Vet Trials - Order of Difficulty?

MissBizz

What would the list for vet trials be for you, if you listed them easiest to most difficult?

Speaking in the ways of, let's say, a team of folks learning them - not necessarily an already experienced team.

For purposes of the list, pretty sure it makes sense to split vAS into 3 different spots (vAS, vAS +1, vAS +2), and for HM's to be in their own spot too.

Camb0Sl1ce

Well depends on hard mode or regular vet, like vet AA is easy but vet AA hardmode is challenging.

MissBizz

Camb0Sl1ce wrote: »

Well depends on hard mode or regular vet, like vet AA is easy but vet AA hardmode is challenging.

Sorry I should have mentioned that too. Really I'm looking for a general idea of what a group of people should probably attempt in what order, including hard modes @Camb0Sl1ce

So like..

vAA, vHRC, then.. maybe vAA HM?

Elrosahir

It depends on many stuff. But in generall from my view.

vAA
vHRC
vSO
vSO HM
vHRC HM
vAS
vAA HM
vMoL
vHoF
vHoF HM
vAS +1 (Ilothis)
vAS +1 (the other)
vAS HM
vMoL HM

slicksteezin

I think @Elrosahir is right on the money for the most part. I would only make a few minor tweaks to the rankings, but that is of course from my own personal experience and doesn’t at all mean it’s more or less accurate.

-I would swap vHRC HM and vSO HM in the difficulty rankings

I would put vHOF HM directly behind vMOL HM as the most difficult

code65536

My personal ranking:

vAA
vAS +0
vHRC
vSO
vSO HM
vHRC HM
vAA HM
vAS +1 Felms
vAS +1 Llothis
vMoL
vHoF
vHoF HM
vMoL HM
vAS +2

vAS +0 can be very punishing, and it can be a very long and drawn-out fight, but there is nothing there to overwhelm or wipe the group, which is why I rank it alongside vAA non-HM as the easiest trial. vHRC does not get the #2 spot because of the topside boss (I do not take any unintended cheese into my consideration.)

I also don't think vAS +1 is that difficult.

And vHoF HM is, in my experience, the easiest of the DLC HMs. It is literally identical to non-HM, except a bit more health and a bit more damage, and any group that can clear non-HM can clear HM, if they have a good strategy. When I watch streams of groups wiping on HM, it's often because they are trying to copy strategies used by top groups without fully understanding all the mechanics of that fight. With a strategy tailored for just getting a clear (vs. one designed to push for the fastest kill possible), it's a fight that is, I think, very accessible and very easy. vHoF HM is very much like vSO HM--if you got to that point, there's no reason not to activate hard mode. (I've led two mid-range raid groups to consistent and easy vHoF HM clears, despite people telling me that my groups didn't have the DPS for HM execute.)