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Before the fix, the adds went down but the shield remained up. Not the graphic effect, mind you, but the buff that makes him immune to dmg. The boss kept AoEing like crazy with his Orbital Strike the whole time. I surrendered to him after a good minute kiting that with the other DPS - 3 melee, can't recall if it was 2 Juggernauts and a Marauder or the opposite - dead to AoEs. What can I say, I hoped resisting till his buff was to 0 would make him stop... Nope. Just refreshed the buff and restarted with AoEs.

Second attempt, we decided to work at range, avoiding the platform. Basically I attacked the boss with lightnings while the others threw lightsabers at him. Again, took longer, but same result. Adds went down, shield buff remained up. And AoE was spammed again. This time I didn't kite though, it seemed pointless.

As such we called it a no go and left after our good farewells.



Now, today I had two more runs there. The adds died like before - which is good - and the boss lost its shield as it should be. Both the graphic effect AND the buff. But his AoE spamming took the whole platform a few times, and as such it was impossible to resist without at least one of us dying. We passed it both times, though.



I'm geared in 162 armorings with set bonus and a mix of 168+ other mods & enhancements, so kind of a good average rating. 162 implants, 180 earring, Brutalizer relics. 156 lightsaber hilt, but 180 Focus. Lightsaber and three other pieces are properly augmented.

The others were less geared than me, being a mix of 156s and 162s - I inspected them. My health is around 32k, they were all between 26k and 29k.

All of this for what, you may ask? All of this speech about my gear because I barely survived to those AoEs on the first run and died to it the second one. And both times half of the dmg output was eaten by my Force Barrier, that made me impervious to dmg completely.

I fear that the dmg output may be too high given the current situation. Or possibly the AoE is too large? Or again, he wasn't supposed to cover the whole platform but he did?



Still, I think others with "beginner gear" - pass me the term, I mean 156s from Oricon or even 148s from Makeb - wouldn't survive the fight, if it goes as it went when I ran it. One AoE covered platform is bearable if everyone without Force Barrier jumps off it, but two or more are overkill.



First time we had two, and we lost a Juggernaut to the second one, which I battle rezzed. Second run we had three, and I died, being battle rezzed by our Mercenary DPS after I ate a couple of 7k+ hits. I survived long enough to selfheal to half health and down the boss with barely any health left in my bar at all. By the end of the fight, the Mercenary was totally overheated and everyone was at critical health - under 30%.

Still, never needed battle rez in HM FPs, being them 50s or 55s... and now I need it in a TFP. I like the challenge, but this is too much!



There, that's it, rant mode: OFF. I hope this is helpful. And btw, I'm glad you were able to do a hasty fix at all, I know a little of how complicated it can be to work over such an issue in what, two days? So, good attempt. Well, I ran this TFP both before and after the fix. Every time as a DPS Sorcerer, Lightning Speeced. Which means lots of channellings and stationary casting.Before the fix, the adds went down but the shield remained up. Not the graphic effect, mind you, but the buff that makes him immune to dmg. The boss kept AoEing like crazy with his Orbital Strike the whole time. I surrendered to him after a good minute kiting that with the other DPS - 3 melee, can't recall if it was 2 Juggernauts and a Marauder or the opposite - dead to AoEs. What can I say, I hoped resisting till his buff was to 0 would make him stop... Nope. Just refreshed the buff and restarted with AoEs.Second attempt, we decided to work at range, avoiding the platform. Basically I attacked the boss with lightnings while the others threw lightsabers at him. Again, took longer, but same result. Adds went down, shield buff remained up. And AoE was spammed again. This time I didn't kite though, it seemed pointless.As such we called it a no go and left after our good farewells.Now, today I had two more runs there. The adds died like before - which is good - and the boss lost its shield as it should be. Both the graphic effect AND the buff. But his AoE spamming took the whole platform a few times, and as such it was impossible to resist without at least one of us dying. We passed it both times, though.I'm geared in 162 armorings with set bonus and a mix of 168+ other mods & enhancements, so kind of a good average rating. 162 implants, 180 earring, Brutalizer relics. 156 lightsaber hilt, but 180 Focus. Lightsaber and three other pieces are properly augmented.The others were less geared than me, being a mix of 156s and 162s - I inspected them. My health is around 32k, they were all between 26k and 29k.All of this for what, you may ask? All of this speech about my gear because I barely survived to those AoEs on the first run and died to it the second one. And both times half of the dmg output was eaten by my Force Barrier, that made me impervious to dmg completely.I fear that the dmg output may be too high given the current situation. Or possibly the AoE is too large? Or again, he wasn't supposed to cover theplatform but he did?Still, I think others with- pass me the term, I mean 156s from Oricon or even 148s from Makeb - wouldn't survive the fight, if it goes as it went when I ran it. One AoE covered platform is bearable if everyone without Force Barrier jumps off it, but two or more are overkill.First time we had two, and we lost a Juggernaut to the second one, which I battle rezzed. Second run we had three, and I died, being battle rezzed by our Mercenary DPS after I ate a couple of 7k+ hits. I survived long enough to selfheal to half health and down the boss with barely any health left in my bar at all. By the end of the fight, the Mercenary was totally overheated and everyone was at critical health - under 30%.Still, never needed battle rez in HM FPs, being them 50s or 55s... and now I need it in a TFP.I like the challenge, but this is too much!There, that's it, rant mode:. I hope this is helpful. And btw, I'm glad you were able to do a hasty fix at all, I know a little of how complicated it can be to work over such an issue in what, two days? So, good attempt.

Darth Malak to Revan on the Leviathan. "Saviour, conqueror, hero, villain. You were all these things, Revan... and yet you are nothing. In the end you belong to neither the light nor the darkness. You will forever stand alone."Darth Malak to Revan on the Leviathan.