

[moonprophet]

...why the one levelof Barbarian? Does it make that much of a difference? Would you still take it if you were rolling this toon from scratch? I have considered the Rog/Barb Conman build myself, and coul never really commit to it past level 4 or so. Obviously it works for you though. Can you talk alittle bit about the playstyle that you use with it?

[stz]

...why the one levelof Barbarian? Does it make that much of a difference? Would you still take it if you were rolling this toon from scratch? I have considered the Rog/Barb Conman build myself, and coul never really commit to it past level 4 or so. Obviously it works for you though. Can you talk alittle bit about the playstyle that you use with it?


yeah probably not the highest DPS build, esp for solo - based on the dps calculator on some other threads. I liked the idea of having as many rog levels as possible with WOA III and took a barb level almost solely for its speed, 10% base and sprint boost ( for survivability in scenarios of last man standing, or low HP and u need to run around to recover etc ). I also make use of the +1 PA enhancement as well as the level 1 DR boost enhancement.


Beating the boss is rather simple when u have access to heal scrolls, improved destruct on first hit, take out ur best DPS weapon and beat on him, move tile by tile. Once you're low enough, run away, sprint boost if necessary and heal scroll, rinse and repeat.

edit: and yes Id still take a level of barb if I was to rebuild it from scratch, zerg ftw :D

[tinyelvis]

Yes new invasion is one of the easiest new quests to solo. If the loot was better it might replace monastery as the best.

[MrCow]

Killing the air ele prob took the longest

Aye, I can empathize with that. When I took my paladin in alone more than half the time I spent in the quest was taking down air elementals.


Yes new invasion is one of the easiest new quests to solo. If the loot was better it might replace monastery as the best.

I'd probably put Sins of Attrition into this category as it can be done in 7-15 minutes, two chests and an end reward, more if you feel adventurous.

[Delt]

Yes new invasion is one of the easiest new quests to solo. If the loot was better it might replace monastery as the best.

It's a loot run for me, better than monestary. You can zerg for the 3 chests (if you got a knock wand) or take a little more time and hit them all. I ransacked it on two toons and ended up with 4 Larges and a tome. That ain't bad. Throw in a shot at artifacts, and the pay off is there.

[stz]

I'd probably put Sins of Attrition into this category as it can be done in 7-15 minutes, two chests and an end reward, more if you feel adventurous.


Yeah, a guildy of mine farms bastion with his new fvs at 11 mins mark, pretty impressive I think!
http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=2439841&postcount=6

[kahbel]

Real men do it Hard!

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w118/kahbaell/ScreenShot00034.jpg

[GlassCannon]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

[kahbel]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

How many soloable raids are there without exploiting or being a caster and using 900 pots?

[rayflo]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

one negative comment in every crowd /sigh

[stz]

Real men do it Hard!



haha nice, ill try higher settings than normal when I get my min IIs, lightnin strikes just dont cut it :D



for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

Aww sorry, we can't all be as good as you. Take a chill pill and have a good day :)

[sirgog]

How many soloable raids are there without exploiting or being a caster and using 900 pots?

Stormreaver is fun to solo using no non-trivial resources; it's challenging but not something you need to be uber to do. (I tend to use a dozen Haste potions in there, nothing else).

[FluffyCalico]

Real men do it Hard!



Hard still has solo scaling. Congrats but lets see elite.

[exarkun]

nice to see a rogue do it. nice job m8

[Aeneas]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

Not for nothing, but quicktoe plays a **** good rogue.


I may make a super sneaky attempt tonight if i can farm that turn undead trinket out of And the Dead Shall Rise finally.

[exarkun]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

Meh! these new quests are still not easy to solo for most builds IMO, for a rogue to do this I find impessive personaly as it would take some thought and planning (IE player skill). You cant just run in guns blazing, toss up some AoE spells, and heal your self at incredible pace while meleeing everything with a rogue build.

