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notyou

05-04-2006, 02:14 PM

<div></div><div></div>I was bored today and realized that my Handcrafted Music Box quest was not finished so I decided to try to solo Poet's Palace.It took 3 hours, 8 deaths, 3% debt and 18gold in repairs to finally do it, but I did and killed every named in the zone.Never has the saying "Many hands make light work" been more applicable than when I was placing all those statues.A long time ago the thing to do was to solo Iceberg and Tundra Jack, so I'm posing this new challenge to all you wizzies out there. See if you can do it.Also, I will post my improved time in a couple days when I try again. I'm sure I can make it through a lot quicker now that the trial and error phase is complete.Good luck! :smileyhappy:Message Edited by notyou on 05-04-2006 03:22 AM

ksux

05-04-2006, 05:59 PM

Gratz!Back when the level cap was 60, and I was 60...I used to solo Poet's Palace as far as the snakes in the third floor. For some reason I always had alot of trouble with the two snakes at once. meh I might have to give it a try again.<div></div>

IllusiveThoughts

05-04-2006, 06:40 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> ksuxtc wrote: Gratz! Back when the level cap was 60, and I was 60...I used to solo Poet's Palace as far as the snakes in the third floor. For some reason I always had alot of trouble with the two snakes at once. meh I might have to give it a try again. <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> are the named / trash mobs green at lvl 70?

IllusiveThoughts

05-04-2006, 06:43 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> notyou wrote: I was bored today and realized that my Handcrafted Music Box quest was not finished so I decided to try to solo Poet's Palace. It took 3 hours, 8 deaths, 3% debt and 18gold in repairs to finally do it, but I did and killed every named in the zone. Never has the saying "Many hands make light work" been more applicable than when I was placing all those statues. A long time ago the thing to do was to solo Iceberg and Tundra Jack, so I'm posing this new challenge to all you wizzies out there. See if you can do it. Also, I will post my improved time in a couple days when I try again. I'm sure I can make it through a lot quicker now that the trial and error phase is complete. Good luck! :smileyhappy: Message Edited by notyou on 05-04-2006 03:22 AM <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> I dunno I find trying to solo t7 zones and t7 named more of a challenge. nest, blackscale(except for final named ring event), the skywatcher (if you dont know what your doing he is tough), carnovingian, ancient unbound abomination, pretty much all bonemire barren sky and tt named... my verdict on the toughest t7 named? carnovingian hands down. little tip for you hungry wizzies, he uses disease, divine (mostly divine) and a heat dot. cant be mezed or stunned.Message Edited by IllusiveThoughts on 05-04-2006 07:44 AM

Jezekie

05-04-2006, 06:45 PM

<div><blockquote><hr>IllusiveThoughts wrote:<div></div> <div></div> <blockquote> <hr> notyou wrote: <div></div> <div></div>I was bored today and realized that my Handcrafted Music Box quest was not finished so I decided to try to solo Poet's Palace.It took 3 hours, 8 deaths, 3% debt and 18gold in repairs to finally do it, but I did and killed every named in the zone.Never has the saying "Many hands make light work" been more applicable than when I was placing all those statues.A long time ago the thing to do was to solo Iceberg and Tundra Jack, so I'm posing this new challenge to all you wizzies out there. See if you can do it.Also, I will post my improved time in a couple days when I try again. I'm sure I can make it through a lot quicker now that the trial and error phase is complete.Good luck! :smileyhappy: Message Edited by notyou on 05-04-2006 03:22 AM <hr> </blockquote> I dunno I find trying to solo t7 zones and t7 named more of a challenge. nest, blackscale(except for final named ring event), the skywatcher (if you dont know what your doing he is tough), carnovingian, ancient unbound abomination, pretty much all bonemire barren sky and tt named... my verdict on the toughest t7 named? carnovingian hands down. little tip for you hungry wizzies, he uses disease, divine (mostly divine) and a heat dot. cant be mezed or stunned.Message Edited by IllusiveThoughts on 05-04-2006 07:44 AM<hr></blockquote>Is all of nest soloable?</div>

