Enter the Kobold

[grodon9999]

YUS!!!

There are too many anticlimactic boss fights in this game. The entity that bosses every mob in the dungeon around should not just be able to be gang tackled and forced to say uncle in less than 10 seconds. If this is the case, some other mobs in the dungeon should have kicked its butt and taken over if its that weak.

i think "In the Flesh" on elite is the new ETK. That one kicked my TR-team's butt repeatedly before we got it. normal's easy, but I'm digging that the new stuff amps up pretty high on elite. The Lordsmarch mobs on Elite are much tougher than the higher level GH quests. Almost looks like the elites have been balanced for TRs.

[Chai]

i think "In the Flesh" on elite is the new ETK.

We did that one in permadeath. We jumped in thinking it would be somewhat harder than hard difficulty, and the first thing I hear while loading over is "umm, theres HUGE beholders in here guys....."

That one is my favorite "new" quest out of all the "new" stuff that has come out since the sharn stuff happened 18 months ago, due to the very nature of that end fight. It involves alot of paying attention to whats going on around us rather than "there he is, get em" /pile on > beatdown > win > take lunch money.

[LookingForABentoBox]

Oh my goodness have I really spent more than a year and a half playing DDO?
(<- OP)

[Bargol]

Serious necro going on here........

Most of whats said in this thread is from 2009. Reavers Refuge, the quests, and dragon touched have been nerfed a few times since the original 2009 postings. ETK on normal is a breeze with evasion...even without its not hard if with a decent group. They have made dragon touched armor so easy to get and with runes labeled easy to get the runes you want via trading in chest.

[Garix]

Oh my goodness have I really spent more than a year and a half playing DDO?
(<- OP)

Do you still feal the same way about the quest?

[countfitz]

So, what I'm understanding from those who want it to stay the same is you NEED a very SPECIFIC BUILD, not good players, to finish this quest. You all might be saying something else, but in every example to say it is doable, you'd need a wizard with a high save, specific feats, and a specific, never used spell. You need AN EVASION TANK. You'd then need, on that evasion tank, a Hammerblock item and enough dps to take aggro. THEN KITE HIM IN THE MAZE (btw, thanks for the advice, last time I ran this they still rubberbanded back). Then, the people in charge of killing the boss need to do it in a way that doesn't let him HEAL FOR NO REASON!

I solo Dreaming in the Dark, the highest level quest in the game, just to use an altar. But this level 17 quest requires a team of players specific to this quest. There are two things wrong with this. 1, Dreaming needs to be WAY harder. 2. EtK needs to be FIXED. NOT NERFED, FIXED. Killing a red name SHOULD NEVER result in a respawning red name. Using tactics should NEVER result in a redname regaining all his HP. And ****ING KOBOLDS CAN'T FLY!!!! This goes for WWs too.

Devs, if Kobolds are ever released as Player Characters, disregard that last part.

I have, btw, done this quest on normal just fine with decent lvl 20s, zerg at the boss and take his ass out in one try. That's how I usually do it. Full team, all lit 2s, hit boss as hard as possible with everything you have, get chest and die. Once even finished out.

[donfilibuster]

Ah, the good old days. That was why i called that quest 'Reenter the Kobold'.

May be worth the necro if it reminds people it is already changed and was fairly harder before.

There's various ways to deal with it, from bum rushing with mass heals to kiting by attrition, so you can try out things.

[Robai]

This is one of the quests that is way easier to solo than with a full group.
Now I always solo this quest on casual and get easy Khyber essence when needed.
Unless I help my guildies, then it's an interesting challenge for me in this quest

[eulogy098]

Reaver Refuge end fighters are fine, its the rest of the quests that are way, way too easy.


Please significantly increase the difficulty of the quests. I had no trouble farming RR quests in under 10 to 15 min each with nothing but level 16s. They are too easy and I am not the worlds best player.



No more dumbing down of quests.



Noone should ever request any Normal, Hard or Elite quest in DDO be made easier. Run casual if you cant handle it. That difficulty was made just for you, stop duming down my game for the weenies >_<

[LookingForABentoBox]

Do you still feal the same way about the quest?

Good question. I actually haven't run it in a long time so I don't know, but since this thread the devs have lessened the amount of living spells and added casual difficulty, so I guess it would be easier nowadays. I guess I'll have to go back and try it some time.

Noone should ever request any Normal, Hard or Elite quest in DDO be made easier. Run casual if you cant handle it. That difficulty was made just for you, stop duming down my game for the weenies >_<

This thread was before casual existed

[Timmeke123456]

anyone without evasion died relatively quickly

You already know where the problem lies right? ==> Get evasion & decent reflex save!

[Cordovan]

Thread necro.