lemartes99 wrote:@nodoze - Yes that is how we have to do it. I got the abberant last boss down to 20% (Was not expecting a 2nd wave of adds) - Basically I save my divinity & dailys for the first set of adds. When they pop I can usually kill 1 outright with 5xForgemasters & Hammer of Titan. The sun nova will take care of the little guys.
Without the adds the bosses would be easy for my team, as the pets hold agro fine, i'm able to stay out of range of the bosses attacks, and forgemasters flame will heal the pets no prob.
Its just the DAMN ADDS! Even if the pets would stay put they would be ok, but a lot of the time when I attack the adds, the pets come, bringing the boss with them.
I hope crptic gives us some control over the pets in a future patch. This would solve everyone's poor AI complaints of them.
A few questions:
- By 'Hammer of Titan' do mean the Daily power 'Hammer of Fate' ?
- By 'Sun Nova' do you mean the Encounter power 'Sun Burst' in Divinity Mode with the knockback?
- Could you list what Class Features, At-Will, Encounter, & Daily Powers you typically have bound on your DC's when you go into Boss fights?
- Once the fight is established with your DC's away from the Boss, do you move them much or do they pretty much stay in one place and heal though what comes their way (red circles, etc)?
In regards to the last question I assume your DCx5 group is staying back from the boss and ranging the Boss & I am curious how much movement is required of your DCs if the Boss is away from them? Are they pretty much staying put and healing or are you on the move a lot?
The reason I ask is I was thinking that a GF+DCx4 could maybe work to control the fight better by having the GF + 5 tank pets swarm the boss until the adds come. If the GF is in your main window and you approach the boss with the GF (leaving the 4 DC's back) and start attacking at range with the DC's then all the pets could swarm the boss. When the adds come your GF will stay on the boss and taunt the boss to stay with the GF & the [adds EDIT: I meant pet Tanks] that branch off to the adds will only help off-tank them while you burn them down controlling the fight better. With the GF you could maybe tab-taunt an add or two as well to help.
The key with this approach is that you would need to be able to control the DCx4 effectively with them in the background and from my experience you can move some but it is hard to move a bunch. With GF in the Forground I would tank the Boss & turn to where I can see the DC and move the DC via double strikes of the arrow keys as needed. With only 1 DC I had to move out of red circles but with 4 DC's maybe they can be healed through.
I would appreciate your thoughts.