Vet Trials - Order of Difficulty?

MissBizz · March 2018

What would the list for vet trials be for you, if you listed them easiest to most difficult?

Speaking in the ways of, let's say, a team of folks learning them - not necessarily an already experienced team.

For purposes of the list, pretty sure it makes sense to split vAS into 3 different spots (vAS, vAS +1, vAS +2), and for HM's to be in their own spot too.

Camb0Sl1ce · March 2018

Well depends on hard mode or regular vet, like vet AA is easy but vet AA hardmode is challenging.

MissBizz · March 2018

Camb0Sl1ce wrote: »

Well depends on hard mode or regular vet, like vet AA is easy but vet AA hardmode is challenging.

Sorry I should have mentioned that too. Really I'm looking for a general idea of what a group of people should probably attempt in what order, including hard modes @Camb0Sl1ce

So like..

vAA, vHRC, then.. maybe vAA HM?

Elrosahir · March 2018

It depends on many stuff. But in generall from my view.

vAA
vHRC
vSO
vSO HM
vHRC HM
vAS
vAA HM
vMoL
vHoF
vHoF HM
vAS +1 (Ilothis)
vAS +1 (the other)
vAS HM
vMoL HM

slicksteezin · March 2018

I think @Elrosahir is right on the money for the most part. I would only make a few minor tweaks to the rankings, but that is of course from my own personal experience and doesn’t at all mean it’s more or less accurate.

-I would swap vHRC HM and vSO HM in the difficulty rankings

I would put vHOF HM directly behind vMOL HM as the most difficult

code65536 · March 2018

My personal ranking:

vAA
vAS +0
vHRC
vSO
vSO HM
vHRC HM
vAA HM
vAS +1 Felms
vAS +1 Llothis
vMoL
vHoF
vHoF HM
vMoL HM
vAS +2

vAS +0 can be very punishing, and it can be a very long and drawn-out fight, but there is nothing there to overwhelm or wipe the group, which is why I rank it alongside vAA non-HM as the easiest trial. vHRC does not get the #2 spot because of the topside boss (I do not take any unintended cheese into my consideration.)

I also don't think vAS +1 is that difficult.

And vHoF HM is, in my experience, the easiest of the DLC HMs. It is literally identical to non-HM, except a bit more health and a bit more damage, and any group that can clear non-HM can clear HM, if they have a good strategy. When I watch streams of groups wiping on HM, it's often because they are trying to copy strategies used by top groups without fully understanding all the mechanics of that fight. With a strategy tailored for just getting a clear (vs. one designed to push for the fastest kill possible), it's a fight that is, I think, very accessible and very easy. vHoF HM is very much like vSO HM--if you got to that point, there's no reason not to activate hard mode. (I've led two mid-range raid groups to consistent and easy vHoF HM clears, despite people telling me that my groups didn't have the DPS for HM execute.)