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Vet White Gold Tower Has Been Soloed!
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White Gold Tower (Veteran) - Solo
Notes:
• Patch: Shadows of the Hist
• My pet was only needed to bypass The Adjudicator's caging mechanic. Besides that, I simply used it to make things easier
• If a dungeon doesn't have specific mechanics that result in a single player's death unless aided by allies, it can be soloed.
• The Planar Inhibitor is an awesome fight! Props to ZOS, despite it being a "soloable" group boss now
• Hard Mode was enabled for Molag Kena
The Adjudicator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUBozhPs1S8
• Kind of an easy fight
• Most good players can take down this boss if you can bypass the caging mechanic. In order to do this, you either need Sorcerer Pets (to draw aggro from the boss) or Summon Shade (to teleport immediately out of cages and to the boss).
• You may be able to gapclose The Adjudicator if you are close enough when caged. However, the two above strategies I mentioned are the only two ways to really have a shot at soloing this boss.
• Most good players can take down this boss if you can bypass the caging mechanic. In order to do this, you either need Sorcerer Pets (to draw aggro from the boss) or Summon Shade (to teleport immediately out of cages and to the boss).
• You may be able to gapclose The Adjudicator if you are close enough when caged. However, the two above strategies I mentioned are the only two ways to really have a shot at soloing this boss.
Three Dragonknights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tZYhGUPMM
• Easy fight
• Be able to reliably heal yourself, avoid stationary Dragonknight Standards, and put out 10-15K DPS when you need to. That's all there really is to it.
• Be able to reliably heal yourself, avoid stationary Dragonknight Standards, and put out 10-15K DPS when you need to. That's all there really is to it.
The Planar Inhibitor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0LjJ7jjUs
I did a ton of testing and died tons of times to gather this data
Mechanics:
• Impossibly difficult fight. Never attempt this solo.
• All values can increase or decrease by 0.001%-1%
• Damages are taken against my Shields (0 resistance)
• Normal Phase lasts 50 seconds
• Blue Phase lasts 30 seconds
• *Heat Stroke tics every 0.5 seconds*
• The Planar Inhibitor casts undodgeable fireballs at whoever holds aggro every 1 second (unless Jumping).
• Heat Stroke increases in strength whenever the Planar Inhibitor strikes you with her fire balls. It grows to 8.5x-9x its initial value if held during the entire Normal Phase
• The ground explodes with mini-AoEs every 10 seconds during the Normal Phase (first explosion occurs after 20 seconds from beginning the fight). It happens every 5 seconds during the Blue Phase.
• The central Pinion strikes all group members every 5 seconds
• *At 100% health - Slow Portals are unlocked, spawn 5 portals at a rate of 1 portal every 5 seconds*
• *At 85% health - Normal Portals are unlocked, spawning 10 portals at a rate of 1 portal every 2.5 seconds*
• *At 40% health - Double Portals are unlocked, spawning 20 portals at a rate of 2 portal every 2.5 seconds*
• Dremora will pour through portals once every 10 seconds if not closed
• Ogrim will pour through portals once every 10 seconds if not closed and too many Dremora are present
• The first Portal Round occurs 12 seconds from the beginning of the fight. All later Portal rounds begin 18 seconds from the end of the last Portal Round.
