Port Valbury/Atherials on Elite absolutely destroying me

[Necroshine]

Haven't had any major trouble with the game so far. Playing WItchblade. Acid/Poison. Level 65. Get to the "green hell" part just past Homestead. I'm badly in need of Aether resistance I guess. I am being killed by everything green

Any pointers here? Is there an Aether Ointment that is sold at one of the faction shops? I need something or I'm not going to make it lol. I've died more times in the last hour than in the entire rest of the game...

[mikeydsc]

Anytime Crate releases an update, its always over tweaked. They do that and then listen to community and it usually gets tuned down somewhat.

If its the ground getting you, there is only the aether cluster that can stop that damage as resist has no effect on ground effects.

I do recall there is an ointment, just dont remember if its a vendor item or the recipe is found. Homestead faction vendor does have a few items with aether resist on them.

[Ficelle]

This zone is hard, it is a rogue dungeon.

There is almost no reason to go there without 80% aether resist.
Switch a ring or something if needed for another with high aether resist.
Put some components (purified salt for example is great against aetherials) or augments for aether resist.

Even if your paper DPS drops a bit, your clear speed will increase ten folds.

Of course, dont stay on aether grounds.

Dont remember if a vendor sells ointments, i have the recipe.

[Necroshine]

I'm not in the rogue dungeon of Port Valubury, just the areas outside of it. Thanks for the suggestions. Yeah. Atherial dmg is just overwhelming at this point. Not only what's on the ground, but the green circles that follow you will kill me almost instantly and then there's a million Atherial monsters chasing me through all of that ground stuff. Combined it equals me dying alot

[Cyanmurder]

That is what I stack early in the game, atherial resistance, because I know there will be plenty of it.

[Safarel]

Yes, this is a hard place, even get to it is quite problematic, not to mention the fact that inside even harder. Although, actually, it all depends on build, some of them get this rogue-like easy, some harder.

For example, here is a pyromancer on ultimate
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=829455099

[BalkanBiker]

Originally posted by Necroshine:

I'm not in the rogue dungeon of Port Valubury, just the areas outside of it. Thanks for the suggestions. Yeah. Atherial dmg is just overwhelming at this point. Not only what's on the ground, but the green circles that follow you will kill me almost instantly and then there's a million Atherial monsters chasing me through all of that ground stuff. Combined it equals me dying alot

I had the same issue. I just forced myself through it. Died a lot but cleared it. The dungeon itself is A LOT harder.

[Mental Clarity]

I played it once and died mostly due to the environmental hazards, i just now learned that "damage absoprtion" can help protect against it. Still haven't tried it out yet as i just don't find environmental hazards in this game fun, especially when the enemy gets to run through it like it's nothing. :-/