Can You Solo Harrowstorms?

Bekkael

I have a tanky DK with low damage, so no. It's the mini-bosses that keep spawning the longer you take to kill the pikes that are the issue for me, they have soooo many staggers and I can't block them all. I can solo quite a lot otherwise: dolmans, vents, geysers, most world bosses that don't require an interrupt *glares at the Unmaker* ...I have done most of a dragon with just my companion, before another player showed up, so not sure if I can solo a dragon or not. I solo the base game dungeons too, so...

I really wish they would tweak the harrowstorms to scale based on how many are fighting it, like so many other group events do.

SeaGtGruff

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

SpiritKitten wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

Not only no, but HELL NO. Nor dragons, nor dolmens, nor geysers, nor world bosses.

I solo dolmens and world bosses.

Those, at least the older ones, are much easier.

Ever try the "temple" in Southern Elsweyr? The disciples hit like trucks.

Yeah, I can't solo that one, although I think I read that it's all in how you handle those disciples. On the other hand, I can do the other one-- the Air Atronach (?) boss in the temple of Meridia.

blktauna

TaSheen wrote: »

Not only no, but HELL NO. Nor dragons, nor dolmens, nor geysers, nor world bosses.

I've soloed dolmens, geysers, and a few World Bosses.

I don't have enough slap for dragons and really tough bosses.

blktauna

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

Kingsindarkness wrote: »

Events like this work well because usually, you have folks in the area..honestly, I have never seen one that didn't have at least a few people.

You must play at a time when the server is fairly well populated. Try running in Europe (from Texas) and finding anyone. I am convinced the roll up the streets and the Internet access lines for many there!

Though I have found them sparse on PC NA as well.

How many people have all of you seen in those portals in Blackwood recently? Nice idea, but almost impossible now.

oh they're fun. You just need sufficient aoe and I bring my healbot Bastien.

Elsonso

I can solo them, so long as enough other people are around to help.

FrancisCrawford

What happens in a Harrowstorm if you don't kill the adds that walk slowly to the center soon enough? Do they spawn something big and scary? I.e., should they be the real priority targets?

FlopsyPrince

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

What happens in a Harrowstorm if you don't kill the adds that walk slowly to the center soon enough? Do they spawn something big and scary? I.e., should they be the real priority targets?

You waste a whole lot of time only to find the tree things are still at full health. I hate wasting time like that, with NO progress!

Kirawolfe

If you do mad AOE damage and can stop the ghosts while working on the pikes (because the ghosts fuel the mini-boss spawning), then yes, you can absolutely solo a harrowstorm.

It's the mini bosses that are the killer, shrikes in particular.

But many folks don't know about the ghosts. You stop them from going in = no mini bosses. But that's a hard thing to do when you're working on one pike at a time.

Dojohoda

I don't know, but based on replies, some have done it solo.

CrashTest

Yes a few times for daily when no one was around. It's time consuming and boring. I don't recommend anyone do it.

Djennku

You can certainly solo a harrowstorm. Mechanics are important. Tip: don't ignore the ghosts, and you won't see the minis. AOE helps.

Ishtarknows

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

What happens in a Harrowstorm if you don't kill the adds that walk slowly to the center soon enough? Do they spawn something big and scary? I.e., should they be the real priority targets?

Those adds heal the pikes when they reach them

spartaxoxo

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

What happens in a Harrowstorm if you don't kill the adds that walk slowly to the center soon enough? Do they spawn something big and scary? I.e., should they be the real priority targets?

Yes. They spawn the bosses.

I_killed_Vivec

I very much doubt that I could, but that doesn't stop me trying - no point waiting around for others to turn up, after all what's the worst that can happen?

I've never found out if I'd be successful because other people have always turned up to help.

Snamyap

Don't think I can, but more importantly: I don't see the point as the rewards are lackluster.

I_killed_Vivec

Snamyap wrote: »

Don't think I can, but more importantly: I don't see the point as the rewards are lackluster.

