One thing that I found helped, especially in the mission with the giant beholder looking thing, was that you can't just stand in one place and pound away with magic. You have to move around and avoid getting hit by his spells. If you do that, you're golden. If you stand in one place he will nuke you over and over again.

EVERY harbonage quest will make you hate your character and doubt your char build. You will think, "WHY cant I beat this guy when the level required is the same or higher with yours" you will still fail.

Main Quests are imbalanced and utterly frustrating.
For example, to defeat the LVL 30 Main Quest Bosses, you have to be level 40...

garbage... every boss needs to be nerfed by 20%

TheMoDiiFii3r wrote: »

EVERY harbonage quest will make you hate your character and doubt your char build. You will think, "WHY cant I beat this guy when the level required is the same or higher with yours" you will still fail.

Main Quests are imbalanced and utterly frustrating.
For example, to defeat the LVL 30 Main Quest Bosses, you have to be level 40...

garbage... every boss needs to be nerfed by 20%

I have beaten every single harborage quest the level it was given. There have only been two where I have died, and it was one death on each.

I've had a few close calls, but to say that you need to be level 40 to beat the level 30 harborage quest is BS. I did it EASILY at 30, without a single death, and without even coming close to death. I did die once on the level 35 quest.

I don't get it. Sorry, but I just don't get how you can hit your own enrage timer on a forum and complain about "too hard boss battles."

I found that it's a thing of adapting and taking precautions. See, I'm a tank. A vampire tank. An imperial DK CC-Tank, to be most precise that focuses on regeneration. I have a damage output very close to nil, zil, nada, null, non-existant.

I realize that this makes things a tad hard on some bosses that rely on you burning them down (a certain skeleton summoning mage comes to mind from a certain main quest). But that is hardly the fault of the game or ZeniMax to blame. Yes, it was very hard getting past that eventhough I'm rather experienced in MMOs - however it would have taken little to make it far easier, all I would have to do would have been to grab a 2-handed weapon and bash his head in. Yet that's just not my style, I wante to suffer through it as a stress test to my build and it showed me that it's pretty much where it ought to be at the current time.

So, if an encounter is that hard for you - either adapt to it, suffer through it or return later. There's really no shame in doing any of that, I'm just a stubborn oaf myself

Regarding precautions... eventhough I'm a vampire, I am no longer overly affected by fire damage and can tank fire-intense dungeons without issues. Enchantment is your friend - and that would also work for your magicka pool (remember: larger magicka pool = more magicka damage), grabbing yourself a health leech enchantment for your weapon and some nice jewelry glyphs (to hit the softcaps on magicka recovery for example).

OP...you are right.
the game Solo-Boss missions can NOT be done at same level with a pure-caster build depending only on the caster skill lines.

That is why all the posters suggest different approaches that include a mixed bag of several..if not many...skill lines.

Hence your statement that the solo level of the bosses is to difficult (from your point of view) is correct.

Be assured that all those who deny this have been either defeated many times (which means they lost the game many times) or have out-leveled the solo-boss quests by several levels.

Yes, I acknowledge that there are exceptional players who got lucky and actually did one or two boss solo quests at even level. They however are in the minority.

However, you are not right in quitting the game over this. Do like the rest of us and try a different build because the pure-caster builds really.... you know what I mean.
Good luck.

Seriously, what is with all the "you suck go play another MMO" replies?? The OP stated that they played with a friend for most of their game time only to be forced to play solo on a boss.

Depending on your current build, it may actually take a fair attempts to figure a strategy or ask for help on the forums from those that have killed it. It actually took until the 15th post for someone to post a useful strategy rather than posting how awesome they are can they can do it first time (woopee doo!! well done you!)

I had troubles killing Doshia (Anchors from the harbor) - died around 5/6 times before figuring out the strategy and killing her easily. It was a different scenario that I was used to and wasnt expecting it to be difficult at first - it turned out the following day, that a patch actually reduced Doshia's power output! (typical!!)

The point of this post is for some people to grow up and provide constructive feedback rather than just replying saying 'go play another game' lol.

Also, the game is designed to play how "I" want to play - If I want to specialise in honing my skills down one skill tree - why would I be forced to branch across several areas just so I can adapt for several bosses?

I would also recommend that you do some other quests and lvl a bit more and then go back.
Yes its an mmo but with solo elements as with most mmos so you will need a build/strategy for these situations.

While I understand that people wants to play with friends there is a drawback in the sence that they will never ever really learn their character and adapt to new situations as you are forced to do when solo play.

People are already screaming about nerfs but the problem lies within what I just stated.
Constant group play, public dungeons etc .. its too easy with the hordes of people everywhere so no wonder some are hitting a stone wall when forced to play alone.

Personally I haven't had problems with these quests as a mage. For tougher fights I bring out clannfear pet that can draw aggro quite well. Also, it's instant cast and doesn't require too much magika.

Mennox wrote: »

Seriously, what is with all the "you suck go play another MMO" replies?? The OP stated that they played with a friend for most of their game time only to be forced to play solo on a boss.

Depending on your current build, it may actually take a fair attempts to figure a strategy or ask for help on the forums from those that have killed it. It actually took until the 15th post for someone to post a useful strategy rather than posting how awesome they are can they can do it first time (woopee doo!! well done you!)

I had troubles killing Doshia (Anchors from the harbor) - died around 5/6 times before figuring out the strategy and killing her easily. It was a different scenario that I was used to and wasnt expecting it to be difficult at first - it turned out the following day, that a patch actually reduced Doshia's power output! (typical!!)

The point of this post is for some people to grow up and provide constructive feedback rather than just replying saying 'go play another game' lol.

Also, the game is designed to play how "I" want to play - If I want to specialise in honing my skills down one skill tree - why would I be forced to branch across several areas just so I can adapt for several bosses?

Maybe it has something to do with the title, Solo Missions as a Mage are RIDICULOUS instead of Stuck on xyz, please help or something similar.
Because the claim is ridiculous, a plea for advise is not.

Have had no problems solo any missions as a sorcerer with light armor, using same spells. Fail sorcerer is fail.

Solo missions are skill/gear checks. Devs put in quests like this to test if a person has learned to play their class.

I kept telling myself this as I died a few times in the Hall of Torment, cursing my choice of Tharn as my follower. Lyris as a tank would have better suited my playstyle. I eventually made it through by leveling and getting better gear. Can't believe they let levels under 30 to do that quest.