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[Gloxgasm]

Did you manage to do the "Finders Keepers" fight against the Assassin Reaver and adds? I can't seem to get the assassin alone and always have the Reaver spawn join in.

I am stuck on:
Reiner FIght
Aveline's 2nd quest fight in lowtown. (No CC for Assassin)
Foundry fight in lowtown (Lots of pots to kill Desire Demon)
Have Shadow Guard and Sharp's bases that I can't seem to do. Very mad at myself that I didn't kite 4 melee adds after killing the shadow guard boss till full health/mana before killing them and died to the last 4 archer spawn. 0/0 on pots at that moment.
Magistrates Orders First ranged spider. (Tried with 35% nature resist and it still burned me down. DLC Belt and Ring at Dalish Camp. Need a rune badly)
2 ships captains at night.
Ironbark clearing with bolters. (I think I can do this with some heavy pottage)

Sitting at lvl 10.2 and 8.5 gold. I might respec for either Horror or Petrify (most likely) or buy a ton of pots. Also considering grabbing a heal...

[knownastherat]

sevenplusone wrote...

knownastherat wrote...

Point taken, I will not interfere further. My apologies.

It's cool man, and thank you. 

If you have any questions about how I'm doing certain things, questions about how I can take on a certain boss, or anything else related to mage soloing, feel free to ask! I'm just trying to keep this thread on topic to help and/or entertain others(when I get videos up).

I don't want this thread to get derailed, and you're being very cool about it. Thank you!

In case you wonder what my interests in this thread are: I like soloing. Done it in BG, BG2, done it in Origins, done it elsewhere, in JA2 for example. Some of my posts about soloing 2H warrior, mage or rogue on NM in DAO could probably be found around here somewhere.

That is why  I pressed so hard for evidence, because even if I know that soloing is done mostly for one own amusement, sharing such extraordinary experience with others is natural. Could be seen as bragging, but could be seen as encouragement for others who hesitate. It is a matter of interpretations.

One of the main reasons I have not attempted to solo (mage) DA2 yet is that I consider : No screen shot, it never happened as sound and reasonable policy.  So much for my motivations for posting here, and I do mean it when I say I do not want to interfere, even less to argue.

Good luck, but please do, if possible, support your effort, achievement, adventure with some evidence. Might encourage me to self-torture again

Modifié par knownastherat, 21 mars 2011 - 06:53 .

[sevenplusone]

Gloxgasm wrote...

Did you manage to do the "Finders Keepers" fight against the Assassin Reaver and adds? I can't seem to get the assassin alone and always have the Reaver spawn join in.

I am stuck on:
Reiner FIght
Aveline's 2nd quest fight in lowtown. (No CC for Assassin)
Foundry fight in lowtown (Lots of pots to kill Desire Demon)
Have Shadow Guard and Sharp's bases that I can't seem to do. Very mad at myself that I didn't kite 4 melee adds after killing the shadow guard boss till full health/mana before killing them and died to the last 4 archer spawn. 0/0 on pots at that moment.
Magistrates Orders First ranged spider. (Tried with 35% nature resist and it still burned me down. DLC Belt and Ring at Dalish Camp. Need a rune badly)
2 ships captains at night.
Ironbark clearing with bolters. (I think I can do this with some heavy pottage)

Sitting at lvl 10.2 and 8.5 gold. I might respec for either Horror or Petrify (most likely) or buy a ton of pots. Also considering grabbing a heal...

I'm going to start Finders Keepers soon.

You can do Reiner 2 different ways.

The first is simply kite and pray you don't take a wrong step to the right(instagib).

Second is the easier way, you know that room with the desk? It's the one closest to the boats, have to go up a ramp to get to it. Go behind the desk and get as far in it as possible. No mobs can hit you, so you can cast spells/auto attack from there and take 0 damage.

For the Aveline quest in Lowtown, I pull everyone back to the area where Gamlen's house is and focus adds down as fast as possible. Assassin wont stealth and it's an easy win. If you pull back here though, the 2nd wave MIGHT spawn back there, so look out for that.

For the sharp base, go into the room straight ahead from where you came in, go in the top corner and put your back to the wall. The assassin wont ever backstab you and just kill adds first, then the Ignacio assassin dude.

That first ranged spider is a pain, but do you have Unshakeable? I'm pretty sure it stops the CC on you, or I hope so because I'm going there and a few other places then deeproads. If not... grab elemental mage armor thing and pray for the best?

[Gloxgasm]

sevenplusone wrote...

Gloxgasm wrote...

