Hardest/ most annoying elite to get?
MercenaryKnight
I plan to get legendary skill hunter eventually and managed to find an elite mesmer tome. So I was curious, which elite skill is the hardest/ most annoying one to go and cap out of all the expansions?
pfaile
All the ones in the Southern Shiverpeaks of Prophecies. Just due to the randomness of which bosses spawn.
Teh [prefession]-zorz
I Hate Mawwwwwww
jiggles
despite what everyone says i found maw to be one easy mofo to get to and kill, the hardest part was not aggroing a gazillion different stone summit on the way there. hardest would probably be as stated before, anything else in the southern shiverpeaks as theres little chance you will get the right boss all the time
GaaaaaH
Incendiary arrows
1. 1 Boss in all 4 games
2. In a mission
3. Ring of Fire Mission
4. Not guaranteed to spawn at all - took me 4 tries to get the boss!
At least maw is guaranteed.
1. 1 Boss in all 4 games
2. In a mission
3. Ring of Fire Mission
4. Not guaranteed to spawn at all - took me 4 tries to get the boss!
At least maw is guaranteed.
buddhakl
If you have decent builds for your heroes, none of the elites are overly difficult to cap, but each campaign has annoying ones to get. In Prophecies, in both the southern Shiverpeaks and the Ring of Fire islands, certain bosses don't always spawn or don't always spawn in the same place, which is always a joy to find out after a long hike. In Factions it's mostly the distances (whether in-misison or exploring) that are annoying, and if you're stupid like me and get all cocky and take on a large group - and then Oni pop up - well, strap yourself in for a suckfest. Nightfall isn't too bad until you're past the rift into Nightfallen areas, then it can get a little difficult without preparation and careful pulling. There are a few areas (the Ring of Fire chain, the Desolation, etc) where you can get multiple caps for the same profession; reading the wikis can help you find convenient multiples like that, that can take the edge off of some of the frustration.
Stormlord Alex
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Originally Posted by MercenaryKnight
I plan to get legendary skill hunter eventually and managed to find an elite mesmer tome. So I was curious, which elite skill is the hardest/ most annoying one to go and cap out of all the expansions?
For Mesmer skills, most definately [[fevered dreams]. I hate the Dryder caps with a passion.
Miska Bow
Im missing 42 skills in Faction for LSH. Most annoying part was those jade and Mussarat bosses in Ice Floe. call it bad luck but it took me about 50 outing to cap the 6 of them.
Domain of Fear was a bit of a pain too. If you go in from the Gate of Fear, 3 or 4 patrols can fall on you if you are not carefull.
Faction is a bit painfull if you dont know your way around. I've sometime felt like a mouse in a maze but so far nothing come to my mind that gave me trouble in Faction
The rest was "grind your way there and cap" and it was pretty easy.
Domain of Fear was a bit of a pain too. If you go in from the Gate of Fear, 3 or 4 patrols can fall on you if you are not carefull.
Faction is a bit painfull if you dont know your way around. I've sometime felt like a mouse in a maze but so far nothing come to my mind that gave me trouble in Faction
The rest was "grind your way there and cap" and it was pretty easy.
kvndoom
Restore Condition was the worst for me. It takes you half an hour in-mission to get to where the bosses are, and then the monk doesn't always spawn. Took me 7 tries. I cussed a lot. A LOT. Oh, to have had tomes in 2005...
Celestial_Kitsune
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NuclearDope
Fevered Dreams, easily.
Miska Bow
I know you want to save your self from a long painfull hunt by using your elite mesmer tome, but capping Fevered Dream instead of unlocking it with the tome will be much more rewarding.
No matter how hard an elite would be to cap, i'll never ressort to using a tome to obtain it, i would feel like i was cheating myself.
Just my humble opinion.
No matter how hard an elite would be to cap, i'll never ressort to using a tome to obtain it, i would feel like i was cheating myself.
Just my humble opinion.
Pick Me
I too agree, Fevered Dreams is the hardest. Random Boss, pain to get to, one of the most evil city missions in Prophecies, and not to mention, if you want to get the bonus as well, the spirit walks so slow.
If you have already unlocked it with a different character, use the tome on that. The others (even the shiverpeaks) are much easier to get to and easier to obtain.
If you have already unlocked it with a different character, use the tome on that. The others (even the shiverpeaks) are much easier to get to and easier to obtain.
Tyla
2 words: Mineral Springs.
Everything else is just...PIE! *Grabs a bib*
No difficulty, though, it's all easy.
Everything else is just...PIE! *Grabs a bib*
No difficulty, though, it's all easy.
