Templar Class Trial

Lites · 11-26-2004, 01:08 AM

What has happened with this trial?

I tried it 4 times today and on each occasion ALL of my direct damage spells were resisted. A friend tried it yesterday and had no problem with resists.

There are no patch notes for today's patch and I am assuming that something was altered either with cleric spells or the resists of the mobs in the trial.

I am now at the point where I can no longer progress in the game.

Eldur · 11-26-2004, 04:11 AM

I'm not sure if something has changed, or you are just having a really bad luck streak.

As strange as this sounds, you should be able to do this quest without casting any direct damage spells.

Use your reactive heal on yourself when you get low, and try to place rebuke on the mobs to help up your damage a bit while you melee the mobs.

I found that casting direct damage while doing this trial was an inefficient use of my power compared to melee and heals.

The downside is that melee is extrememely slow.

I hope your luck improves on your next try SMILEY

jhh · 11-26-2004, 05:14 PM

I don't think its a change just to the class trial mobs - I have been getting a lot more resists from just about everything lately. Did Sony sneak in a change to this?Not that it matters anyway... I'm stuck at level 19 for lack of anyone willing to help me with the quest. I can't solo three blue^^ group con mobs at once, so I cannot progress any further.

chrome · 11-26-2004, 07:47 PM

jhh wrote:I don't think its a change just to the class trial mobs - I have been getting a lot more resists from just about everything lately. Did Sony sneak in a change to this?Not that it matters anyway... I'm stuck at level 19 for lack of anyone willing to help me with the quest. I can't solo three blue^^ group con mobs at once, so I cannot progress any further.

You need to use the HOs. It makes all the difference.

Zabumt · 11-28-2004, 12:56 PM

Three blue^^ mobs? Are you working on the same quest that I did? I'm a 25 Templar and the only time I ran into ^ con quest mobs was in VS while wandering around looking for the tomb.

Var'e · 11-29-2004, 12:10 AM

they have different cons per instance SMILEY

i had to try it 3 times with varying degrees of difficulty

Abbee · 11-29-2004, 01:26 AM

I did my templar quest this past weekend and I adjusted it somewhat for the instanced zone.

I zoned in, killed the fire bloodsaber, medding a bit, cast bestow on myself and went straight to the named behind the altar.

I killed him asap and only had to recast bestow on myself one more time while the blue group was beating on me.

When the named died, the quest updated and I zoned out.

I had not read anything saying I "had" to kill the blue group so to save time, my power, and sanity I didn't :smileyhappy:

I recommend this if you can cast while being beaten upon.

Var'e · 11-29-2004, 02:29 AM

i pulled everything but the named back to the door where i ported ini had some unfortunate pops the first 2 tries, and that area seems to be a safe zone SMILEY

definitely use your HOs and BoV for every pullalso, you can run out the backdoor if it looks bad

11-26-2004, 07:47 PM	#4
chrome Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 20	jhh wrote:I don't think its a change just to the class trial mobs - I have been getting a lot more resists from just about everything lately. Did Sony sneak in a change to this?Not that it matters anyway... I'm stuck at level 19 for lack of anyone willing to help me with the quest. I can't solo three blue^^ group con mobs at once, so I cannot progress any further. You need to use the HOs. It makes all the difference. __________________

11-28-2004, 12:56 PM	#5
Zabumt Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 489	Three blue^^ mobs? Are you working on the same quest that I did? I'm a 25 Templar and the only time I ran into ^ con quest mobs was in VS while wandering around looking for the tomb. __________________ Halthar 70 Dwarf Templar - Unrest Zabumtik 60 Gnome Wizard - Unrest

11-29-2004, 12:10 AM	#6
Var'e Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	they have different cons per instance i had to try it 3 times with varying degrees of difficulty __________________ Varess \| Level 20 Human Templar \| Steamfont Server \| [Rage]

11-29-2004, 02:29 AM	#8
Var'e Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	i pulled everything but the named back to the door where i ported ini had some unfortunate pops the first 2 tries, and that area seems to be a safe zone definitely use your HOs and BoV for every pullalso, you can run out the backdoor if it looks bad __________________ Varess \| Level 20 Human Templar \| Steamfont Server \| [Rage]

11-26-2004, 01:08 AM	#1
Lites Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 14	What has happened with this trial? I tried it 4 times today and on each occasion ALL of my direct damage spells were resisted. A friend tried it yesterday and had no problem with resists. There are no patch notes for today's patch and I am assuming that something was altered either with cleric spells or the resists of the mobs in the trial. I am now at the point where I can no longer progress in the game.

11-26-2004, 04:11 AM	#2
Eldur Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 22	I'm not sure if something has changed, or you are just having a really bad luck streak. As strange as this sounds, you should be able to do this quest without casting any direct damage spells. Use your reactive heal on yourself when you get low, and try to place rebuke on the mobs to help up your damage a bit while you melee the mobs. I found that casting direct damage while doing this trial was an inefficient use of my power compared to melee and heals. The downside is that melee is extrememely slow. I hope your luck improves on your next try

11-26-2004, 05:14 PM	#3
jhh Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2	I don't think its a change just to the class trial mobs - I have been getting a lot more resists from just about everything lately. Did Sony sneak in a change to this?Not that it matters anyway... I'm stuck at level 19 for lack of anyone willing to help me with the quest. I can't solo three blue^^ group con mobs at once, so I cannot progress any further.

11-29-2004, 01:26 AM	#7
Abbee Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1	I did my templar quest this past weekend and I adjusted it somewhat for the instanced zone. I zoned in, killed the fire bloodsaber, medding a bit, cast bestow on myself and went straight to the named behind the altar. I killed him asap and only had to recast bestow on myself one more time while the blue group was beating on me. When the named died, the quest updated and I zoned out. I had not read anything saying I "had" to kill the blue group so to save time, my power, and sanity I didn't :smileyhappy: I recommend this if you can cast while being beaten upon.