• The Inhibitor will Jump 1-2 times per Normal Phase, dealing 10K-13K damage to anyone caught
• Heat Stroke dissipates entirely upon the Planar Inhibitor losing control after the Blue Phase, and reapplies as soon as the Normal Phase begins again
• The Inhibitor radiates a tiny bit of AoE damage if you stand too close to her
• All damage dealt in this fight is Fire Damage (except from Dremora physical attacks)
• You are slowly snared when you hold Aggro during the Blue Phase, eventually rooting you (I think it takes 10 seconds)
Tests:
Test 1: 0 Champion Points into Elemental Defender/Thick Skinned
Heat Stroke
• Initial DoT tick value: 836
• Damage added per Inhibitor fire ball: 140
• Average DoT by Blue phase : ~7100
Other
• Pinion fire ball value: 4682
• Mini-AoE damage value: 11142
• DoT from standing close to the Inhibitor: 275
Test 2: 60 Champion Points into Elemental Defender , 0 Champion Points into Thick Skinned
Heat Stroke
• Initial DoT tick value: 690
• Damage added per Inhibitor fire ball: 115
• Average DoT by Blue phase : ~5800
Other
• Pinion fire ball value: 3871
• Mini-AoE damage value: 9192
• DoT from standing close to the Inhibitor: 229
Test 3: 60 Champion Points into both Elemental Defender and Thick Skinned (My Setup)
Heat Stroke
• Initial DoT tick value: 548
• Damage added per Inhibitor fire ball: 91
• Average DoT by Blue phase : ~4620
Other
• Pinion fire ball value: 3871
• Mini-AoE damage value: 9192
• DoT from standing close to the Inhibitor: 196
Mechanics:
• Impossibly difficult fight. Never attempt this solo.
• All values can increase or decrease by 0.001%-1%
• Damages are taken against my Shields (0 resistance)
• Normal Phase lasts 50 seconds
• Blue Phase lasts 30 seconds
• *Heat Stroke tics every 0.5 seconds*
• The Planar Inhibitor casts undodgeable fireballs at whoever holds aggro every 1 second (unless Jumping).
• Heat Stroke increases in strength whenever the Planar Inhibitor strikes you with her fire balls. It grows to 8.5x-9x its initial value if held during the entire Normal Phase
• The ground explodes with mini-AoEs every 10 seconds during the Normal Phase (first explosion occurs after 20 seconds from beginning the fight). It happens every 5 seconds during the Blue Phase.
• The central Pinion strikes all group members every 5 seconds
• *At 100% health - Slow Portals are unlocked, spawn 5 portals at a rate of 1 portal every 5 seconds*
• *At 85% health - Normal Portals are unlocked, spawning 10 portals at a rate of 1 portal every 2.5 seconds*
• *At 40% health - Double Portals are unlocked, spawning 20 portals at a rate of 2 portal every 2.5 seconds*
• Dremora will pour through portals once every 10 seconds if not closed
• Ogrim will pour through portals once every 10 seconds if not closed and too many Dremora are present
• The first Portal Round occurs 12 seconds from the beginning of the fight. All later Portal rounds begin 18 seconds from the end of the last Portal Round.
• The Inhibitor will Jump 1-2 times per Normal Phase, dealing 10K-13K damage to anyone caught
• Heat Stroke dissipates entirely upon the Planar Inhibitor losing control after the Blue Phase, and reapplies as soon as the Normal Phase begins again
• The Inhibitor radiates a tiny bit of AoE damage if you stand too close to her
• All damage dealt in this fight is Fire Damage (except from Dremora physical attacks)
• You are slowly snared when you hold Aggro during the Blue Phase, eventually rooting you (I think it takes 10 seconds)
Tests:
Test 1: 0 Champion Points into Elemental Defender/Thick Skinned
Heat Stroke
• Initial DoT tick value: 836
• Damage added per Inhibitor fire ball: 140
• Average DoT by Blue phase : ~7100
Other
• Pinion fire ball value: 4682
• Mini-AoE damage value: 11142
• DoT from standing close to the Inhibitor: 275
Test 2: 60 Champion Points into Elemental Defender , 0 Champion Points into Thick Skinned
Heat Stroke
• Initial DoT tick value: 690
• Damage added per Inhibitor fire ball: 115
• Average DoT by Blue phase : ~5800
Other
• Pinion fire ball value: 3871
• Mini-AoE damage value: 9192
• DoT from standing close to the Inhibitor: 229
Test 3: 60 Champion Points into both Elemental Defender and Thick Skinned (My Setup)
Heat Stroke
• Initial DoT tick value: 548
• Damage added per Inhibitor fire ball: 91
• Average DoT by Blue phase : ~4620
Other
• Pinion fire ball value: 3871
• Mini-AoE damage value: 9192
• DoT from standing close to the Inhibitor: 196
Molag Kena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHGHksNaGLY
• Molag Kena is difficult fight to solo!