Did you manage to do the "Finders Keepers" fight against the Assassin Reaver and adds? I can't seem to get the assassin alone and always have the Reaver spawn join in.

I am stuck on:
Reiner FIght
Aveline's 2nd quest fight in lowtown. (No CC for Assassin)
Foundry fight in lowtown (Lots of pots to kill Desire Demon)
Have Shadow Guard and Sharp's bases that I can't seem to do. Very mad at myself that I didn't kite 4 melee adds after killing the shadow guard boss till full health/mana before killing them and died to the last 4 archer spawn. 0/0 on pots at that moment.
Magistrates Orders First ranged spider. (Tried with 35% nature resist and it still burned me down. DLC Belt and Ring at Dalish Camp. Need a rune badly)
2 ships captains at night.
Ironbark clearing with bolters. (I think I can do this with some heavy pottage)

Sitting at lvl 10.2 and 8.5 gold. I might respec for either Horror or Petrify (most likely) or buy a ton of pots. Also considering grabbing a heal...

I'm going to start Finders Keepers soon.

You can do Reiner 2 different ways.

The first is simply kite and pray you don't take a wrong step to the right(instagib).

Second is the easier way, you know that room with the desk? It's the one closest to the boats, have to go up a ramp to get to it. Go behind the desk and get as far in it as possible. No mobs can hit you, so you can cast spells/auto attack from there and take 0 damage.

For the Aveline quest in Lowtown, I pull everyone back to the area where Gamlen's house is and focus adds down as fast as possible. Assassin wont stealth and it's an easy win. If you pull back here though, the 2nd wave MIGHT spawn back there, so look out for that.

For the sharp base, go into the room straight ahead from where you came in, go in the top corner and put your back to the wall. The assassin wont ever backstab you and just kill adds first, then the Ignacio assassin dude.

That first ranged spider is a pain, but do you have Unshakeable? I'm pretty sure it stops the CC on you, or I hope so because I'm going there and a few other places then deeproads. If not... grab elemental mage armor thing and pray for the best?

Oh a lot of new info! Thank you.
I just finished the ironwood clearing using 2/2 pots and walking bomb killing 5 bolters + a ton of regular darkspawn. Shadowbolt hits the orge like a tank.

I retried the spider los kiting and managed to almost kill it at a cost of 3/1 potions. It is such a waste. Going to do the other stuff you mentioned now. Super excited.

[sevenplusone]

Part 2 of prologue solo is uploading to youtube right now, part 1 shortly after(had to go back and fix music, wasn't working for some reason), then part 3. Then I'll let assassin fights process when I head out for a while.

Oh nuts, youtube has to process it. Well, here's a link to my really really old channel I'm using. Check it now and then for videos and such. I'll organize the videos in my OP when they're all up.

Gloxgasm wrote...

sevenplusone wrote...

Gloxgasm wrote...

Did you manage to do the "Finders Keepers" fight against the Assassin Reaver and adds? I can't seem to get the assassin alone and always have the Reaver spawn join in.

I am stuck on:
Reiner FIght
Aveline's 2nd quest fight in lowtown. (No CC for Assassin)
Foundry fight in lowtown (Lots of pots to kill Desire Demon)
Have Shadow Guard and Sharp's bases that I can't seem to do. Very mad at myself that I didn't kite 4 melee adds after killing the shadow guard boss till full health/mana before killing them and died to the last 4 archer spawn. 0/0 on pots at that moment.
Magistrates Orders First ranged spider. (Tried with 35% nature resist and it still burned me down. DLC Belt and Ring at Dalish Camp. Need a rune badly)
2 ships captains at night.
Ironbark clearing with bolters. (I think I can do this with some heavy pottage)

Sitting at lvl 10.2 and 8.5 gold. I might respec for either Horror or Petrify (most likely) or buy a ton of pots. Also considering grabbing a heal...

I'm going to start Finders Keepers soon.

You can do Reiner 2 different ways.

The first is simply kite and pray you don't take a wrong step to the right(instagib).

Second is the easier way, you know that room with the desk? It's the one closest to the boats, have to go up a ramp to get to it. Go behind the desk and get as far in it as possible. No mobs can hit you, so you can cast spells/auto attack from there and take 0 damage.

For the Aveline quest in Lowtown, I pull everyone back to the area where Gamlen's house is and focus adds down as fast as possible. Assassin wont stealth and it's an easy win. If you pull back here though, the 2nd wave MIGHT spawn back there, so look out for that.

For the sharp base, go into the room straight ahead from where you came in, go in the top corner and put your back to the wall. The assassin wont ever backstab you and just kill adds first, then the Ignacio assassin dude.