Now for a FvS or WF caster to post doing this on normal ya I would agree with this comment not really an accomplishment considering there healing/melee and AoE damage ability(s).

again nice job OP

[Healemup]

Good job, man. I might have to try running Inthedark through there.

[Shade]

yeah probably not the highest DPS build, esp for solo - based on the dps calculator on some other threads. I liked the idea of having as many rog levels as possible with WOA III and took a barb level almost solely for its speed, 10% base and sprint boost ( for survivability in scenarios of last man standing, or low HP and u need to run around to recover etc ). I also make use of the +1 PA enhancement as well as the level 1 DR boost enhancement.


hahaha.. lies! U know you have the barb lvl just so you can keep up with me (and other barbs) sprint boosting to get all those kill steals!

[dasein18]

Congrats on solo.

A storm lords toon put up an lfm (for free chests) the other day after he had solo'd it on his pure monk.

[bobbryan2]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

First off: Show me the dev post where elite scales.

Secondly: I guess it's so easy now, that you've done it on all your characters? Do you have screenshots of your rogue doing it?

[Delt]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

Everything has been solo'd elite for the new content, except the raid I would assume. It's harder post-patch but has been done (including Genesis...PS - thanks to Bunk for giving me the Hireling/invis idea and telling me there is a maze spot...but **** you for not specifying that spot was hard to find :p). You are weeks late on your little comments btw.



Aww sorry, we can't all be as good as you. Take a chill pill and have a good day :)

It's Glasscannon, the guy who complained Shroud in mod 8 was "too hard". Take his comments for what they are worth. Grats on the solo btw.



A storm lords toon put up an lfm (for free chests) the other day after he had solo'd it on his pure monk.

Pretty sure that's Mel and he practically lives in that quest. I know he really wants artifacts, but he must be beyond ransacked at this point....no idea why he is there daily, heh.

[Aeneas]

I got to the end fight last night on aeneas and discovered that i sold my flesh render goggles at some point :(

Level drained to death twice and i quit.

Only 34 kills total though, and i got 3 extra chests from mini-bosses on the way through :D


Gonna farm a new set of goggles today and make another attempt tonight - probably with a stack of enervate scrolls or some **** for those stinking elementals.

[Impaqt]

for some egomaniacal person to post their solo accomplishments.

Hooray for Dungeon Scaling.

Try that in a Raid.

If you dont want to read about folks "Egomaniacal accomplishments" then why are you browsing the Acheivements forum? THis is what this forum is here for.

Gratz to the Op and Kahbel! Nice job.

[Strakeln]

How many soloable raids are there without exploiting
All of them...


or being a caster and using 900 pots?
All of them...

(it cost me 74 potions to take the Abbot down (solo) from full HP to 1 HP, back when they changed the raid to make the puzzles required... someone had to prove he was truly unkillable, and that person was me).

For a more serious answer to your second question, I'd say a little under half of the raids are soloable without being a caster.

[kahbel]

All of them...


All of them...

(it cost me 74 potions to take the Abbot down (solo) from full HP to 1 HP, back when they changed the raid to make the puzzles required... someone had to prove he was truly unkillable, and that person was me).

For a more serious answer to your second question, I'd say a little under half of the raids are soloable without being a caster.

Tempest spine = Soloable, but not really a raid - more of a 12 man quest.
VoN = Need more than one person.
Titan = Need more than one person.
Reaver = Soloable.
Shroud = Umm... maybe a cleric/fvs/WF sorc with 900 pots.
VoD = Umm... maybe a cleric/fvs/WF sorc with 900 pots.
Hound = No idea, I ran this raid 5 times when it was released forget it. Seen one european Catser post on how he solod it using spawned pets, flesh to stone, and over 100 pots ... and like 45 mins.
Abbot = No idea, I havent ran this raid in years, since back when it was "unbeatable/exploit city"
ToD = Umm... maybe a cleric/fvs/WF sorc with 900 pots.


