Feedback and Suggestions (Path of Exile 1) - Vaal Pyramid map boss encounter extreme difficulty - Forum

Today, I ran into that this for the first time in this league and it felt rippy because of the odd AoE damage one of them does. The whole fight becomes dangerous, only because the AoE damage becomes screen filling, can stun-lock you, and the mob creating it moves really fast. Beside of this, I would agree that this boss is not a big deal. Actually, it is a salted version of 'Nuke them down and move on.' sigh I wonder why this dps check must have 8-10 second timer till next spawn. This is a very short period of time to anticipate anything the boss does. If GGG wants us to kill stuff without realising what we kill then this boss is a perfect match. Otherwise, it might be interesting to get a more inspired version of this boss. :) Btw. killing them once at dominus doesn't help alot to remember them in a totally different environment If this is an important test for further content then it should feel more important! IMHO it would be much better, if both spawn time and HP are increased propotionally and there would be a hint to kill them fast. I like the statement in GGG's presentation on labyrith's trap design that there always should be a hint for the player. How about putting dominus voice calling each of them to rise again and making an increasing effect indicating that something is about to spawn in? Just letting them pop up out of nothing is kind of cheesy. Let's explore new playstyles - Play it your own way, not just like the others. Quality management is one of the most underrated success factors in every business...	Posted by Synopse#1990 on Apr 30, 2018, 11:42:19 AM Quote this Post
the aoe attack is reave. its just a boss encounter that deals attack damage, ppl tend to ignore attack mitigation like armour, evasion and block thats why they get destroyed by bosses like this who should be fairly simple. The reason a lot of bigwig players ignore those stats is because they 1 shot the world and hence dont need them, if uve not got that sort of dps then ud better get the mitigation to last in a fight like this. I love all you people on the forums, we can disagree but still be friends and respect each other :)	Posted by Snorkle_uk#0761 on Apr 30, 2018, 1:04:02 PM Quote this Post
the good old days when they were in museum map lmao that was insane but today with all the power creep its easy cake Glowing green mouse cursor plz.	Posted by FULL_SYNTEC#4531 on Apr 30, 2018, 5:57:52 PM Quote this Post
" I_NO wrote: You're literally one of the first people to die to this. I had a map with aoe 100%, added light and cold. The reave guy hits pretty hard	Posted by Chadwixx#5277 on Apr 30, 2018, 5:59:50 PM Quote this Post
" Snorkle_uk wrote: the aoe attack is reave. its just a boss encounter that deals attack damage, ppl tend to ignore attack mitigation like armour, evasion and block thats why they get destroyed by bosses like this who should be fairly simple. The reason a lot of bigwig players ignore those stats is because they 1 shot the world and hence dont need them, if uve not got that sort of dps then ud better get the mitigation to last in a fight like this. Thank you for pointing out. This makes sense to me. Actually, my build mitigates attacks primarily with enfeeble, maneuverbility, and additional armour on flask, but on that particular boss this strategy reaches its limits. The boss is definitely killable but can be salty if attacks are a weak spot of the build. To improve my defence, I am thinking of creating chilled ground by using arctic breath linked with CWDT and multiple projectiles. Maybe this will make the difference. I will give it a try. Anyway, there is always a boss or mod that can crush you more likely than others. Knowing them and why helps a lot. Thanks again for giving directions. :) Let's explore new playstyles - Play it your own way, not just like the others. Quality management is one of the most underrated success factors in every business...	Posted by Synopse#1990 on May 2, 2018, 3:46:17 PM Quote this Post
" TenbuxMcGee wrote: How in the world am I expected to deal with the three bosses? Stopping even for a moment to fire at any of them rips half my 4,100 health off. They can't be kited because all three are easily the fastest moving enemies I have ever encountered in 1,100 hours of play time in the game. I'm a ranger with a lot of run speed and at least one of the three runs faster than I can with six frenzy charges and onslaught The encounter is utterly insane. Stopping long enough to deploy even a single totem or fire a single shot gets my face caved in by ~2000 points of damage! I died fewer times to A10 Kitava than I have in this fight! The difficulty is preposterously out of line with its tier. The encounter feels like one of those uber-powerful optional bosses you find in JRPGs, only slapped down in a non-optional area. I can not hurt any of them without dying. Just so we're clear, my map properties have NOT included increased speed. These guys are at their default, unmodified run and attack speed. They're outrunning a ranger whose build uses greatly increased movement speed. I feel like a mentally disabled parapalegic man trying to fight The Flash. In the time it takes for me to say "I like trwains" The Flash liquifies my internal organs with 9,473 gut punches, scribbles "Loser" on my face with a magic marker, then carves my tombstone and jams it through my ear canal as my liquified organs flash boil and spray out of my eye sockets. I can not understand how this fight made it into the finished game. Or how it has existed like this for so long. Or why in god's name this is a tier 8 boss battle. Or why someone thought it was a good idea to have "allies move faster" in the same group as an "enemies are slowed" mob. What build was this fight balanced against?! take whit a graint of salt most of the comments lol If you dont know the fight this map gets real lol is just a newbie trap type of map is not that bad tho Only a dumbass pays for a F2P game.	Posted by noheal#0027 on May 2, 2018, 4:40:19 PM Quote this Post
Try it on a decent build	Posted by DrDraids#2941 on May 2, 2018, 5:52:05 PM Quote this Post
" sidtherat wrote: 4100 hp? doing tier 8 maps? you should be in act 10 still with this lifepool Umm i've been doing up to t13 with about the same. Also the boss is pretty easy, i'm by no means a good player and you can just derp away on this one without any trouble, the only time it may cause problems is if your DPS is really low(like under 80k) Ancestral Bond. It's a thing that does stuff. -Vipermagi He who controls the pants controls the galaxy. - Rick & Morty S3E1	Posted by lagwin1980#2224 on May 2, 2018, 6:04:16 PM Quote this Post
Well for a ranger i can say traps are realy underestimated, just trow couple of them and should do the trick. I mostly MF that map for div cards, i got some ghetto cluster trap mirror arrow setup instead of decoy totem, depend on bow and such can do damage and be decent distraction. Or just go for Big guns like Blast rain and nuke them as they show up. Just for reference i do have like 3.5K HP and 45% resist on average, can be rippy i seen it many times but good flask management and distractions can do the trick as they hardly got one shot potential. Last edited by nEVER_BoRN#3512 on May 2, 2018, 7:02:29 PM	Posted by nEVER_BoRN#3512 on May 2, 2018, 6:58:01 PM Quote this Post
" jackof8lades wrote: Back in the day you might have had an point op sinds it was a t3 and all 3 spawned at once,as a new player this was such a bullshit fight for its tier they rightfully changed it to a higher tier. But now that it is a t8 and they dont spawn all at once i dunno its realy not that hard anymore. Yea good old museum map where a player got oneshot with 6k hp by the fallen queen without damage mods LMAO	Posted by The_Human_Tornado#7752 on May 2, 2018, 8:49:37 PM Quote this Post