Dead of Winter difficulty

#1 - Sept. 12, 2012, 8:05 p.m.

Sylvari Elementalist 48

I have been stuck on my personal quest at the level 28 step, Dead of Winter. I’m now level 48, and I’ve been going back to try to do that quest every few levels, hoping that one of these times I’ll at least come close. Alas, no.

When I get to what I’m assuming is the last room, there is a Veteran Risen Abomination and four smaller undead mooks. The mooks go down quite easily, but the big guy… he hits me twice and I go down. And for some reason he is always completely focused on me. I have three ghosts and a three other Sylvari with me, and he completely ignores them, and runs straight for me. If I go Wind form, I can keep ahead of him mostly, but it’s really just a long lesson in frustration, because the other six guys with me in the instance don’t do enough damage to get past his regeneration. And as soon as I take a couple of hits, and switch into Water attunement for a bit of healing, he can easily keep pace with me. ( And subsequently squishes me to paste. )

Jeffrey Vaughn

#2 - Sept. 12, 2012, 8:07 p.m.

Thanks for the specific info, I’ll take a look at it tomorrow!

Jeffrey Vaughn

#12 - Sept. 13, 2012, 10:44 a.m.

I’ve reduced the difficulty of both the abomination and Mazdak; it’s still important to use the lightning attack on the sword to thin down his bodyguards (since it can chain to all of them) but it should be a lot easier now. We’re on a slower update schedule now, so it won’t hit the live servers until the Monday update. (9/17)

Again, thanks for the specific info, it really helps me to quickly look at and adjust these issues.

Jeffrey Vaughn

#15 - Sept. 13, 2012, 12:16 p.m.

Nope, I meant sword. Play the story step to the final encounter. : )

Jeffrey Vaughn

#21 - Sept. 13, 2012, 7:52 p.m.

Khisanth.2948:
Can you be a bit more specific? Simply nerfing both of them doesn’t seem like the right answer.

I’d rather not get into specifics, since I don’t want to reveal everything behind the curtain. : ) But I reduced Mazdak’s health, reduced the health regen on the abomination, and removed a couple of the extra spawns.

Jeffrey Vaughn

#38 - Sept. 18, 2012, 6:49 p.m.

Yay, glad it works. : )