Enlighten me. ( :

[gpk]

Your UI hurts my eyes and Axer's spelling hurts my brain :P

[Strakeln]

Tempest spine = Soloable, but not really a raid - more of a 12 man quest. yep
VoN = Need more than one person. 5 yes, 6 up for debate but I say no. 6 has certainly been solo'd many times, but not recently that I know of
Titan = Need more than one person. Absolutely not.
Reaver = Soloable. of course
Shroud = Umm... maybe a cleric/fvs/WF sorc with 900 pots. not even close to 900
VoD = Umm... maybe a cleric/fvs/WF sorc with 900 pots. not even close to 900
Hound = No idea, I ran this raid 5 times when it was released forget it. Seen one european Catser post on how he solod it using spawned pets, flesh to stone, and over 100 pots ... and like 45 mins. totally soloable
Abbot = No idea, I havent ran this raid in years, since back when it was "unbeatable/exploit city" In theory possible, but requires all stars to align
ToD = Umm... maybe a cleric/fvs/WF sorc with 900 pots. Stay tuned for another month or so and someone will solo it.


Enlighten me. ( :
Comments in red.

I don't need to enlighten you, most of the things you claimed couldn't be solo'd are on YouTube, the ones that aren't are on these forums. Do your own research.

[Aspenor]

It is impossible to solo the abbot, you cannot complete the tiles puzzle with one person.

You cannot solo Titan as of Mod 9, with the changes in the red puzzle.

[Strakeln]

It is impossible to solo the abbot, you cannot complete the tiles puzzle with one person.Incorrect. I think a few people even detailed how in this thread. Hint: he doesn't send you to the same goggles side every time you go through the door.


You cannot solo Titan as of Mod 9, with the changes in the red puzzle.Okay, so this changes to a "pre-raid no, raid yes".

[Aspenor]

Incorrect. I think a few people even detailed how in this thread. Hint: he doesn't send you to the same goggles side every time you go through the door.

That would work, if there was a way to get back to the middle chamber. There isn't. The only way back to the middle would be to die, and you cannot use ress cakes in raids.

I also expect that even if you did a blind sprint across part I of the puzzle, made it, and somehow got your way back to the middle, if you came back to the puzzle you would be back in part I with the puzzle completely reset. I can't say for sure, but that's how I'd expect it to work.

[Delt]

You cannot solo Titan as of Mod 9, with the changes in the red puzzle.

What is the change that prevents soloing? Is the final valve in Red brining down a barrier as well?

[Strakeln]

That would work, if there was a way to get back to the middle chamber. There isn't. The only way back to the middle would be to die, and you cannot use ress cakes in raids.And there's no other way to rise from the dead?

Two really obvious ones off the top of my head: Rogue cheat death and Death Pact.

Like I said, all the stars would have to align. I will admit that it would be INCREDIBLY difficult to solo, but I cannot ever agree to it being impossible... because it isn't.

Right now, it's looking like a Favored Soul is the class to try it with, as leap of faith could be quite beneficial in both ice and goggles, and death pact is available to get both sides of goggles done.

[Strakeln]

I also expect that even if you did a blind sprint across part I of the puzzle, made it, and somehow got your way back to the middle, if you came back to the puzzle you would be back in part I with the puzzle completely reset. I can't say for sure, but that's how I'd expect it to work.
I highly doubt it, and if so, I doubt it matters. Remember, the objective is to break the sarcophagi, and that is tracked in the quest objectives.

edit: if your point was that the ddoors would keep sending you to the same side each time, I have discovered that that is not the case. The first person in the door does not always go to "side A", though it sometimes can seem that way.

Here's what I'd do... take a favored soul into goggles, run/LeapOfFaith across the way, smash the sarcophagus, jump down, die, death-pact-rez, hop back through the same ddoor, which will guarantee that you go to the opposite goggles side. Run/LeapOfFaith through that side, take the portal down to the Abbot, beatdown, complete remaining puzzle(s) if any.

double-edit: What's your experience level with the current Abbot? I ask because you keep pointing out walls that don't exist. I'm not trying to flame, but it seems I'm wasting my time if I have to explain the basics of puzzle teleportation.

