is it possible to beat campaign on initial difficulty without paying for anything?

[1984]

At all. And how hard would that be

[wespe___o=/;;;:*]

Originally posted by Astran:

...first act-10 boss...: character entered the room, ...boss teleported and one-shot...

may I ask your Level? The last bosses are near impossible, if you are undergeared and underleveled (10-15 lv.) ..except for handful META-builds

[RyLzEn]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

I can just laugh about people using ICE and thinking they achieved anything, as AoE ICE-Kiter is easypeasy-mode in Undecember

https://youtu.be/A7jv2t54u0s?t=2459

you can, of course, laugh at people who do not use ice kiting, because it is poison, burning, bleeding ..

[wespe___o=/;;;:*]

Originally posted by RyLzEn:

you can, of course, laugh at people who do not use ice kiting, because it is poison, burning, bleeding ..

Yes, you´re 80% right. If we just look at STORY: true, simply because some DoTs are supreme early on. For Endgame though, Ice is better

[Aria Athena]

For the OP, last boss has a phase change where if you don't have enough damage to destroy a barrier, you die. That's the issue. Doesn't matter how well you learn the fight, you need to be able to pass that dps check, which is way harder for medium to close range builds, than it is for characters with long range.

[RyLzEn]

I don't understand why people are so eager towards the end of the game, if you are not able to kill the boss, maybe it's too early for you to move on?
what bright future do you expect at the end?
after you complete act 10, many things will become paid for you and the bosses will be even stronger, while you cannot defeat the usual one.

sit better in the storyline and polish your build while it's free.

[Rikki-Tikki-Tavi]

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

Doesn't matter how well you learn the fight, you need to be able to pass that dps check

Exactly. The only way is to farm levels until you have enough damage, it's kind of stupid challenge. In Void Rift you can at least have a hope to develop supreme skill and somehow kill some bosses 15 levels above.

[JoJo]

go for toxic flame build bro easy af, after clear act 10 you can just farm for the build that you want in chaos dungeon. I beat act 10 when level 59 =]]

[R A Z E R]

If you go with toxic flame and save up 99% of your revive scrolls then yes, you can beat the boss on act 10 without paying. I was like 8 levels under and beat it with 3-5 deaths.

[fataliskain]

Originally posted by Astran:

Originally posted by fataliskain:

You will be fined.

"fined" is the opposite of "fine" btw

FYI my last attempt at the first act-10 boss lasted like 3 seconds: character entered the room, made a step, boss teleported and one-shot the toon.

This screams "buy 100s res scrolls, please"

That means you are too weak, even with 100 scrolls you wont beat it, how much lightning resistance do you have atm? And what about dps, can you by pass his shield? I killed the boss with my summoner, around level 53 54. Whatever you are playing, just stack hp and resistance first, that boss is a dps check, if you cant kill him, you wont be able to kill anything later on.

[Taiji]

Originally posted by ♥ZERO K%♥:

At all. And how hard would that be

Yes. Pretty easy. You get given loads of revive scrolls - Don't waste them.
I beat it with WW+TF which is around 33% weaker than TF by itself.
I was lazy and didn't want to grind levels, so I spent 4 revive scrolls.

[R A Z E R]

Originally posted by fataliskain:

Originally posted by Astran:

"fined" is the opposite of "fine" btw

FYI my last attempt at the first act-10 boss lasted like 3 seconds: character entered the room, made a step, boss teleported and one-shot the toon.

This screams "buy 100s res scrolls, please"

That means you are too weak, even with 100 scrolls you wont beat it, how much lightning resistance do you have atm? And what about dps, can you by pass his shield? I killed the boss with my summoner, around level 53 54. Whatever you are playing, just stack hp and resistance first, that boss is a dps check, if you cant kill him, you wont be able to kill anything later on.

True, if your resistence/dps is to low then you wont clear it with a minimal amount of deaths (or 0 deaths at all).

For dps, use a double damage elixir if you got those to make the fight easier.

[Aria Athena]

Originally posted by RyLzEn:

I don't understand why people are so eager towards the end of the game, if you are not able to kill the boss, maybe it's too early for you to move on?
what bright future do you expect at the end?
after you complete act 10, many things will become paid for you and the bosses will be even stronger, while you cannot defeat the usual one.

sit better in the storyline and polish your build while it's free.

It's the campaign, you will most likely reach the end when you are supposed to, it's a straight line after all. There isn't anything to polish really, you are just severely underleveled. You can hope for a 5-link, although it's probably not happening at that point. Maybe you picked the wrong constellations, but that requires conscious effort.

You can grind levels, sure, but to be blunt, not only does it take an unreasonable amount of time given that you are trailing 15 levels behind, but the only thing this game has to offer is bosses. Everything in between is straight up boring and I for one refused to repeat it.

Not to mention that the very next thing the game has you doing is a joke anyway. Low level maps are just more of the same fodder, still rewarding pitiful amounts of xp. The only difference is that the end boss is not a boss, it's just a some guy akin to a yellow mob, but this time its health bar is red, oh no. Doesn't even have more health than an elite, random groups are much more dangerous. Thank god for that dps check during the last boss. Did 3 maps and the boss for next level ones, now only 14 levels behind.

There is absolutely no reason for the game to bust your balls and halt your progress with a pointless dps check. There was maybe one more in the whole campaign during Act 7, but even that was heavily depended on rng.

[😎Astran😾]

Character which is getting one-shot by the first boss in the act-10: 2k hitpoints, 900 barrier, 750 armor (24% damage reduction), whole set is "rare" / "gold" L21-23. Character level is 57.

As for "you just farm +10 levels and come back like it's 2007 LOTRO release all over again" - no, thanks, screw the boring numbers farm, I'll better go play 12+ other games I have installed.

The game is effectively a daily login simulator now. But it's not related to paid features - unless you seriously factor those rare $200 equipment pieces in. This is more like a bad management / play-testing than a real attempt to sell me 100s resurrection scrolls for each boss fight.

[Tha_T1p]

If you level and gear properly, the campaign is pretty easy, and fun. You wont need to spend any money until you get to maps, then essence/alchemy tabs and an alchemy bench slot become pretty much mandatory for enjoyable play. Don't listen to all the level 60 whirlwind builds who can't beat the final boss cry about it lol.

[Rikki-Tikki-Tavi]

By the way, after killing the last boss there will be some time before you get to the "lategame", I mean before you lose possibility to freely respec zodiac. Which means, you can add few points to the chaos resist and respec right after killing the final boss.