• Those Atronachs need to die quickly or you have no chance whatsoever. Builds that can put out the necessary amount of damage in a quick burst will have a much easier time.
• Molag Kena is definitely killable without a pet. My original plan was to kill her normally, but I decided to bring my Volatile Familiar into the fight after being exhausted by the Inhibitor.....
• Those Atronachs need to die quickly or you have no chance whatsoever. Builds that can put out the necessary amount of damage in a quick burst will have a much easier time.
• Molag Kena is definitely killable without a pet. My original plan was to kill her normally, but I decided to bring my Volatile Familiar into the fight after being exhausted by the Inhibitor.....
ENJOY!
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✭White Gold Tower (Veteran) - Solo
Notes:
• Patch: Shadows of the Hist
• My pet was only needed to bypass The Adjudicator's caging mechanic. Besides that, I simply used it to make things easier
• If a dungeon doesn't have specific mechanics that result in a single player's death unless aided by allies, it can be soloed.
• The Planar Inhibitor is an awesome fight! Props to ZOS, despite it being a "soloable" group boss now
• Hard Mode was enabled for Molag Kena
Awesome !
Edited by hrothbern on October 15, 2016 8:38AM"I still do not understand why I followed the advice of Captain Rana to bring the villagers of Bleakrock into safety. We should have fought for our village and not have backed down, with our tail between our legs. Now my home village is in shambles, the houses burning, the invaders feasting.I swear every day to Shor that after Molag Bal has been defeated, I will hunt down the invaders and restore peace in Bleakrock and drink my mead with my friends at the market place".PC-EU3 -
Whatzituyah✭✭✭✭Inb4 ZOS adds a one shot that does 99999 Damage to Vets.https://twitch.tv/whatzituyah2
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Whatzituyah✭✭✭✭@Prof_Bawbag I forgot who accomplished that feat in a shape or form.https://twitch.tv/whatzituyah2
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Why are you actually doing this ? I guess you could easily join a progression guild and contribute to group awesome achievements, completion and leaderboards ? (This is a genuine question, out of pure curiosity. No criticism or cynicism intended. I'm just wondering what it is you seek, what it is you like, why you're doing "this to yourself" and I'm intrigued by the will to play solo while still in a MMO).
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Nice
Any attempts on ruins of mazzatun or imperial city prison so far?
I won't attempt Vet Ruins of Mazzatun because the final boss is impossible to solo thanks to the Hallucination mechanic.
I have thought about Vet Imperial City Prison. Definitely gonna give it a try to see if I can bypass Ibomez's attack that must be interrupted. My pet may be able to take the beating! If not, there is little else I can do
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Honestly, I find difficult solo content to be a lot of fun!anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »That is truly awesome !!!
Why are you actually doing this ? I guess you could easily join a progression guild and contribute to group awesome achievements, completion and leaderboards ? (This is a genuine question, out of pure curiosity. No criticism or cynicism intended. I'm just wondering what it is you seek, what it is you like, why you're doing "this to yourself" and I'm intrigued by the will to play solo while still in a MMO).
.....that's the main reason at least. I also want to see if it's possible, since it'd be pretty surprising if any of these "tougher" group dungeons were at all even remotely soloable. Remember that soloing Vet City of Ash has been marked a huge accomplishment in terms of difficulty by most!
As for progression guilds, I don't often have time for Vet trials though I do run them when convenient. PvP has gotten kind of boring for me as well since I'm a Dual Wield Mag Sorc fighting in an imbalanced Stamina meta.
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Good job BUT you have to admit that every other class will never be able to do this, and is weird imho...Signature3 -
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✭✭✭✭✭You do know theres an immeasurably large "if" attached to your claim though right?
You can easily solo this dungeon, "IF"...CP1,900+ Master Explorer - AvA One Star General - Console Peasant - The Clan
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✭anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »That is truly awesome !!!
Why are you actually doing this ? I guess you could easily join a progression guild and contribute to group awesome achievements, completion and leaderboards ? (This is a genuine question, out of pure curiosity. No criticism or cynicism intended. I'm just wondering what it is you seek, what it is you like, why you're doing "this to yourself" and I'm intrigued by the will to play solo while still in a MMO).