That first ranged spider is a pain, but do you have Unshakeable? I'm pretty sure it stops the CC on you, or I hope so because I'm going there and a few other places then deeproads. If not... grab elemental mage armor thing and pray for the best?

Oh a lot of new info! Thank you.
I just finished the ironwood clearing using 2/2 pots and walking bomb killing 5 bolters + a ton of regular darkspawn. Shadowbolt hits the orge like a tank.

I retried the spider los kiting and managed to almost kill it at a cost of 3/1 potions. It is such a waste. Going to do the other stuff you mentioned now. Super excited.

Glad I could help, and sweet, will definitely have to give those strats a go on my first tries(really scared of that spider).

Modifié par sevenplusone, 22 mars 2011 - 12:35 .

[sevenplusone]

Ok scratch that, part 2 is already up. Part 1 should be up in 20-30ish mins.

[sevenplusone]

Part 1 up.

Modifié par sevenplusone, 22 mars 2011 - 12:35 .

[Gloxgasm]

Did Reiner, Ignacio (Master Ignacio from DA:O?) Danzig. Slaver Mage got the fisting of a lifetime! teehee.

I do have Fist/Unshakeable. Don't leave home without em =p.

I'm considering getting the +25% damage entrophy spell to aid with dumping on something annoying. Would do wonders with that damn spider I think.

Watched some of the 2 vids. Very nice.

Modifié par Gloxgasm, 21 mars 2011 - 08:39 .

[sevenplusone]

Part 3 up - Complete!:

Next I'm going to get some assassin/trash mobs up, Mature Dragon, then head out and finish up quests so I can head to the Deep Roads.

Gloxgasm wrote...

Did Reiner, Ignacio (Master Ignacio from DA:O?) Danzig. Slaver Mage got the fisting of a lifetime! teehee.

I do have Fist/Unshakeable. Don't leave home without em =p.

I'm considering getting the +25% damage entrophy spell to aid with dumping on something annoying. Would do wonders with that damn spider I think.

Watched some of the 2 vids. Very nice.

Congrats, and thanks! Did you use the table strat to kill Reiner? Or the really annoying kiting one? Or something else?

Poor slaver mage.

The 25% damage curse is definitely something I plan on picking up for Ancient Rock Wraith.

Modifié par sevenplusone, 22 mars 2011 - 12:35 .

[sevenplusone]

Well Mature Dragon wont be ready for about ~2 hours, and I have to head out for a bit. Keep checking back for more videos though, should have all my clips up in the next day or 2.

[sevenplusone]

Mature Dragon up:

I'm working on getting the Reiner and Ignacio Strand fights up, but they're kinda gimmicky for assassin fights. The only non-gimmicky assassin fights I have recorded, I forgot to show my Nightmare difficulty setting... so do you want those or wait until I record one properly?

Modifié par sevenplusone, 22 mars 2011 - 12:29 .

[x-president]

You shoudl use "url" tags so your links work.  It would be very helpful.  Or use the "link" option when you post.

[sevenplusone]

x-president wrote...

You shoudl use "url" tags so your links work.  It would be very helpful.  Or use the "link" option when you post.

Ahhhh derp, I'm smart. My bad, fixing now.

Edit: For some reason you can listen to the original music on my channel, but not if you click on the video.

Modifié par sevenplusone, 22 mars 2011 - 12:45 .

[sevenplusone]

Ok so I put up the Reiner fight(wasn't much of one heh), links in OP.

Mini assassin compilation will be up tonight, then I'm going to start playing again to get clips of boss fights for you. Rock Wraith, Nexus Golem, Arishok, etc. I'll be sure to try and remember to fraps assassins when I run into them.

[Irish Porkchopp]

sevenplusone wrote...

Mature Dragon up:

I'm working on getting the Reiner and Ignacio Strand fights up, but they're kinda gimmicky for assassin fights. The only non-gimmicky assassin fights I have recorded, I forgot to show my Nightmare difficulty setting... so do you want those or wait until I record one properly?

I watched this and was wondering why you didn't use petrify?  Does that not work on nightmare against the Mature Dragon?  Thanks.

[sevenplusone]

Irish Porkchopp wrote...

sevenplusone wrote...

Mature Dragon up:

I'm working on getting the Reiner and Ignacio Strand fights up, but they're kinda gimmicky for assassin fights. The only non-gimmicky assassin fights I have recorded, I forgot to show my Nightmare difficulty setting... so do you want those or wait until I record one properly?

I watched this and was wondering why you didn't use petrify?  Does that not work on nightmare against the Mature Dragon?  Thanks.

