VMA, And why you should not give up for good

sevomd69

CultOfMMO wrote: »

as someone who cleared vMA within a weekend start to finish as a cp274 khajit stamblade running 5 NMG, 5 viper, 2 leki well before orsinium was even a year old, i'll never understand ppl's struggle with this solo trial -_-

but yea dont give up...but also, think about whats really killing you and how you can overcome it

taking a break to clear your mind then come back and repeat the same mistakes is not gona get you anywhere.

Love these e-peen posts on a thread lamenting how hard vMA is...always see a couple....I'll never understand why people get satisfaction about bragging about an accomplishment in a video game to people he has never or probably never will meet irl...lol...but here's cookie nontheless...

sevomd69

Agenericname wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

Vet maelstrom becamed simply easy content because power creep goes up with every year when vMA dufficulty stays the same. If You have max CP and proper gear You are most likely going to finish it anyway after few tries even if You're weak at the game. Experienced players can clear it literally naked just with weapons+jewelery or with 0 CP spended and brum as a weapon. That would be impossible 2 years ago when vMA had some difficulty level.

If you're running it naked with a brum and jewelry with no CP allocated, where's the power creep coming from? How did the difficulty deflate?

What's a brum?

Agenericname

sevomd69 wrote: »

Agenericname wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

Vet maelstrom becamed simply easy content because power creep goes up with every year when vMA dufficulty stays the same. If You have max CP and proper gear You are most likely going to finish it anyway after few tries even if You're weak at the game. Experienced players can clear it literally naked just with weapons+jewelery or with 0 CP spended and brum as a weapon. That would be impossible 2 years ago when vMA had some difficulty level.

If you're running it naked with a brum and jewelry with no CP allocated, where's the power creep coming from? How did the difficulty deflate?

What's a brum?

I assume a broom.

/shrug

ATomiX96

never give up at vma because it makes you GIT GUD (at least a bit)

ResTandRespeC

it's strange how different people have different issues with certain stages. For me, just getting flawless on my snb the other day, poison plants weren't an issue most of the time, but rather last boss stage 5 and the magdk boss (4th boss) on stage 8 were the two hold ups for my flawless run.

ReachHalo wrote: »

Yep everyone. Don't give up. Watch, learn, die, learn, die, try something different, die, learn...

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Bottom line is that you WILL finish it. Maybe not in 30 minutes, 30 hrs or even 30 weeks.

But you will complete it eventually.

Going for flawless though... as i currently am... well that is a whole different world of s**t and frustration. @Ragged_Claw how is Vault of Umbrage stage the 'easy' one??? Easily the hardest and the one that screws my flawless chances

sevomd69

ResTandRespeC wrote: »

it's strange how different people have different issues with certain stages. For me, just getting flawless on my snb the other day, poison plants weren't an issue most of the time, but rather last boss stage 5 and the magdk boss (4th boss) on stage 8 were the two hold ups for my flawless run.

ReachHalo wrote: »

Yep everyone. Don't give up. Watch, learn, die, learn, die, try something different, die, learn...

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Bottom line is that you WILL finish it. Maybe not in 30 minutes, 30 hrs or even 30 weeks.

But you will complete it eventually.

Going for flawless though... as i currently am... well that is a whole different world of s**t and frustration. @Ragged_Claw how is Vault of Umbrage stage the 'easy' one??? Easily the hardest and the one that screws my flawless chances

Last boss stage 5 you have to be clean on the mechanics and awareness when doing stam...sometimes i burn her too fast and realize she's past her jump point...that dk in the cistern...just burn only two shards then burn flame shaper...then kite her to last shard and burn both together...

Edit: BTW stage stage 7 usually screw my flawless chances...

Datthaw

Lots of good feedback in here, glad to see everyone is sharing thier experience. I hope this helps and inspires people to victory this event.

Soleya

sevomd69 wrote: »

ResTandRespeC wrote: »

it's strange how different people have different issues with certain stages. For me, just getting flawless on my snb the other day, poison plants weren't an issue most of the time, but rather last boss stage 5 and the magdk boss (4th boss) on stage 8 were the two hold ups for my flawless run.

ReachHalo wrote: »

Yep everyone. Don't give up. Watch, learn, die, learn, die, try something different, die, learn...

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Bottom line is that you WILL finish it. Maybe not in 30 minutes, 30 hrs or even 30 weeks.

But you will complete it eventually.

Going for flawless though... as i currently am... well that is a whole different world of s**t and frustration. @Ragged_Claw how is Vault of Umbrage stage the 'easy' one??? Easily the hardest and the one that screws my flawless chances

Last boss stage 5 you have to be clean on the mechanics and awareness when doing stam...sometimes i burn her too fast and realize she's past her jump point...that dk in the cistern...just burn only two shards then burn flame shaper...then kite her to last shard and burn both together...

Edit: BTW stage stage 7 usually screw my flawless chances...

On stage 8, sometimes I have issues with the DK in the earlier round. It drops a standard and a cross flame ability, occasionally they don't render.

Also had an issue with the boss of stage 8 last night where I broke 2 shards, waited for the flame shaper, killed them, broke the next shard and both attro's spawned right away. I don't know why, but the attro's spawned 5 seconds after the flame shaper.

Stage 5 I have more trouble with the round before the boss than the actual boss due to all the ranged archers/mages. They like to stand in the ice water making melee builds have a tougher time with them.

boombazookajd

Soleya wrote: »

Also had an issue with the boss of stage 8 last night where I broke 2 shards, waited for the flame shaper, killed them, broke the next shard and both attro's spawned right away. I don't know why, but the attro's spawned 5 seconds after the flame shaper.

vMA does stupid things sometimes. Seems more so during the event where lots of people are running it.

AbysmalGhul

TheDarkoil wrote: »

Ragged_Claw wrote: »

Congrats! I'm still plugging away at it, stuck on the Vault of Umbrage atm which everyone says is an easier round lol. I'm just making stupid mistakes and getting spaghetti fingers, so I'm taking another break from it. I am determined to do it though and I love reading stories like yours because it gives me hope!

Vault of umbrage is the reason I can't get a flawless in there, can literally walk through all the other stages, some reason though now I find it easier to bash the boss, got it down to 5 deaths but that's still 5 too many.

This stage also impairs my ability to get flawless. I've been poisoned after beating the stage and collecting the chest...with no plants around and no timer on my status bar either . Plus I have to bash because the shield isn't working half the time because the lag has been horrendous