Unbeatable monster in cave in Act 1

[waldroff]

Ok, someone help me here, I can't remember what the monster is called, just that he's in a cave in the middle of Act 1 and after several attempts with a couple of level 50 characters I still can't beat the dude.
Can someone shed some light on why this guy is even in Act 1? Not saying it's a bad thing because it will be cool to go back and get in later on after Acts 2 or 3 but why make him so freaking hard to kill . . . or is that the point. ;)

[DeMasked]

You can't have level 50 characters as the max level is 25.

The monster is called Gutworm the Maneater (which is he does best I suppose) and can be quite challenging.

He is one of the three challenge areas that Act 1 has. If you are melee it will be a bit more gear dependant and would also depend on your skill build. Ranged you just need to kite him around the cave and just be careful of his AoE stun which usually is the end of any character.

[Telecrab]

Originally posted by waldroff:

a couple of level 50 characters

Stupid question, but maybe you mistaken mastery lvl with character lvl? Atm there is no point to max mastery lvl, because you won't have much points to develop your skills to kill stuff and/or defend yourself. If that's the case then you have to wait till level cap increase or just make a new character and limit you mastery to lvl 20-32.

[Jessian Kaanneo]

just tanked this boss to death, (albiet with running back forth rehealing) and killed it, opened the chest, got 3 yellows, 4 whites and 3 health pots. fight took 15mins... :/ not think it should be dropped better loot?

[DeMasked]

I believe loot quality will be increased for the next build. And sometimes you do strike out when it comes to the rewards for killing a boss or looting a chest.

[Jessian Kaanneo]

Originally posted by Dr Mcninja:

I believe loot quality will be increased for the next build. And sometimes you do strike out when it comes to the rewards for killing a boss or looting a chest.

yeah i have found more blue items in chests, than dropping of elite and bosses, killed the boss in deparved sanctuary just there, didnt get any blues off him, except another flame shield, thats 3 of them i have gotten now

[DeMasked]

Both Gutworm and Salazar don't have any loot orb or "grand spoils" as most other bosses have. The reason why is the chest that they have nearby. Gutworm doesn't have much of a reward because I'm guessing that getting to him is really easy while Salazar you have an entire dungeon full of enemies to get through.

Salazar DOES drop a unique weapon that can only be dropped by him though chances of getting the weapon and a really good version of it are low. First one I got also had 3% health and 22% attack speed with the base stats.

[waldroff]

Originally posted by Dr Mcninja:

You can't have level 50 characters as the max level is 25.

The monster is called Gutworm the Maneater (which is he does best I suppose) and can be quite challenging.

He is one of the three challenge areas that Act 1 has. If you are melee it will be a bit more gear dependant and would also depend on your skill build. Ranged you just need to kite him around the cave and just be careful of his AoE stun which usually is the end of any character.

Ya my bad, I forgot what the max level was at the moment. Anyway good to know he can be brought down while we're still in act 1. I'll have to try later.