"times are achanging"
and always will do
MMO is an outdated label for a game.....
MMO is a very important feature of a modern big fantasy game
no more.... no less"I still do not understand why I followed the advice of Captain Rana to bring the villagers of Bleakrock into safety. We should have fought for our village and not have backed down, with our tail between our legs. Now my home village is in shambles, the houses burning, the invaders feasting.I swear every day to Shor that after Molag Bal has been defeated, I will hunt down the invaders and restore peace in Bleakrock and drink my mead with my friends at the market place".PC-EU0 -
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✭Friggin' Awesome! Gratz!Pandora's Promise (rip) | LND | Pactriotic | IKnowWhatUDidLastWinter's | The Uninvited |
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✭WOW.
Great feat.
Gratz!
Gotta love how magicka characters can shine in this stamina meta.
Gonna throw your achievement into the face of anybody that shittalks about magicka.
And we have a lot of those...
Isn't the stamina meta more of a PVP thing?Pandora's Promise (rip) | LND | Pactriotic | IKnowWhatUDidLastWinter's | The Uninvited |
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✭The Uninvited wrote: »
Well people don't restrict themselves to PvP when they decide to shittalk magicka builds.
For example, there was this (newbie) guy on TS asking about magicka DK builds, only to have other people talk garbage about mag DK.
Literally garbage.
That person was so discouraged he stopped playing altogether, rather than starting all over with a stamina character.
He didn't even step foot in Cyrodiil yet. He just knew PvP was the endgame he was striving for.1 -
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Great feat.
Gratz!
Gotta love how magicka characters can shine in this stamina meta.
Gonna throw your achievement into the face of anybody that shittalks about magicka.
And we have a lot of those...
@Dubhliam
The stamina meta is limited to PvP. Most top raids in leaderboards run with 10 mag and 2 stam.
The hardest content in the game, vMoL hard mode, has been done by only 5 raids worldwide including PC, PS4 and XB1. The first guilds had only 1 stamina build, that too only DK. The last two raids were all magicka. Stamina builds simply can't survive the trials due to lack of any proper damage shield.2 -
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✭The Uninvited wrote: »
Well people don't restrict themselves to PvP when they decide to shittalk magicka builds.
For example, there was this (newbie) guy on TS asking about magicka DK builds, only to have other people talk garbage about mag DK.
Literally garbage.
That person was so discouraged he stopped playing altogether, rather than starting all over with a stamina character.
He didn't even step foot in Cyrodiil yet. He just knew PvP was the endgame he was striving for.
True. That's a sad thing to hear actually... On the other hand, I still main a magDK and magSorc in PVE without problems and will let nobody talk me out of it. But we're getting off topic here.Pandora's Promise (rip) | LND | Pactriotic | IKnowWhatUDidLastWinter's | The Uninvited |
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Better, I did it with a USB classic NES gamepad.1 -
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✭"I still do not understand why I followed the advice of Captain Rana to bring the villagers of Bleakrock into safety. We should have fought for our village and not have backed down, with our tail between our legs. Now my home village is in shambles, the houses burning, the invaders feasting.I swear every day to Shor that after Molag Bal has been defeated, I will hunt down the invaders and restore peace in Bleakrock and drink my mead with my friends at the market place".PC-EU1 -
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✭✭Hero.PC Master Race
1001CP
8 Flawless Toons, all Classes.
Master Angler
Dro-M'artha Destroyer (at last)
Tamriel Hero
Grand Overlord
Every Skyshard
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✭Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »Daaaaamn, and I cant do it in a full group!
Well, the difference is that when you go with a group, you usually spec to perform a specific role: tank, DD or healer.
A player that is specialized in a role will outperform a player (in a group) that is a jack of all trades.
But, this makes you depend on other members of your group.
If they don't perform well, they die and leave you without support, resulting in a wipe.
You can only improve on yourself, you cannot influence how others perform other than giving them advice and hope they will listen.
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