[Aspenor]

What is the change that prevents soloing? Is the final valve in Red brining down a barrier as well?

Yes, a valve in the red puzzle brings down a barrier otherwise impossible to lower.

[Aspenor]

I highly doubt it, and if so, I doubt it matters. Remember, the objective is to break the sarcophagi, and that is tracked in the quest objectives.

It would matter, even if you got across the first time, and ended up on the other side the other time, if the puzzle was reset there'd be no way to get to the second half of the puzzle to do your blind sprint.

[Strakeln]

It would matter, even if you got across the first time, and ended up on the other side the other time, if the puzzle was reset there'd be no way to get to the second half of the puzzle to do your blind sprint.
No, let me try and explain again.

I say I doubt it would matter because the objective is NOT to get to the other side, it is to break 6 sarcophagi. Objectives don't get recorded in reverse, Asp... so a puzzle resetting would not cause your objectives to go from "3 remaining" to "4 remaining".

Puzzle resetting does bring up an interesting point, however... assuming it reset, could one do the same side twice and have that count? I doubt it, but it's an interesting thought.

It's obvious that we won't get any further here without proof. I want some incentive to bother wasting my time, so how's this: I'll lay down 1 million pp on my server that I am correct, you lay down 1 mil pp on your server that you are correct. Then I'll come collect when we discover that I'm right :D

edit: ohhhh, just thought of something pretty interesting. You would only have to sprint across 1 side of goggles... you'd have the phase goggles from the previous attempt! Heck, let's take this one step further:

1) Go into a ddoor
2) If door is goggles, pick them up and attempt to run across
3) If you fail, death pact back up and jump into the same door. This will take you to the other side.
4) Pick up the goggles from this side
5) Use the goggles from the other side to quickly run across and break the sarcophagus
6) Get back into goggles and use the appropriate phase goggles to lead yourself across

This actually might be able to be done in one ddoor cycle, if you're fast enough. I wonder if I just stumbled upon the easiest way to do goggles, ever :D

[Strakeln]

Found tonight that Death Pact or Cheat Death will not allow you to go downstairs prior to rez... you get auto-rez'd in the blackness at the bottom of goggles.

That moves this to "not soloable without a birthday cake" territory, unless anyone has any other ideas (off the top of my head: do double-uncleansed GS items count as a trap or a regular death? That may move it back into "theoretically possible but insanely difficult" territory).

[Maggots]

FTZ I'd really like to know how you got a rogue to 505 HP, I really don't see how that's possible to tell you the truth.

[wizzy_catt]

FTZ I'd really like to know how you got a rogue to 505 HP, I really don't see how that's possible to tell you the truth.
Who is FTZ? =P

[Maggots]

lol yeah, that was supposed to be STZ

[stz]

just PM me, no need to bump this outdated achievement thread :)

anyways, some of the bonuses to up ur HP ( assuming level 20 ):

14 base con
1 x toughness feat + full toughness enhancements
+6 con item
+3 con tome
+3 exceptional con
+10 draconic vitality
+30 greater false life
+45 green steel item
+20 minos

= 483 standing HP

+40 yugo essence
+20 elixir of lasting bear stamina
+20 rage potion
+40 single madstone

= 603 non-dispelled normal fighting HP

+40 double madstone
+20 barbarian rage
+20/+60 scourge choker

= 723 potential HP

TR to 18 con, 763 HP.

[Jiipster]

728 HP max (768 with True Res) - a tier 3 Shroud HP item gives +45 HP, not 40 ;)

[stz]

728 HP max (768 with True Res) - a tier 3 Shroud HP item gives +45 HP, not 40 ;)

oh yeah, but still doesnt change the total :P coz thats what I have right now