=DNC=Trucker
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Restore Condition
Everybody say it with me! M..E..S..M..E..R Tome. I agree with the Southern Shiverpeaks / Ring of Fire caps. (especially fevered dreams). The caps in Perdition aren't that bad if you don't mind going in and out of the door a dozen times
Painbringer
Wondering bosses of prof they just pev me off there when you don't need them gone when you do
zling
if you're going for the title u need all skills not just mesmer.
in this case the hardest elite to cap is by far [skill]feast of corruption[/skill] it spawns randomly throughout the shiverpeaks and the only place it is "guaranteed" to spawn is Dreadnaught's Drift, yeah that hole between Lornar's and Droks  oh and even while in Deadnaught's you gotta know its exact location and somehow make the damn wurm pop up from the ground, so annoying... compared to that the rest are a piece of cake!
Miska Bow
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Originally Posted by zling
if you're going for the title u need all skills not just mesmer.
in this case the hardest elite to cap is by far [skill]feast of corruption[/skill] it spawns randomly throughout the shiverpeaks and the only place it is "guaranteed" to spawn is Dreadnaught's Drift, yeah that hole between Lornar's and Droks oh and even while in Deadnaught's you gotta know its exact location and somehow make the damn wurm pop up from the ground, so annoying... compared to that the rest are a piece of cake! He's called Maw and he's EPIC. He was the last one i capped in Proph. Made it a small event with a few guildies, fireworks and stuff in GH when we got done. He's not that hard to take down or to find. Maw is just Maw.
Bowstring Badass
I would agree with Alex on this. I am gonna tome that one on my PvE mes when I get ready to finish her capping.
=DNC=Trucker
M: Feast of Corruption is a necro skill, you can't use your elite mesmer tome on that.
Shadow Own
maw is cake, start from rankor and get urself a runner, then u got 7 man to kill him. cake
anyway Ineptude in Mineral springs is tricky, although its in eotn too so it has become easyer, i tomed 5/6 of hells precipice. Ill go for the mes elite in hells precipice ^^
AOTT
Jagged Bones! That was a PAIN to get!
KMVRanger
If you are talking all Elites capping searing flames from that Djinn Boss outside of Doomlore is challenging. I was lucky and went with a bunch of my guildmates all running sweet builds so we made it look easy but I know to H/H it would be a challenge.
If you are just talking Mesmer Elites, Illusionary Weaponry is tough because the boss is outside of Rankor and you have to actually get to him. If you have Rankor np if you don't.... I used to be intimidated by Fire Islands but have since created builds that deal with Mursatt, Jades, Hydra's etc pretty handily. Oh and this is mostly using my Mesmer (as this is a mesmer thread). If you don't already try to load empathy and ether feast as a staple in your builds or cry of frustration and one of those. Even casters attack so empathy works everyone. Good luck.
raja
Fevered Dreams has to be soo annoying to cap since the boss is close to the end but there's no gaurantee that he will spawn.
Ineptitude can be hard to cap (in proph atleast) cause of the randomized location. One day I went to Mineral springs to cap it and ended up mapping the whole area before getting to the boss. Turns out, with just my luck, it was the last boss I came upon and I died about 10 times from all the others enemis the Mineral Springs. mistokibbles
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Originally Posted by NuclearDope
Fevered Dreams, easily.
Am i the only one who didn't have any trouble at all capping Fevered Dreams? Went into the mission with a guildie of mine and heroes and luckily, the boss spawned on my first attempt.
ALF71BE
Capturing elites in Prophecies missions is just terribaed. Especially Hell's Precipice. Ugh, 1 time for each of the bosses there (5)(took two for Rurik), plus my first two atempts, plus two after the recent release, and more when helping guildies and allies. I just hate that mission now.
Also the elite from a mursaat monk boss, in Ice Floe, I think some kind of "something Aura", with only henchmen, before I had Factions and NF. So no BHA, just Concussion Shot, no MM, no SS, no SF... Took like 3 rezones to get it and like 15 minutes to kill it (actually learnt when they'll cast Orison of Healing). Also capturing a couple ritualist elites in Factions, basically those bosses wipe you in 10 seconds with [Ancestor's Rage] (Bazzr Icewing and the naga guy outside Jade Flats). For Mesmer's, well it took me like 4 tries to get the Fevered Dreams guy... Curiously the times I did the mission it was there, but heck once there weren't bosses at all, just Dryders. Oh and Keystone Signet, heck I went, killed him, and didn't captured it! Wasn't focused. And then I did the same! But the third try was final. And that's about it because with [BHA] and a MM, and [Throw Dirt] you take most other bosses with ease. Kemal X
To me, hardest mesmer elite to cap was Power Flux, for some reason I always got myself wiped.. i don't think Prophecies elites were that difficult, but nasty as spawn point isn't sure.. I'd go for some proph elite, and later some other if you get any.
