The frustration of ML 2.10

[Misleath]

Anyone else that feels like this is a real bottleneck in reaching ML2? We tried this yesterday and failed about five times and then people logged off. Today we couldn't even get the fg when we tried so I just logged off. Its really a pain in the arse to finish this and even worse when you are a "bad" class. In my oppinion ToA feels very unbalanced for classes, but I guess thats what PvE is in general, I regret that I didn't roll a Cleric or a Paladin for my "only" char in ToA.

Isn't there anyway it is possible to do this in a good and suitable way for public raids? Perhaps hire in a fg of veterans and give them loot and money?

 

[Ilum]

It's a challenging step yeah, and requires people to be patient and keep their head cool if not you'll probably wipe

Get 1 balanced group with 2 shield tanks (atleast 1 of them a paladin) 2 damage dealers, 2 clerics, 1 minstrel 1 pbt theurg. They'll handle the boss. The less pve-funcuntioning classes just watch and zerg the boss at 3%

 

[Misleath]

I've done it now and thank God for it, don't think I ever wanna do it again.

 

[Linnet]

I've done it now and thank God for it, don't think I ever wanna do it again.

This is the trial which makes me give up on MLs, and leave them for others Glad you got it done, but I don't plan another attempt.

 

[SoulFly]

2L10 is easy when you know how to do it.

GRP =

cleric
cleric
pala
pala
merc
merc
theurg
mincer

= best combination as main grp.

Only the Main group goes and kills the boss. If other grp attacks it, you get the spikes and you die. Also, all other groups wait outside.

Hence, make a BG, veryone join sit
when runihura is on 3%, other groups charge it, cause you wont get credit if you are not in the temple.

 

[Misleath]

Yeah its good, easy etc but not that easy to get those eight people and to get them to do it right and so on. But its over for me and its one of those things "hated it while I did it but its fun to talk about it afterwards".

 

[Escape]

It's not bad if everyone is listening. Just the crazy people who can get everyone killed. We did it in a pretty gimped group with me as the only cleric(hence:gimped). 2x scouts, friar, sorc, minstrel, paly and reaver.


It's easier to do with smaller numbers. Build your group around 1 healer, 1 cure-poison spammer, 2x tanks+, power-regen and someone with ranged attack to pull and kill the snakes. The wipeouts can happen at the start when entering the temple... just take everyone around the back and watch the snakes, two will be moving around, when both go to one side move to the opposite side of the door and run in along the edge of the doorway.... instead of running in through the middle.

Set everyone around Runi so they're spaced out and the tanks take up positions next to him(no more than four). Main tank starts combat, and when he's happy with agro, the second tank joins and after a few mins, the third and then fourth. The cure-poison spammer can read the chat-log to see who's poisoned, and cure him.

No one ever moves! Traps go off and people die. So keep your positions. It's why this is easier with smaller number. Even with multiple groups, stick to this plan and have everyone else spread out and go afk for the next 15mins...

 

[Z^^]

2L10 is easy when you know how to do it.

GRP =

cleric
cleric
pala
pala
merc
merc
theurg
mincer

= best combination as main grp.

Only the Main group goes and kills the boss. If other grp attacks it, you get the spikes and you die. Also, all other groups wait outside.

Hence, make a BG, veryone join sit
when runihura is on 3%, other groups charge it, cause you wont get credit if you are not in the temple.

we had cleric cleric pally pally mincer mincer(or theurg not sure) icewiz icewiz
and that worked fine.. icewizzes switched for pbaeing adds..
trick is not to have noobs aggroing snakes and dont stand on the same spot as anyone else..

 

[Xplo]

We got him to 45% with pally reaver duo on him, 3 clerics healing, 1 pbaoe wiz for adds in the middle and a couple of lesser wanted classes to get aggro of the clerics. It went fine till someone from the 2nd group came to close --> spikes --> dead :<

 

[Jenkz]

Simple way to do for ML2.10 with > 1fg:

1. Only take 1fg into the room, group setup should be what SF posted above with pala, guardbot, 2x merc, 2xcleric and minstrel

2. Get anyone not in the fg in a battlegroup and tell them to sit outside

3. When mob is on 3-5% health get everyone to zerg in and kill the mob.

DO NOT have more then 1fg in the ML2.10 room apart from the very last %s

 

[GReaper]

Only problem with waiting outside is that you might take a trip on Harpy Airlines when you don't really need it.

 

[Linnet]

Glad you got it done, but I don't plan another attempt.

Doh. Ok, scratch that, and thank you VERY MUCH to the people who came to hold our hands while we did it this evening Hope you got a decent amount of MLxp because you surely earned it.


(I still think that trial is pretty much the opposite of fun, but the harpies and cobras are kind of funky in retrospect.)

 

[Ahunter]

Only problem with waiting outside is that you might take a trip on Harpy Airlines when you don't really need it.

<cries> I was one of only 2 people (I think) from my BG last night who had continual trips on Harpy Airlines from 30-40% downwards, I couldn't even get to the top near the temple again before I got another trip, and therefore missed the credit for it..

 

[Maoni]

For me Ml1 was a nightmarre t come trough, it took me 3 days lol.
ML2 however took like 7-8 hours or so (was alot of waiting for groups at chess part and 2:10) but it was the same bg from 2:1 to 2:10.
I was lucky to get in that bg!
Big salute to all ppl in the BG and especially to Link who where leading it.
Nice work =)

Now hmm..

Spirit caba lfg for Ml3
(pretty pls with sugar on top?? =P)

 

[Misleath]

<cries> I was one of only 2 people (I think) from my BG last night who had continual trips on Harpy Airlines from 30-40% downwards, I couldn't even get to the top near the temple again before I got another trip, and therefore missed the credit for it..

I would have cried IRL if that happened to me, I think I spent 12 hours+ waiting and trying for 2.10.

 

[Ahunter]

I would have cried IRL if that happened to me, I think I spent 12 hours+ waiting and trying for 2.10.

I actually feel sorry for the poor officers of the PL who had to put up with my foul mouth after it happened, and my poor Husband Wibbler who had to deal with the strop I was in afterwards..

To say I wasn't a happy bunny would certainly be an understatement.

I spent several hours on Saturday night to break the back of ML2, we kicked off the BG again on Sunday at 2.30, and went through to about 10ish as we joined forces with some others who still had encounters to complete, everyone was finally all there, no LD's and the sodding harpies take me for a tour!!!

 

[Vae]

Well it could have been worse for us:

http://www.manachanter.com/piccies/TOA/sshot027.jpg

Vae was also one who kept getting dropped by the harpies and so like you missed out on final credit - I'm not sure he would have got credit anyway as he was still missing 2.3 but at least Vaemoosh got credit.

 

[Linnet]

Well it could have been worse for us:

http://www.manachanter.com/piccies/TOA/sshot027.jpg

.

Hmm, interesting. One of the times I got dropped by a harpy, I was attacked my a mausekhmet nomad just as I landed and had to zone to get away from it ...

 

[Brolundar]

Mausekmeths seems to be the server terrorists. When we approched at Rassa-Encounter, the BG doing the quest at this time was attacked by a bunch of Mausekmeth Nomads.
Further we met them in Aerus and Volcanus areas, always even in the worst moment.

Seems something goes wrong in theis spawning scrips.