God damn click bait... I was dying to be thr "l2p" guy!!!!

I'm not even mad you got me, I'm just glad someone feels the same way I do.

I was going to tear into you...

Have a good day, sir.

Doctordarkspawn wrote: »

Unlike everyone here, I would like to see Maelstrom nerfed.

It's a single player DPS race, designed like it, and the weapons are required for DPS optimization. That ain' right.

DPS must PVP until rank six for a decent heal and complete a DPS race to maximize DPS potential. This game, man. If I played DPS I'd likely have left a long time ago.

I won't argue that a monster DPS will make things much easier for you down the line, once you know the ropes and can cut loose a little-- I recently had my easiest run yet after taking a few months off from it, finishing off an old run still in progress, and getting a sharpened inferno staff-- but maximizing DPS is a distant concern while you're still learning the arena.

Those first few runs, you figure out what gets you killed. You stay alert, you play cautiously, and you figure out the little things that keep messing you up. You figure out the best time to use sigils. You don't just launch into a furious burn and go ham, because you don't have the muscle memory for it yet. Until you're damn familiar with the mechanics, you can't afford to split your attention in the fashion required to maximize DPS; you'll die mid-rotation because you're not paying attention to a ground effect or a telegraphed heavy attack.

VMA is the most clever, finest crafted piece of PvE content in the game. The learning curve is substantial, but it's also sensible. Unlike most other pieces of content, you can't just ignore the mechanics once your DPS is high enough. In that regard, it's so much less of a DPS race than most dungeons. There are even rounds where too quick of a burn could ruin your life. So if you're summarizing it as a DPS race, I doubt you've spent much time trying to learn the arena. It's much more complex than a DPS race.

Congrats on beating it!

I've only played through the first few levels before i get annoyed and stop... memorizing the mechanics and playing the "run for your life" game isn't fun to me.
As much as i would love to get some mal weapons, it just does not seem worth the crazy time dump/bank destroyer you have to invest.

I do enjoy the solo content... but not a dungeon style like this. the updated DSA will be more interesting.... too bad the weapons won't be that great from there I REALLY hope they revamp a few of those pieces eventually.

I was in favor of the token system (obviously)... gain so many "tokens" from each stage (increasing token numbers as you progress) and eventually get enough to turn them in for a chance at a weapon kinda like the undaunted chests. Just my opinion anyway. I just never have it in me to put in multiple hours in one sitting to go from stage 1 to stage 9.

i just did it the other day on normal.

anyone that has completed this on vet has my respect.

Hutch679 wrote: »

VMA is for sure a learning experience. That first clear takes a long time. That second clear takes about half the time as the first. By the 5th or 6th time, it's now on your farm list and becomes ridiculously easy.

This gives me a little hope... still pushing for my first clear but only getting a few stages in

I keep getting one shot by mechanics i can't yet get around

Thanks for the reactions and sorry for the clickbait (not really sorry was just funny to read those reactions)

jakeedmundson wrote: »

Hutch679 wrote: »

VMA is for sure a learning experience. That first clear takes a long time. That second clear takes about half the time as the first. By the 5th or 6th time, it's now on your farm list and becomes ridiculously easy.

This gives me a little hope... still pushing for my first clear but only getting a few stages in

I keep getting one shot by mechanics i can't yet get around

Keep your hopes up buddy I started the run weeks ago(accidentely but thats a different story). I went through stage 1-4 fighting and dying alot but still i got there round by round and stage by stage.
Then my hell started Stage 5, the ice stage. I kept dying and dying even though my dps was pretty high. It got to the point where I was done with it. I left it, didnt touch it for a few weeks and started earlier this week again. I found my way to beat it and then I was back to clearing round by round and stage by stage. I got to the last stage "fairly" easy (of course I died alot but I learned from my mistakes. I acknowledged that I made mistakes and it killed me)
Then it was puzzling to find a way to beat the boss that worked out for me. It took me 3 days to find a tactic that gave me consistent results (getting up and at least coming down again) until I finally killed him.

TLDR; dont give up hope. Try to find your mistakes and dont make them again and if you are sick an tired of it just leave it for while(make sure you grab the quest at the start it will save your progress through the stages)

Good luck

Grats. I don't have the patience for it I have to say it. I would rather use the discipline needed for other things. Maybe one day..

VMSA made me punch a hole through the wall.

jeedrzej wrote: »

My friend did vMA as tank. So its not dps race

Ooooh really? Tell me more pretty please!!