is the onslaught supposed to be solo-able?

[Dee]

hey tenno folk. my usuals for ranking new (or forma'd) gear are the dark sector survivals where i stay as long as my wrists or fingers don't complain. i recently tried sanctuary onslaught for a change and... whoopsie.

i'm still too much of a wuss to go elite onslaught, but boy do i suck keeping my efficiency up in the 'normal' one. i manage about sixth round before my efficency flatlines.

is there a trick to keeping efficiency up that i'm missing? i really can't see how i can shred those dudes any faster.

[Walrus-Sama]

Saryn.

[Kawalorn]

Well I managed to do 8 zones solo with Atlas and Ignis Wraith.

It's not easy but it's possible.

[Sceles]

The regular onslaught is very easy to solo by using any of the AoE frames that people use all the time in elite.

[MrFlaptastic]

You're gonna have a bad time if you use anything other than Saryn. Also, Ignis is recommended.

[Dee]

saryn / ignis seems to be a popular amswer but ain't got them yet.

if AoE is the way of the onslaught, how about molecular nova and amprex for a bit of meta?

[MystMan]

The tile set maps presented to you during each week's Onslaught rotation heavily decide if it's solo-able with non-meta frames.
Kuva Fortress maps are the worst, the enemy spawn locations are so far away from each other behind twisted passages, you waste a lot of efficiency running back and forth finding something to shoot at or waiting for them to appear. On a few other specific maps, new enemies can take too long to spawn.

On weeks where there were not too many of such maps, I have been able to solo it to wave 8 without meta gear, otherwise efficieny reaches 0 around wave 6. Having really powerful weapons is moot if it takes too long for me to find something to shoot at.

My main problem with solo onslaught is that the efficiency drain is not scaled based on number of players present. It drains at a speed meant for 4 players.

In Interception solo you capture a point much quicker, in Kuva siphon missions you only face 2 Kuva Guardians, in Defection you always only have to escort 1 group of Kavor at a time, etc.

So why was this not applied to Onslaught? The drain should be slower when playing alone. You can't expect a lone player to perform as efficient as 4 people.

I know I know: "use this meta AOE frame with this meta weapon" = bandaid for a big problem. We shouldn't have to use meta to only cover the first AABC rotation. In every other endless game mode we can pass the first AABC rotation using any frame and any weapon before it starts getting hard.

[Dee]

Originally posted by MystMan:

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a lot of sense-talk there!