Faheuc

05-04-2006, 06:46 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> ksuxtc wrote: Gratz! Back when the level cap was 60, and I was 60...I used to solo Poet's Palace as far as the snakes in the third floor. For some reason I always had alot of trouble with the two snakes at once. meh I might have to give it a try again. <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> are the named / trash mobs green at lvl 70? <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> The whole zone is green at 70. Highest named is 65.

notyou

05-04-2006, 09:37 PM

<div></div>Wow.. soloing the T7 instances. I'll have to give that a try next.Most of the mobs in Poet's weren't too bad except the keeper at the end and the scarab ring events....and how in the world do you solo carnovingian. He is the mob on the island overlooking deathtoll right? I was able to kill the ancient unbound but carno messed me up.<div></div>Message Edited by notyou on 05-04-2006 10:39 AM

WIZ2

05-04-2006, 11:10 PM

The 1st name in Nest is cake for Wiz. the 2nd one is doable(i took it down to 10%), but if it take too long, the whole encounter would be reset (dont know if it is a bug or not).

QQ-Fatman

05-04-2006, 11:34 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote: I dunno I find trying to solo t7 zones and t7 named more of a challenge. nest, blackscale(except for final named ring event), the skywatcher (if you dont know what your doing he is tough), carnovingian, ancient unbound abomination, pretty much all bonemire barren sky and tt named... my verdict on the toughest t7 named? carnovingian hands down. little tip for you hungry wizzies, he uses disease, divine (mostly divine) and a heat dot. cant be mezed or stunned. Message Edited by IllusiveThoughts on 05-04-2006 07:44 AM <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>hmm... how do you solo nest boss? it has 150k hp and is a caster (warlock mob with a necro pet plus divine ae dot.) Even in a trio group (when i was the only dps,) I run out of mana. I really dont see how you can solo it... Abomination is easy, but carnovingian... I still take quite a lot of damage with capped resistances. It is a healer named too, how could you kill it without running out of mana?

IllusiveThoughts

05-05-2006, 01:33 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> QQFatman wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote: I dunno I find trying to solo t7 zones and t7 named more of a challenge. nest, blackscale(except for final named ring event), the skywatcher (if you dont know what your doing he is tough), carnovingian, ancient unbound abomination, pretty much all bonemire barren sky and tt named... my verdict on the toughest t7 named? carnovingian hands down. little tip for you hungry wizzies, he uses disease, divine (mostly divine) and a heat dot. cant be mezed or stunned. Message Edited by IllusiveThoughts on 05-04-2006 07:44 AM <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>hmm... how do you solo nest boss? it has 150k hp and is a caster (warlock mob with a necro pet plus divine ae dot.) Even in a trio group (when i was the only dps,) I run out of mana. I really dont see how you can solo it... Abomination is easy, but carnovingian... I still take quite a lot of damage with capped resistances. It is a healer named too, how could you kill it without running out of mana? <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> carnovingian usually takes 10-12 min to bring down. he doesn't heal himself. and with xhavis + self ward + vultak eye I take little to no dmg, especially since the self regenrative ward takes dmg first then hits xhavis proc then to vultae eye and if I do take any i have either bandages or t6 legendary hot potion handy.(ixnay's i believe its called) final nest named usually takes 20 min to take down. here's a hint on nest named. the room is very large and has great spots to stand or should i say hideMessage Edited by IllusiveThoughts on 05-04-2006 02:35 PM

Kelkirra

05-05-2006, 02:01 AM

I would believe it comming from Illusive. He came with me on my first HoF run. We got to the named on the table, I activated, pulled and got one shotted. =/ 2 healers in my group and I couldn't tank it. I watched Illusive solo the guy for 15 min. I know it's possible to solo the nest guy considering the named on the table in HoF is a serious undercon and hits MUCH harder than the named in Nest. Just my 2cp though =)

Faheuc

05-05-2006, 02:13 AM

I remember when people said you needed a wizzy to kill that mob for you, cuz it hits too hard.

