some new bosses feedback as I encounter them [updated]

general comment on "new" bosses:

didn't really appreciate the bosses getting all switched around on "classic" maps.

still trying to learn the immense depth of this game and this was something I thought I had locked now it's like "wait IDK .. who is it?"

was there some benefit other than (largely artificial) "freshness"?

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Xtorma wrote:

It's easy to pull them 1 at a time if anyone is having issues.

I think you missed the part where I said he off screened me lol..

Not like I ran over there with my arms in the air, yelling hey look here I am guys, kill me kill me. When you play hc, you always pull slowly, specially if you have never done it before. All I saw was the hound which I pulled carefully and killed, then as I went in to try and pull another I was dead before I even saw anything.

Good times right.

Racecourse reflect aura on bull is possibly buggy?

I got one shot from offscreen on a melee toon while not attacking at all and only putting an ancestral protector that did puny damage (and at that point was out of my range anyway so it shouldn't have been attacking much). Not sure wtf happened. I do have a couple of heralds but they didn't go off as blue pack was killed a while back. Just bizarre. First time in poe I got killed by reflect that I can actually say wasn't my fault at all.

Just got oneshot by the new phantasmagoria map (Doedre's clone) with 4.5k HP, fortify and capped resists of course, the map had no damage mods whatsoever. Pretty absurd considering it's a T4 map and there isn't really any indication for the damage.

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TwistedTrip wrote:

Racecourse, wtf is that shit? Tier 6. They hit like a damn truck.

Edit: Got hit with bleed from off screen rip lvl 83.

If that map has vuln that bleed from the dude throwing daggers is MEAN as fuck no doubt.

The Arsenal boss.. Did a twinned with temp chains+60% regen+a damage mod i think cold and that bastard can hit like a truck with lacerate and since there was two of them getting away long enough to regen ES.. It was rough.

Made it all the way to just under 89 before that first death. Still not too bad considering what it was. Vaal Disc would have saved me but i had not worked in in yet.

Plateau.. The totem that casts the lightning storm.. That shit is crazy. But then again its hard hitting and cases shock so of course its gonna truck you pretty hard. Wouldn't want to do that shit melee thats for damn sure.

Just finished a twinned gorge and no problems. Im sure if either would have landed on me when jumping around it wouldn't have been good but neither connected so.

Managed to do pheonix boss with 2 other people and it was a fun fight. ALOT of shit going on but its manageable. chimera boss much the same. The adds hit pretty damn hard and its a DPs check for sure.

Pretty fun exp mapping so far but i i also rerolled easrly into mapping once i quickly realize that COC inquisitor i made wasn't gonna get the job done since it was struggling in just yellow map bosses.

Dunno if it's just me but it feels like about everything is doing more damage now, including low tier stuff, many kills are close calls or need portals no matter how much survivability I stack. I guess it's all about ES/block now.

did a Reef map, and a bit confused by the fight mechanics.

am I supposed to open the first-mate's chest?
because I was focused on fighting him, and at some point he stopped attacking and summoned some ghosts.
after they were all dead - the chest was gone.
did it contain extra loot?

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johnKeys wrote:

did a Reef map, and a bit confused by the fight mechanics.

am I supposed to open the first-mate's chest?
because I was focused on fighting him, and at some point he stopped attacking and summoned some ghosts.
after they were all dead - the chest was gone.
did it contain extra loot?

Did you accidently open the chest?

didn't touch it.
maybe I should have?

could be similar to the Arid Lake Rhoa where you get a tougher fight and extra loot, if you break the nests.

Afaik you have a certain amount of time to kill the boss, before he gets to the chest, does something and the chest vanishes. Not 100% sure.