How far did you already get into EA?

Jaimeh

Arc 5+

I've made it to the middle of arc 7 on a solo NB. I'd like to try and improve on it, but finding a time that you can sit uninterrupted for so long is difficult. Also, there's still some thread-removing bugs in the EA, and it's really disheartening having a good run messed up because of a bug after hours of progression.

mercer_cap

Arc 5+

Got inkslayer solo, checked a bit of the early arc 5, but then logged off because I was already way overtime going to bed. Let's say I arrived at work with a little less sleep..

This (and the current event) is the reason I haven't really been in after. It just takes too long for a weekday night.

XSTRONG

Arc 5+

Arc 5 Cycle 3, a Marauder ended my run

Twohothardware

Didn't enter EA (yet)

I haven’t played it yet. I’m sure I’ll check it out after this Deadlands event is over but most of my interest was in the new class sets and they neutered them until they aren’t worth farming.

LouisaB75

Arc 3

I finally managed to beat Tho'at arc 2 solo (with a companion who died 2 seconds in) today. Pretty sure the reason was entirely due to rolling sanguinate which is one of my favourite verses. Made it very easy, though not as easy as arc one where she bugged and turned into a training dummy for some reason.

Made it past the first boss in arc 3 but lost lives to the marauder and the mobs. Mobs in arc three were a struggle and have me revising my build yet again.

The only time I didn't struggle with arc 3 mobs was in the round where I got the ferocious transformation.

How anyone can solo to arc 5 is a mystery to me.

aaisoaho

Arc 5+

LouisaB75 wrote: »

I finally managed to beat Tho'at arc 2 solo (with a companion who died 2 seconds in) today. Pretty sure the reason was entirely due to rolling sanguinate which is one of my favourite verses. Made it very easy, though not as easy as arc one where she bugged and turned into a training dummy for some reason.

Made it past the first boss in arc 3 but lost lives to the marauder and the mobs. Mobs in arc three were a struggle and have me revising my build yet again.

The only time I didn't struggle with arc 3 mobs was in the round where I got the ferocious transformation.

How anyone can solo to arc 5 is a mystery to me.

As a someone who does solo to arc 5 and beyond: I spec to damage on arcs 1-2 (run deadly + ansuul + ring of the pale order), but on arc 3, I start to add more defenses: swap dots to defensive buffs (including vigor), swap a couple of blue CPs from buffing my damage to making me take less damage from dots and direct damage, swap a 5pc set to a heavy armor set.

So far, I have never run out of threads when soloing, only out of time. Furthest I got was arc 5, cycle 4, before I noticed the clock and ended the run.

SkaiFaith

Arc 5+

Soloed to Arc 5, died once at Tho'at in Arc 4 and 2 times at mobs, with a very tanky build. After that 5 hours run, I now end every run before I finish my threads, since I can't play for so long.

Most difficult bosses I encountered were: The Serpent, the Manticora, Rahkatta (how many times I've been pushed out of the arena...) and Zhaj'ahssa. Fought many dragons but not yet encountered the hardest one with the huge AoE, so can't say about that.

Tho'at - I think it's an extremely well designed fight, it feels SO good beating it! Way better than any Maelstrom or Dragonstar Arena (not touched Vateshran or BRP yet), or even overland fight. But I have to admit that since you have to rely on a tanky build to survive, it can be frustrating the fact it has so much health in the various forms; each fight really takes long, especially the first form (not just first Arc, that knight in general), it seems to me.

francesinhalover

Arc 2

TaSheen wrote: »

And not going to.

Honestly , not worth it at all.

Never asked, is any of your alts evil?

FreeMaN_A

Arc 4

Failed at Arc 4 2 times. Both times 2nd boss and the same boss - Selene. Can`t pass dps check. She is spawning ads faster than i can kill him. Died after having 2 bears and 2 spiders at the same time.

ArchMikem

Arc 2

LouisaB75 wrote: »

How anyone can solo to arc 5 is a mystery to me.

Don't look at the leader boards then. People are getting to Arc 9 solo.

