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How Frustrating and Intense is VMA Really?

  • DocFrost72
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    Mush55 wrote: »
    EsoRecon wrote: »
    all you need to do to make vMA a cakewalk is repetition. Keep doing it over and over until eventually it clicks.

    Been stuck on round 5 for 3/4 days now, just about ready to give up it's the sheer number of mobs that you have to deal with as well as the boss not forgetting the flo smashing trolls all put together along with skills and bar swaps not working.

    I know the spawns off by heart now but it just aint coming together. I'll give it another day the this bloody place can kiss my but .

    Big salute to all the have the patience , gold , soul gems and skill to complete it but after so many days the novelty of trying to pass this round has worn off

    Round five is about taking it slow and steady. Mobs only become an issue if you race the boss' health. Hit her just enough for something to spawn, deal with it, then return to her. When you start, bring her to the ice floe with the haste sigil. When she gets to 75%ISH, (might be exactly 78) she will turn red. Grab the sigil and mobe to the rightmost platform.

    Kill the nereid first and foremost. Start a slow crawl on boss health until she spawns adds, then grab the healing sigil and deal with them. When she gets to around 50% (again, more like 47%), run to the last platform.

    If you get here, you should win. Grab both the D sigil and O sigil, which literally makes her adds KILL THEMSELVES. From there, straight burn the boss. Crank up the heat.

    Good luck and keep at it!
  • Stiltz
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    Mush55 wrote: »
    EsoRecon wrote: »
    all you need to do to make vMA a cakewalk is repetition. Keep doing it over and over until eventually it clicks.

    Been stuck on round 5 for 3/4 days now, just about ready to give up it's the sheer number of mobs that you have to deal with as well as the boss not forgetting the flo smashing trolls all put together along with skills and bar swaps not working.

    I know the spawns off by heart now but it just aint coming together. I'll give it another day the this bloody place can kiss my but .

    Big salute to all the have the patience , gold , soul gems and skill to complete it but after so many days the novelty of trying to pass this round has worn off

    Just remember that you control the pace in round 5. You won't get overwhelmed by the mobs if you slow down your dps on the boss until the adds are dead. Also, make sure to leave the defense and power sigil island for last and as soon as you get there grab them both and it's game over- you are basically guaranteed a clear at that point.
  • DRXHarbinger
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    Mush55 wrote: »
    EsoRecon wrote: »
    all you need to do to make vMA a cakewalk is repetition. Keep doing it over and over until eventually it clicks.

    Been stuck on round 5 for 3/4 days now, just about ready to give up it's the sheer number of mobs that you have to deal with as well as the boss not forgetting the flo smashing trolls all put together along with skills and bar swaps not working.

    I know the spawns off by heart now but it just aint coming together. I'll give it another day the this bloody place can kiss my but .

    Big salute to all the have the patience , gold , soul gems and skill to complete it but after so many days the novelty of trying to pass this round has worn off

    I bet round 3? Kill the Atro frost. The 2nd wave spawns off the other adds when they drop.

    Stand on healing sigil platform first, take out the ice caster before the Atro gets there, kill the Atro and go over to the shield platform, kill the other adds, then the ogres, when the 2nd Atro spawns grab the defense sigil, the ice caster, archer and mermaid things will kill themselves and just focus the Atro.
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  • Mush55
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    Well well, you learn some thing every day had no idea it wasn't a dps race and have been going flat out . Ty for the info really could kick myself will try again when the rage has settled.

    Seriously thanks for the heads up..
  • FailSaucePro
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    You wasted so much stam on caltrops and vigor :/
  • DRXHarbinger
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    Mush55 wrote: »
    Well well, you learn some thing every day had no idea it wasn't a dps race and have been going flat out . Ty for the info really could kick myself will try again when the rage has settled.

    Seriously thanks for the heads up..

    Round 5 isn't. Even last boss doesn't go to break the platform until iirc 5% health and there is a timer in place until that happens. You don't need to go full panic mode on it. Next round last boss yes you do.
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    Dro-M'artha Destroyer (at last)
    Tamriel Hero
    Grand Overlord
    Every Skyshard
    Down With BOP!
  • NoMoreChillies
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    Insulting people on the internet is cowardly.
  • damiandjay24
    I probably won't ever complete this. Just too hard (for me).

    Lies. I've completed it several times now. Lol
  • Lylith
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    still hate that place.

  • BlazingDynamo
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    kylewwefan wrote: »
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    I cant get past round 1 of stage 1. Gear is not the problem, the pure lack of any skill seems to be lol.

    @Bobby_V_Rockit
    Which class are you attempting to clear it with, and magicka or stamina? If I can clear VMA with a PetSorc relatively easy, you can definitely clear it. Promised bruh. Let me know the class type and magicka and stamina, and I'll try to post-up a clear for you.


    I have a stamblade, magplar, and soon a MagSorc.....but I am terribad unskilled player. Need easy mode. Easy easy mode. Help me out!
    Use your magic sorc and pick up ever sigil. Super easy mode. Just overload the bosses.
    Edited by BlazingDynamo on February 3, 2017 7:41AM
  • FloppyTouch
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    Baranthus wrote: »
    I can't get past boss 5!

    I'd love a 2handed maul or sword, but I'm just not suited to PvE sadly :(

    If ur talking about the ice round stage 5 boss I'm in the same boat. I gave up on vma after many many many times 1-4 I breez through but damn that boss on the ice round. Not that it's even a hard boss it's just killing it before I run out of platforms to stand on. So I said screw it I pvp on a mdk with sword and shield and don't really pve that much so I don't really need anything from it. I just wanted to be able to say I cleared it lol
  • souravami
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    When you do vMA for the first time, it is like banging your head on the wall.
    At one time , the wall will break.
    But so will your sanity.
    It's a cakewalk after several runs though.
    Edited by souravami on February 3, 2017 8:48AM
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    vMOL. vAA HM. vHRC HM. vSO HM. vMA on every single class.
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  • modaretto
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    If you are getting that worked-up over a game, you really need to think about your priorities in life and learn how to maintain some semblance of self-control.

    Real life salt comments are always the best. Must be why we are all playing the game and on forums but it helps to belittle others when you jump out with a real life comment. Never gets old.
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  • Cously
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    Had a friend get the completion and no death achievements for me and that's it with that place. I don't enjoy having to spend hours doing something alone in an ONLINE game!
  • Cimadon
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    I think Deltia completed VMA on a Champ 200 character on PS4 the other day. Makes me feel useless, as I am stuck on the ice rink aswell. (Didn't know about the adds spawn on health though). But it's been 6 months since I got to the ice rink and rage quit, so I don't even know if I'm up for relearning the whole thing again. :-(
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