The satisfaction of having done it?

Lady_Galadhiel

Running around in my healer setup 99% of the time so... I prob. could but it would take me ages, so I never tried it.
I did solo worldbosses,geysers,dolmens and did fight dragons alone till 50% then someone joined ._.

robwolf666

@OP - No, it's one of the events in the game that forces you to group with people. Unless people are already there, I avoid them.

AlterBlika

Never actually did them, as overland content seems generally too easy and boring. I doubt that they're harder than vDLC dungeons to solo, so I think they're pretty much soloable if you put at least some thought into your build.

AlterBlika

Snamyap wrote: »

Don't think I can, but more importantly: I don't see the point as the rewards are lackluster.

Soloing isn't about rewards, but rather challenge and emotions for getting it done.

Katheriah

Yes and no.

Yes DPS wise.

No because last time I did it, at the end the game put me back to character select and when I logged back it was inactive. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Sarannah

No, though I haven't ever tried. But I don't mess with harrowstorms except for during events. Absolutely dislike them very much. They are by far the worst world events, in the way they spawn, in the way they aren't really solo-friendly. And never near any wayshrines.

I always avoid them at all costs.

Khenarthi

I solo dolmen, geysers, and a few World Bosses (mostly the non-DLC ones). I won't even try dragons or harrowstorms - I do not find the frustration / challenge fun at all.

ADarklore

It would be nice if they would make ALL 'world events' including world bosses, dragons, etc... scale to players like dolmens. Especially if ESO loses more players, it will make it even harder to complete this type of content. Reminds me of DCUO... they've lost so many players that you cannot even complete most content because there's no one left to help; I do not want ESO to follow that same path.

Bouldercleave

It usually comes down to risk vs reward.

I have tried ( I try EVERYTHING at least once ), and gotten the pikes down before more people arrived to "help". I MAY have been able to do it, but other than personal satisfaction there is nothing special received for soloing it. Same thing with vents or dragons.

In the time it takes to solo one, you could gain more doing almost anything else in game. Some of the newer WBs are like that. I can solo almost any WB, but it's SO much easier with a couple of other peeps. What may take me 3-4 (or more minutes) to solo drops to 30 seconds to a minute with just 1 -2 others fighting as well.


It would boil down to me saying " hey, I just did that!" because the reward doesn't go up just because you are a bad ass. Now if ZoS threw special rewards for soloing group things (dungeons, WBs, etc.)....

rpa

I'm not fast enough. I can do a pike or two but Lost Souls keep piling up where I'm not working with and spawning too much annoy.

Tornaad

With my Sorcerer, yes, I can. The hardest part is trying to find one that people are not already farming. ... and keeping Ember Alive.

SilverBride

I can't and unless there is an event that includes them it's hard to get groups. This is why I believe that things like these should scale to the number of players once the zone is no longer the current new content.

Hapexamendios

I don't think I could. Best I can do is probably get a pike down.

robpr

Yes, but it's so inefficient rewards-wise that once I did the daily quest achievments I stopped bothering.

Build:
a DK
-5 piece Advancing Yokeda body
-2 piece Baron Zaudrus
-3 piece Blessing of Potentates jewerly
-2x Blackrose daggers frontbar
-vMA Staff backbar

Frontbar: Flames of Oblivion, Burning Embers, Noxious Breath, Whip, Deadly Cloak ult: Corrosive
Backbar: Degeneration, Eruption, Unstable Wall, Resolving Vigor, Hardened Armor ult: whatever

Use Tripots, cast Corrosive whenever able to get the off-resource or while pressured, keep both armor skills up. As for adds that spawns only Shrikes are dangerous, they stun often and slow-moving crow storms are lethal.
You will clear one storm in about 15 mins.

Same build also is able to solo a dragon, but some types are hard if you dont pay attention (Pillar of Nirn one has lethal Collossus adds, Lightning dragon has lethal breath when it sits on the wall) and it takes about 20mins to kill one.