RebornV3x

Arc 3

my best run was stopped by this https://1drv.ms/v/s!Ao53UjxGALUDhJQ-2CYJJJpQ-ZFcIg?e=cq8LBp
so idk if i wanna keep trying for a better score or not

SeaGtGruff

Arc 1

FreeMaN_A wrote: »

Failed at Arc 4 2 times. Both times 2nd boss and the same boss - Selene. Can`t pass dps check. She is spawning ads faster than i can kill him. Died after having 2 bears and 2 spiders at the same time.

I'm guessing the difficulty of specific bosses is tied to which arc and cycle they appear in. I had Selene appear in arc 1 and (if I remember correctly) was able to kill her without much trouble, as she was easier to handle than when I solo Selene's Web on normal mode. Do the number and frequency of adds, as well as the overall difficulty of a boss and its adds, vary notably from arc to arc?

Sirona_Starr

Arc 2

EdjeSwift wrote: »

Toxic_Hemlock wrote: »

I was merely stating an opinion, and in fact, I said we have to see what is shown on the roadmap as "future" proof. I was simply commenting on the FACT we got no overland content THIS time. Hoping in fact it was not going to be what will be in store from this point on.

I'd like to point out that if you read the U40 notes, there were more changes than just the Archive being added, they added new antiquities to overland content, updated XP and gold rewards for quests, improved/adjusted rewards for dailies from the base game guilds, and adjusted prologue quest locations.

Just because the Endless Archive was the big thing doesn't mean that there was no adjustment to Overland Content or addition of such content.

Well, uh, that is a bit underwhelming in comparison to a mini zone, especially for people who sub. Yes, I know they started giving mini zones for free. That is just insult added to injury imho.

J18696

Arc 5+

11 4 1 on arcanist solo

I find the late arc bosses fun to clear but honestly it takes such a large length of time to reach this point you almost need to dedicate most of the day to it.

I find myself giving up before I even get close to pushing past my previous score now just because I dont want to invest the time this arena really needs to either speed up the time it takes to progress or let you save.

Necrotech_Master

Arc 5+

duo best run: arc 9 cycle 3 (called it a night even with 1 thread left because it was very late)

solo: i should try running on my warden solo, on my arcanist solo i can only make it into arc 4 without losing threads, but the incoming dmg becomes too much and marauders 1 tap me at that point

my warden im fairly confident i could solo further than arc 4, but because its more of a tank spec i would need the right set of visions to make it further than arc 4 without it taking large amounts of time

jaws343

Arc 5+

I think I am at 6:3:2 on my sorc Solo at the moment. (Was leading on the sorc leaderboard for the week on XBOX NA until someone posted an ARC 9 run - which is insane).

Worked a few PVP builds on different classes through to ARC 4 before the build disconnects from PVP setup to PVE became a problem, and pushed a warden into arc 5.

Ultimately, I am going to attempt to be top 10 across the all time boards for each class if possible. #5 right now for sorcs.

Necrotech_Master

Arc 5+

jaws343 wrote: »

I think I am at 6:3:2 on my sorc Solo at the moment. (Was leading on the sorc leaderboard for the week on XBOX NA until someone posted an ARC 9 run - which is insane).

Worked a few PVP builds on different classes through to ARC 4 before the build disconnects from PVP setup to PVE became a problem, and pushed a warden into arc 5.

Ultimately, I am going to attempt to be top 10 across the all time boards for each class if possible. #5 right now for sorcs.

good luck lol

at this point on PC NA, the top 10 solo records are all like arc 8+

you almost have to clear arc 5 in order to even be in the top 100

Zabulus

Arc 1

arc 1 and i left. Hate pve.

FoJul

Arc 4

I misunderstood the questions, oops. in solo i made it to 4-3-1

For duo i made it to arc 6-1-2.

FoJul

Arc 4

Jaimeh wrote: »

I've made it to the middle of arc 7 on a solo NB. I'd like to try and improve on it, but finding a time that you can sit uninterrupted for so long is difficult. Also, there's still some thread-removing bugs in the EA, and it's really disheartening having a good run messed up because of a bug after hours of progression.

