Captains are broken and have been for ages. There are those that won't take any damage and regen what little you can do back at such a rate that 4 people can't put a dent in them... Anytime I bring up the suggestion of going and doing them I get shot down so fast make your head spin.
Use anything but physical damage on them and they will go down really quickly.
I wish they were soloable in more builds. Right now, the most effective ones are the plain paladin (120 swords/tactics/anatomy/chiv/healing/parry) or a bushido paladin with healing.
I'm sure there's a good chance they'll use it for something.
I've tried them on siege with my vamp/paladin and it wasn't happening. I think the solo gear req's may be a bit too high for me.
Well, I assume next year it will move to a different dungeon, as that was the original idea. The only reason it was in doom twice was because they were working on other stuff and didn't spend any time on Halloween content.
Oh... Yeah, vampire form doesn't work that good there. All the dexxer ones have around 160 weapon skill, so relying only on life leech to stay alive doesn't cut there.
With the amount of time it takes to solo a captain, it's not worth it. Earlier this year, I wandered to the back on LS and found a Bard Captain in the Moonglow area. It took me OVER an hour and a half to solo it (I think it was a 5x HP one) with my greater dragon. Granted, that's not the most efficient method - I once needed 30 minutes to kill a Fencer (normal HP/Resists) with my Mystic.
Actually, my record was 2 and half hours to solo clear a city pod (orc spawn) and get about 50 minax minors there.
Sure, it's possible but they've been known for recycling content.
Boooo! That place is unbearable. I started off with the goal of getting a Garb. Spent two weeks 1-2 hours a day there, even managed to solo the Mystic champion once. I have about 30 artifices and cannot tolerate the encounter any longer.
Does this mean we'll be getting 120 powerscrolls for those skills?
Well yes... and we all know that what they actually did do was just basically take the GM skill and stretch it to 120 without actually adding any bonus to getting 120.
I'm kind of torn on this. On one hand I'd like some PS for the crafts as part of the BOD system. BUT ... not knowing how screwed up the new stuff will be makes me want to say "no thanks ... why complicate things?"
3. How many new skills will be covered with the new BOD system?
okay. my bad ... however as Mining supports Smithing and Smithing BODs drop Mining gloves, how about LJ booster gloves since it is a support skill? Wood and ingredients from LJ contribute to Fletching, Carpentry, Tinkering at least.
lumberjacks have the corroded axe from lady M...
They have Tallys to give them help.
Talismans do NOT go over cap... For the skill. They do raise your exceptional chance by whatever the talisman has but they do NOT go over your cap. So if you are GM Carpentry and wearing a +29 Carpentry Talisman you are still crafting at GM skill not 129 skill.
Talismans add to success chance, not to skill.
Where are these easy button encounters ingame? I mean those with reasonable droprates and/or a good RNG? I am doing 100 % PVM for 10 years now in almost all fashions. Please show me an encounter that is "easy button" and gives good loot / rewards? You cannot be talking about a peerless - neither about HS, SA or the recent add-ons. The temporary things like Treasures of Doom / Kotl dont count as they are turned off. So, please - where is that place? I know only one: Cove 3 (easy button, good drops, crappy loot) or Navrey (easy button, good drops, crappy loot). And even this one needs patience.