The Hidden Forest

Hello, Just started the task today and I have a few questions ( maybe its a bug, dunno where to post it exactly )

I LDed during the task, and the nameds depoped ... is that normal? they didnt pop again after several minuts.

Btw, Killed 1 named before that, and droped only 1 key. Since when I got the task, everyone in the group got it, its hard to do the turn for everyone when only 1 key drops, and turn in the key droped didnt gave the flag to everyone in the group ... how this works then?

Thnx for all your time / work

Also, maybe someone who has experience with these tasks might post some info to the wiki? Pretty please? I was under the impression that this particular task (task 1) was for lower-tiered groups and my t8 group was insta-killed by just the second boss. /sigh... insta-kill scripts! (shaking fist at the sky). I am NOT good at figuring out scripts.
Anyone willing? Anyone? Bueller...?

I've been really busy lately IRL and haven't been able to do much/any of the new content. If anyone feels like writing some stuff up I'll gladly work that into the Wiki until I can get a chance to do the content myself.

Iirc for task one, boss two, you'd do well halting all dps on the boss when the adds spawn or you'll tango with the infamous Vaion death touch =)

Been a while though... take that advice with a grain of salt.

lpdfan wrote: I was under the impression that this particular task (task 1) was for lower-tiered groups and my t8 group was insta-killed by just the second boss.

Imagine the new task 3 ... lol

Fact that it's designed for lower tiers group doesn't mean that script can't be complex There is no gear requirements to make us think and get crazy lol.

As far as I remember of what I have seen / read (can't say experienced yet cause I kinda spent the days of my holidays in pot lol), Vaion enjoyed building up scripts that are nothing close to regular pull/spank boss.

I remember someone posted something about that some months ago already.

When the emote/adds spawn, is there an amount of time before the DT if you don't stop and switch, or is it a dmg threshold (say boss takes 10,000dmg then DTs)? While I have killed him a couple times now, majority of the time I'm instantly being DTed before i can stop attacking or switch to the adds. I'm only attacking with Mary. Adds pop, press button, nope...loading please wait. I don't see how I can improve my reaction time, I already know what I'm looking for and I'm holding my finger over the button waiting for it. Right now I feel like my successful kills have just been based on getting lucky.

If it is based on time, can it be increased by 1 second?
If it is based on dmg, I'll just go without buffs.

In regards to one of the OPs questions. If you complete the flag (turn in the 4 keys) on at least one toon, you can zone your group into the 2nd task even if the others have not finished the 1st quest. However they cannot accept the new quest until they finish the previous.

This is the case for task 1 and 2. I'm not sure if this will also be the case for Task 3 as I am not there yet. I'll report back and let you know once I know =)

Regards,
Sticky

Maneteth wrote:I LDed during the task, and the nameds depoped ... is that normal? they didnt pop again after several minuts.

It's a "Ring" cycle of bosses. So you have to start at boss #1 and beat each one in order to get to the final boss. If you fail at any of the encounters, the cycle resets and boss #1 respawns. Should every character go LD (Zone crash/zone shut down), then the boss encounters will reset also and respawn after (2-3 Minutes - I'll confirm this).

Maneteth wrote:Btw, Killed 1 named before that, and droped only 1 key. Since when I got the task, everyone in the group got it, its hard to do the turn for everyone when only 1 key drops, and turn in the key droped didnt gave the flag to everyone in the group ... how this works then?

As Sticky said, you technically only need 1 character to finish the mission to request the next one. However, I did go in and up the key drops to 6 so that each player in the group can now get the update properly.

lpdfan wrote:Also, maybe someone who has experience with these tasks might post some info to the wiki? Pretty please? I was under the impression that this particular task (task 1) was for lower-tiered groups and my t8 group was insta-killed by just the second boss. /sigh... insta-kill scripts! (shaking fist at the sky). I am NOT good at figuring out scripts.
Anyone willing? Anyone? Bueller...?

Boss #2 in Task 1 is all about the Pet.

Pet spawns at certain HP % and then it will conduct another check to verify if the pet is alive or dead at another HP %. If it is still alive, then you will get hit by the VT (Vaion Touch!)

Hope that helps.

Vaion wrote:

Maneteth wrote:Should every character go LD (Zone crash/zone shut down), then the boss encounters will reset also and respawn after (2-3 Minutes - I'll confirm this).

Well, I was in the zone for the next 15 mins after LD and first boss didnt poped ... thats why I asked =)