06-13-2012, 04:37 AM
I'm at the Heart of Sin quest in act 3 Inferno, and I found it impossible to solo.
I got to the second level of the first tower, but I could find no way to make it to the next floor.
The main problem are elite packs of either the Phasebeasts or Soul Rippers. Once in a blue moon I manage to kill a pack if they happen to spawn with mostly harmless mods, but if they spawn with Fast, Reflect Damage or Invulnerable Minions, a remake is practically needed.
Because the path is so confined, there is hardly any space to kite, it feels like you're being caged with a wild beast.
I tried parking some boss packs and then skipping them, but this often doesn't work either, as there are some stragglers who won't stay away, or there is no room to park them anywhere.
So distracting them doesn't work, what about fighting them head-on?
This is no-go either, as I can't deal enough damage to kill them before I run out of Discipline to use Vault, Caltrops or SS.
Inevitably I get cornered all the way back to the entrance and die, or I run around and kite until I have no more Discipline and die.
After a few attempts, the respawn timer goes up to 10, 15 seconds and they will fully heal, so "Death Zerging" as Blizzard names it is not an option either.
And then there is just running.
I tried a build with Tactical Advantage, Hot Pursuit and Perfectionist passives to run past monsters to get to the next floor, but with the anti-dodging mechanics in place, there is no real way to reliably run past large packs in this confined area.
I suppose that if I kept trying for 10's if not 100's of times, I would eventually run into a map with no elite packs on the way or only Succubi packs that are manageable, but that just seems like an effort in futility as the game won't get any easier moving forward.
I got to the second level of the first tower, but I could find no way to make it to the next floor.
The main problem are elite packs of either the Phasebeasts or Soul Rippers. Once in a blue moon I manage to kill a pack if they happen to spawn with mostly harmless mods, but if they spawn with Fast, Reflect Damage or Invulnerable Minions, a remake is practically needed.
Because the path is so confined, there is hardly any space to kite, it feels like you're being caged with a wild beast.
I tried parking some boss packs and then skipping them, but this often doesn't work either, as there are some stragglers who won't stay away, or there is no room to park them anywhere.
So distracting them doesn't work, what about fighting them head-on?
This is no-go either, as I can't deal enough damage to kill them before I run out of Discipline to use Vault, Caltrops or SS.
Inevitably I get cornered all the way back to the entrance and die, or I run around and kite until I have no more Discipline and die.
After a few attempts, the respawn timer goes up to 10, 15 seconds and they will fully heal, so "Death Zerging" as Blizzard names it is not an option either.
And then there is just running.
I tried a build with Tactical Advantage, Hot Pursuit and Perfectionist passives to run past monsters to get to the next floor, but with the anti-dodging mechanics in place, there is no real way to reliably run past large packs in this confined area.
I suppose that if I kept trying for 10's if not 100's of times, I would eventually run into a map with no elite packs on the way or only Succubi packs that are manageable, but that just seems like an effort in futility as the game won't get any easier moving forward.