Kelkirra

05-05-2006, 02:18 AM

The named in nest is ok if he cons white to you with a good healer. The named in HoF, well, there is no possible way that I can tank him nor any SK that I know. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> He does hit too hard <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. Then again, that's another conversation for another thread. SK FTL

QQ-Fatman

05-05-2006, 03:22 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sarasoon wrote: I would believe it comming from Illusive. He came with me on my first HoF run. We got to the named on the table, I activated, pulled and got one shotted. =/ 2 healers in my group and I couldn't tank it. I watched Illusive solo the guy for 15 min. I know it's possible to solo the nest guy considering the named on the table in HoF is a serious undercon and hits MUCH harder than the named in Nest. Just my 2cp though =) <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>I did this too actually (to kill ishtaran) when my group's tank was dead. Ishtaran is not hard becuase he's a 100% melee mob. WIth a healer, I can use all my hp->mana spells and manastone so I dont have mana problem. But the nest boss is actaully harder since it's a caster and nuke hard! He also has more hp than ishtaran (150k vs. 110k.) I'll try to find a way to avoid his AE I think <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

QQ-Fatman

05-05-2006, 03:27 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote: carnovingian usually takes 10-12 min to bring down. he doesn't heal himself. and with xhavis + self ward + vultak eye I take little to no dmg, especially since the self regenrative ward takes dmg first then hits xhavis proc then to vultae eye and if I do take any i have either bandages or t6 legendary hot potion handy.(ixnay's i believe its called) final nest named usually takes 20 min to take down. here's a hint on nest named. the room is very large and has great spots to stand or should i say hide Message Edited by IllusiveThoughts on 05-04-2006 02:35 PM <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>hmm weird... i remember carnovingian uses reactive heals quite often.... and by the way, do you only use ice nova to kill?

Jezekie

05-05-2006, 04:24 AM

I would fall asleep if I had to use IN only. Anyway went to nest, cleared the first floor without much hassle, second seemed alot harder to break, figured I'd come back some other day when my gear isn't as crappy as it is <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

QQ-Fatman

05-05-2006, 04:27 AM

<DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Jezekiell wrote: I would fall asleep if I had to use IN only. Anyway went to nest, cleared the first floor without much hassle, second seemed alot harder to break, figured I'd come back some other day when my gear isn't as crappy as it is <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>i asked because he said it takes him 12 mins to kill carnovingian. Carnovingian's hp is not much more than the abomination, and it only takes me 2 mins to kill abomination....</DIV>

HomeChicken

05-13-2006, 02:18 AM

<DIV>yah i would say nest is a pretty decent challenge for soloing in t7, i can get to the end guy, but his extreme resistances / immunties to roots and stuns make him really tough, and lately i have been to lazy to try it again lol</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

IllusiveThoughts

05-13-2006, 02:20 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> QQFatman wrote: <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Jezekiell wrote: I would fall asleep if I had to use IN only. Anyway went to nest, cleared the first floor without much hassle, second seemed alot harder to break, figured I'd come back some other day when my gear isn't as crappy as it is <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>i asked because he said it takes him 12 mins to kill carnovingian. Carnovingian's hp is not much more than the abomination, and it only takes me 2 mins to kill abomination....</DIV> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> finally got some better divine resist gear(can buff to over 6k now) and while Im waiting for 8pts for the 12% spell cost reduction i spent my 6 remaining points on the self ward from the wisdom line. and dont forget those t7 heat dispell potions I use about 5 of them now in a fight carnovingian takes about 4-5 min to solo now <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Kelkirra

05-13-2006, 02:45 AM

But.. . . . but . . . . wizzies DPS sucks, how can you solo <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> j/k

electricninjasex

05-13-2006, 12:57 PM

I soloed Poet's Palace a week or so ago, and for the time it took it just wasn't worth it. No masters at all, no legendary, no nada. Soloing Nest isn't worth it to me to even try either. Now if we're talking duo'ing, that's a whole other matter entirely. <div></div>