It works(I'm 99% sure it does anyway), but I didn't upgrade it, and I didn't want to waste mana on a non-damaging spell. I wanted to do it in a semi-quick fashion, using the least amount of pots possible(I ended up using 3, heh), and without respeccing. Damaging spells were just more efficient given the style I was going for, which wasn't executed perfectly - but good enough.

[Gloxgasm]

sevenplusone wrote...

Mature Dragon up:

I'm working on getting the Reiner and Ignacio Strand fights up, but they're kinda gimmicky for assassin fights. The only non-gimmicky assassin fights I have recorded, I forgot to show my Nightmare difficulty setting... so do you want those or wait until I record one properly?

This was so much faster with frost talents =p Since you can lower attack speed with grasp/cone you get a lot of extra staff shots in. Did it with just 1 pot =p

I used the table thing for Reiner simply cause kiting for 10 min to be 1 shotted isn't fun. Sharps quest guy kept stealthing on me though so I took a lot more hits then I needed using the back to the wall trick.

Modifié par Gloxgasm, 22 mars 2011 - 02:51 .

[sevenplusone]

Assassins up!

Gloxgasm wrote...

sevenplusone wrote...

Mature Dragon up:

I'm working on getting the Reiner and Ignacio Strand fights up, but they're kinda gimmicky for assassin fights. The only non-gimmicky assassin fights I have recorded, I forgot to show my Nightmare difficulty setting... so do you want those or wait until I record one properly?

This was so much faster with frost talents =p Since you can lower attack speed with grasp/cone you get a lot of extra staff shots in. Did it with just 1 pot =p

I used the table thing for Reiner simply cause kiting for 10 min to be 1 shotted isn't fun. Sharps quest guy kept stealthing on me though so I took a lot more hits then I needed using the back to the wall trick.

Yeah I didn't feel like respeccing, but it's definitely faster with an elementalist spec. Technically I didn't have to use any pots, but for the sake of time I decided to.

Kiting Reiner is complete balls, but I might record a kiting version since I have it down and don't die now. At least the table version makes it painless, lols.

[sevenplusone]

Gloxgasm wrote...

Did you manage to do the "Finders Keepers" fight against the Assassin Reaver and adds? I can't seem to get the assassin alone and always have the Reaver spawn join in.

Edit: Err scratch that, thinking of a different quest. I have to go back a few saves and do the one you're talking about, hopefully I remember how to do it(been crazy recently, my memory is trash).

Modifié par sevenplusone, 22 mars 2011 - 08:11 .

[IN1]

sevenplusone wrote...

Gloxgasm wrote...

Did you manage to do the "Finders Keepers" fight against the Assassin Reaver and adds? I can't seem to get the assassin alone and always have the Reaver spawn join in.

Edit: Err scratch that, thinking of a different quest. I have to go back a few saves and do the one you're talking about, hopefully I remember how to do it(been crazy recently, my memory is trash).

Yes, I put Woodrow's Warehouse in Top 5 most challenging Act I fights (like, really challenging, not just involving tons of kiting and stealthing) in my walkthrough. It is very hard for a low-level rogue, since you cannot pull off your usual stealth > nuke > kite & shoot > stealth > nuke ad nauseam given space constraints. It took a lot of running and dodging (and also re-loading and cursing) to beat this one. Good luck, it's probably even tougher with the mage (then again, maybe not, since solo rogue's main tool, Stealth, is of extremely limited use during this scenario).

Modifié par IN1, 22 mars 2011 - 08:51 .

[Gloxgasm]

It is going to come down to surviving about 15 backstab attempts if not more. I might try doing it back to the wall approach with a walking bomb reaver + assassin kill.

[mokponobi]

Very nice, very similar to my mage except I am not doing it solo, I also took arcane shield which i see you didn't and doesn't appear to hamper your build, I may drop it for something else after watching your vids

[Gloxgasm]

Arcane shield only protects from 20% of normal attacks. It would mildly help against archers but assassin backstabs will still always hit you.

Finders Keepers has a desk in the office. Easy =p

[Gloxgasm]

Killed the spider. Bought the fire grenade from the black emp and used 2/2 pots. Won with like 10% health and luckily didn't bleed to death. Frost attack slowing was very helpful. If you do respec, I'd try horror/curse line too for fun or upgraded frost.

[DaiBi]

sevenplusone wrote...

Part 3 up - Complete!:
 

how strange that your video stops right at the moment when ton of mobs appears which you have to survive till flemeth arrive, mobs includes some archers, who immidiately stunlock you.

why did you skip this?