Jimmy Dean
Getting Feast of Corruption is made quite a bit easier by having a Drok's Runner zone you from Lornar's to Dreadnought's to Snake Dance then back to Dreadnought's again. The Wurm always spawns in the bottom right corner of Dread's and there are only a few mobs that have to be killed to get to him.
Hero/hench + runner = easy cap. For the Mesmer elite, Fevered Dreams would be my choice as well. Ineptitude can be a pain to get to (Mineral Springs), but at least it's a sure thing. Last time I did Abbadon's Mouth mission, only one of the three Dryder bosses spawned. It was the mesmer boss (Fevered Dreams), but I wasn't after that cap =O JD
Cebe
Tricky Mesmer elite cap. Hmm.
Originally Posted by Kemal X
[Psychic Instability] - just because it's near the end of Factions and a bit out of the way. [Power Block] - The boss hides. (Unless you have EotN then you can just cap it off a Charr). [Fevered Dreams] - Gotta wait a while until you can "manually" cap it, and it's mildly useful. If you were to use it, those three would be my immediate thoughts. Quote: To me, hardest mesmer elite to cap was Power Flux, for some reason I always got myself wiped
Yea, It's not a "hard" elite cap, but I suffer the same fate when I meet that boss. I think it's the number of mesmers in the group that's part of the problem. You can't kill them because they don't "allow" you to use spells.
Abedeus
A lot of Mesmer elites and all Hell's Precipice mission ones.
deya
Fevered Dreamssssss
illidan009
LOL Cleave. *i'm trolling* It's a MESMER tome guys...Fevered Dreams definitely, the first time I found that boss (after like 3 tries) I noticed I forgot my signet. WTF.
Anon-e-mouse
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Originally Posted by zling
if you're going for the title u need all skills not just mesmer.
in this case the hardest elite to cap is by far [skill]feast of corruption[/skill] I'd have to agree with that. I'd henched it to there from DWC, he spawned I killed him, but he died below ground due to degen, so I couldn't cap it... frell was I annoyed. I ended up unlocking it with Balth faction, and toming it.
blue.rellik
The correct answers are:
1. The elites that only spawn in Abaddon's Mouth 2. Probably Ring of Fire 3. Maybe Perdition Rock
Kittani
100% agree with Fevered Dreams. Luckily I had capped years ago while helping others through that mission. Also hated capping in Mineral Springs, erg.
Most NF elites were pretty simple, 10 minutes at most to cap each one.
traeskapa
Basically all elites in Hell's Precipice. Or, any elite that required me to start over, and over again.
Mist Walker Skarloc
Fevered Dreams or Ineptitude get my vote. Echo is easy, but be prepared to go in and out of Ember Light over 9000 times.
blue.rellik
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Originally Posted by Mist Walker Skarloc
Fevered Dreams or Ineptitude get my vote. Echo is easy, but be prepared to go in and out of Ember Light over 9000 times.
Or you can simply cap it in NF where you can use Wurms
KMVRanger
Ok now everyone has me trying to remember capping Fevered (which I have so I must have capped the sucker). Where is it? I honestly don't remember any Mes elite being much of a pain. It's all the earth ell elites that suck. Sandstorm and Obsidian Flesh (in NF) can be a pita with only H/H.
As for the spawning of Mes bosses, I've almost always capped H/H and have had no trouble finding the boss in question. They have almost always been exactly where Wiki said they would be. That could be a function of going H/H and how that affects the spawn but that is just a guess. I should also say that as a player of 2+ years my heroes have armor, weapons and builds that benefit from everything from Proph to GWEN so going back to Fire Islands seems easy now. Asuran skills with r7 (pain inverter especially) are game changers. NuclearDope
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Originally Posted by KMVRanger
Ok now everyone has me trying to remember capping Fevered (which I have so I must have capped the sucker). Where is it? I honestly don't remember any Mes elite being much of a pain. It's all the earth ell elites that suck. Sandstorm and Obsidian Flesh (in NF) can be a pita with only H/H.
As for the spawning of Mes bosses, I've almost always capped H/H and have had no trouble finding the boss in question. They have almost always been exactly where Wiki said they would be. That could be a function of going H/H and how that affects the spawn but that is just a guess. I should also say that as a player of 2+ years my heroes have armor, weapons and builds that benefit from everything from Proph to GWEN so going back to Fire Islands seems easy now. Asuran skills with r7 (pain inverter especially) are game changers. It's one of the Dryder ones in Abaddon's mouth, it's not so much that it's a hard cap it's that you have to go 3/4 through the mission and it could not even be there. Strangely, as a necro primary going through this pain for [soul leech] the bastard always spawned. |
