10 boss maven fight issue...

i run a slave driver spectre build. it's not super strong but works pretty good. my profile is open if anyone wants to see what i run. i killed 2 of the first bosses and then made a mistake and got killed. no big deal so fired up my auras and skitter bots again in my hideout and went back in. the loading screen took longer than it should have by about 15 seconds and for the last 10 seconds, i could hear all the bosses attacking. when it finally loaded, all of the bosses were attacking me while the protection timer was still going with no damage to me or minions. the AOE attacks that the bosses were using never stopped and were almost the entire screen for the full timer so as soon as i did anything, including using a 21/23 dash, also tried a 21/23 flame dash, i was dead every time. WTF kind of mechanic is this?

i don't want replies saying "git gud" or don't die. shit happens but this mechanic is seriously flawed and the boss fight was wasted due to that mechanic alone. and yes, like i said, i made a mistake and died. but that should not have been how the rest of the portals should work.

edit: something to add... i have 5 slave drivers - raise spectre lvl 26/20, 9 zombies - raise zombie lvl 30/20, AG - lvl 28/20, stone golem lvl 25/20, skitterbots lvl 25/20, running haste and wrath. so my minions are not super minions but are not weak either

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spaceace7373 wrote:

i run a slave driver spectre build. it's not super strong but works pretty good.

Are you sure you didn't forget to...


Ahem, now that that's out of the way, I have heard some players suggest a staging area before Maven's Invitations for cases like this, just like how Shaper and Elder work. I don't know if it's a conscious decision or if they just forgot this could be useful for Maven's Invitations, too.

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adghar wrote:

Are you sure you didn't forget to...

dad joke

update your drivers? :D

that's honestly a good one LOL

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adghar wrote:

Ahem, now that that's out of the way, I have heard some players suggest a staging area before Maven's Invitations for cases like this, just like how Shaper and Elder work. I don't know if it's a conscious decision or if they just forgot this could be useful for Maven's Invitations, too.

that would be ideal. because the way it is now, it's actually not possible to even get away from the pure chaos you're left to deal with.

oh, another thing... all my res is capped including chaos too. so that's not why i die instantly either. just a serious flaw in the maven fight.

and to the best of my knowledge, how i have it set in PoB, each slave driver is hitting 2m dps so 5 for a minimum total of 10m dps plus what my AG and zombies do

Slave driver are on the extremely squishy end when it comes to spectres with their lifepool of 100%. That equals your normal white trash mob.

Redemption Sentries would have 405% life just for reference.
Thats just one reason why SDs feel underwhelming these days.


Other than using different spectres, Id recommend to get rid of Feeding Frenzy in the spectre setup since its a global buff. Any minion triggering FF will apply this buff to all minions you have.
So thats a waste as far as Im concerned.

If you can fit it in somehwere else and support your SDs with something else they should perform better overall.

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Orbaal wrote:

Slave driver are on the extremely squishy end when it comes to spectres with their lifepool of 100%. That equals your normal white trash mob.

Redemption Sentries would have 405% life just for reference.
Thats just one reason why SDs feel underwhelming these days.


Other than using different spectres, Id recommend to get rid of Feeding Frenzy in the spectre setup since its a global buff. Any minion triggering FF will apply this buff to all minions you have.
So thats a waste as far as Im concerned.

If you can fit it in somehwere else and support your SDs with something else they should perform better overall.

i swap FF with which is always in my running inventory. and my slave drivers have not died on me yet. only time i have had to respawn them is when i swap gear/gems

i'd still like to know if the maven fights were intended to be like this. is it a bug? something GGG didn't know would happen?

would also be nice if GGG would at least communicate better with the people that pay them instead of just letting you hang out to dry and ignore you.

Hate to break it to you but if you are expecting a response from GGG you'll be forever disappointed. They won't reply, especially not here. Maybe on reddit but probably not even that.

My personal guess is, it's intended to make those fights harder. Best things you can do. 1) Don't die during the fight 2) Keep an eye on what bosses you put into the fight, some combinations are seriously bad 3) Bulk up so can survive a few AOE attacks.

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Baharoth15 wrote:

Hate to break it to you but if you are expecting a response from GGG you'll be forever disappointed. They won't reply, especially not here. Maybe on reddit but probably not even that.

My personal guess is, it's intended to make those fights harder. Best things you can do. 1) Don't die during the fight 2) Keep an eye on what bosses you put into the fight, some combinations are seriously bad 3) Bulk up so can survive a few AOE attacks.

that part i already know. but sometimes you make a mistake and die. then you literally have zero chance to avoid instant death with the way it currently is. a staging area would be a more appropriate mechanic for this particular issue

slave driver is nerfed . Can't remember post-nerf people still recommended to use it or not.

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'd still like to know if the maven fights were intended to be like this.

Sometimes the fight release all 10 bosses at once, no timer


While your version, release the boss during loading time, seems also intended as the loading only happens on client side