Mind sharing nb solo build insight?

LouisaB75

Arc 3

ArchMikem wrote: »

LouisaB75 wrote: »

How anyone can solo to arc 5 is a mystery to me.

Don't look at the leader boards then. People are getting to Arc 9 solo.

Already seen that people are getting way farther than me. I really just want to complete the achievements and realistically wouldn't have time to get any more done even if I could make it that far. It takes way too long.

Ilsabet

Arc 3

I can now say I've made it to Arc 4. Had a guildie join me partway through Arc 3, and they beasted the mantikora after I got jumpscared by the falling ceiling. Then we got pummeled by a marauder on the first wave of 4-1-1. Probably would have made it further if they'd had all of their visions and I hadn't lost a thread stupidly on an Arc 2 boss.

But hey, dye achievement acquired. \o/

Necrotech_Master

Arc 5+

Ilsabet wrote: »

I can now say I've made it to Arc 4. Had a guildie join me partway through Arc 3, and they beasted the mantikora after I got jumpscared by the falling ceiling. Then we got pummeled by a marauder on the first wave of 4-1-1. Probably would have made it further if they'd had all of their visions and I hadn't lost a thread stupidly on an Arc 2 boss.

But hey, dye achievement acquired. \o/

at this point i usually enjoy going to at least arc 4, and i like to regularly list myself on the group finder for archive because i find it more enjoyable to go through with 2 players (and i can help people get arc 4 clears lol)

ive probably helped at least 3 friends, 1 random player from the group finder, and a few others get arc 4 clears at this point lol

SilverBride

Arc 2

I fixed my pet using Sorcerer up with an EA build and went in with my friend last night. He was also trying a different character but not sure how much he tweaked his build. But we did significantly better.

We made it to Arc 3 Tho'at and took her down fairly quickly but the shards got us. I don't understand why they don't die when she does but they take a very long time to defeat.

I'll be happy to just get the first 4 Arcs completed because that's all the time I can sit for on one activity like this. Hopefully we can luck out with some good visions and verses and make it one day.

Lixiviant

Arc 4

Really enjoying this. And, since I figured out my progress won't be saved, I like to jump in with different builds/companions and see how they do

The fact we can't save progress doesn't really bother me.

Quethrosar

Arc 3

arc 3.3 something. haven't tried in a week or so to do it more.

YffresTrill

Arc 3

SilverBride wrote: »

We made it to Arc 3 Tho'at and took her down fairly quickly but the shards got us. I don't understand why they don't die when she does but they take a very long time to defeat.

By the shards you are referring specifically to the little blobs?

Lore-wise, the atro, mantikora, dragon, and blobs are all Tho'at shards, so all Tho'at herself. Her knight aspect might be defeated but she is not, so the blobs respawning does have an in-game explanation.

(Technically, you don't need to focus taking them down, though aoe'ing them obviously helps; just interrupting is enough, as they don't really do anything when they aren't channeling.)

Trier_Sero

Arc 3

Trash waves get too powerful on 3rd cycle so probably won't go further solo.

Ilsabet

Arc 3

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

Ilsabet wrote: »

I can now say I've made it to Arc 4. Had a guildie join me partway through Arc 3, and they beasted the mantikora after I got jumpscared by the falling ceiling. Then we got pummeled by a marauder on the first wave of 4-1-1. Probably would have made it further if they'd had all of their visions and I hadn't lost a thread stupidly on an Arc 2 boss.

But hey, dye achievement acquired. \o/

at this point i usually enjoy going to at least arc 4, and i like to regularly list myself on the group finder for archive because i find it more enjoyable to go through with 2 players (and i can help people get arc 4 clears lol)

ive probably helped at least 3 friends, 1 random player from the group finder, and a few others get arc 4 clears at this point lol

Maybe I should keep an eye out for your listings and snag me a clear carry.

Lylith

arc 2

i only do it for daily endeavors.