Molten Vault boss battle

[Jesus Stoner]

Surprisingly i dont't see any complaints about how impossible it is after dmg nerf. Where am i supposed to get ehough dps to kill him before i swim in lava at appropriate lvl? I feel entire fight needs to be reworked at this point

[Tantrumus]

Certain builds are going to have a harder time than others on any boss. I personally HATED Balbala for example on maps. I would avoid her on a couple of my chars in the 90s fearing losing XP...while my monk would own her. On my Witch right now most bosses have been pretty easy but slow. I am struggling on the Act 2 final boss and I am sure as it stands I would struggle on the forgemaster. But I know its a ME problem. Probably need to look at your buildout for that boss. Im not saying your comolete build is busted maybe just swap skills being used...

[Jesus Stoner]

Originally posted by Tantrumus:

Certain builds are going to have a harder time than others on any boss. I personally HATED Balbala for example on maps. I would avoid her on a couple of my chars in the 90s fearing losing XP...while my monk would own her. On my Witch right now most bosses have been pretty easy but slow. I am struggling on the Act 2 final boss and I am sure as it stands I would struggle on the forgemaster. But I know its a ME problem. Probably need to look at your buildout for that boss. Im not saying your comolete build is busted maybe just swap skills being used...

harder fight is fine. I spent 20 minutes scratching first act boss to death, then spent another 20 minutes parrying second act boss to death, got oneshoted by a monkey boss around 10 times among other things. It's totaly fine. What i don't like is game cockblocking me 'cause my numbers aren't high enough

[Sterling]

Originally posted by Jesus Stoner:

it's not my firs time, i know how game works. I just think that best gear or top tier build shouldn't be a requirement for a random sideboss. I killed everything else in act 3 and i still can't dps enough

Ritualist is definitely worse than Amazon, it's probably one of the worst asc in general. I'm just a sucker for funky mechanics

Fair enough, but personally bosses of any kind are perfectly fine to DPS check the player. Forgemaster is designed for that given the timed mechanic, so I think comparing it to any of the other bosses might be missing the point. Might need a re-work, might not. Either way, the boss demands you try to fix your DPS or move on and find the game more difficult than it has to be.

As far as treating you like you don't know the game, don't take it like that. I regularly forget how to work the trade site, so sometimes giving a person specific steps to take is a more concrete of a tip than "more better gear 5head." If the tip doesn't apply to you, think of it as someone reading your post and going, "Yeah, that's helpful".

Ritualist is in dire need of a re-work IMO. She really should have been a companion master who can commune with her pets or something. The whole ritual sacrifice motif is metal AF and cool, but horribly executed mechanically.

[Jesus Stoner]

Originally posted by Sterling:

Originally posted by Jesus Stoner:

it's not my firs time, i know how game works. I just think that best gear or top tier build shouldn't be a requirement for a random sideboss. I killed everything else in act 3 and i still can't dps enough

Ritualist is definitely worse than Amazon, it's probably one of the worst asc in general. I'm just a sucker for funky mechanics

Fair enough, but personally bosses of any kind are perfectly fine to DPS check the player. Forgemaster is designed for that given the timed mechanic, so I think comparing it to any of the other bosses might be missing the point. Might need a re-work, might not. Either way, the boss demands you try to fix your DPS or move on and find the game more difficult than it has to be.

As far as treating you like you don't know the game, don't take it like that. I regularly forget how to work the trade site, so sometimes giving a person specific steps to take is a more concrete of a tip than "more better gear 5head." If the tip doesn't apply to you, think of it as someone reading your post and going, "Yeah, that's helpful".

Ritualist is in dire need of a re-work IMO. She really should have been a companion master who can commune with her pets or something. The whole ritual sacrifice motif is metal AF and cool, but horribly executed mechanically.

i just skipped it in the end. I'll kill him before maps. It just feels bad

yea i tried Ritualist micro-hedhunter ability and sucks so bad. It's not passive, you actually have to stop and perform 2 second animation over rare corpse and you get about 20 sec of buffs. Wich is perfectly enough to clear a single pack. Corrupted blood skill is fine, it kinda does something and it's passive. Additional ring slot and stats might be OP at super endgame, but for now it's just there. I haven't tested how charm nodes work, if they actually give infinite charges as long as you have mana, it migh be quite strong as well. And that's it

[[Rdog]Maljas]

this fight was easy for me lol. same as before

[Dwane Dibbley]

Originally posted by Jesus Stoner:

Originally posted by Sterling:

Fair enough, but personally bosses of any kind are perfectly fine to DPS check the player. Forgemaster is designed for that given the timed mechanic, so I think comparing it to any of the other bosses might be missing the point. Might need a re-work, might not. Either way, the boss demands you try to fix your DPS or move on and find the game more difficult than it has to be.

As far as treating you like you don't know the game, don't take it like that. I regularly forget how to work the trade site, so sometimes giving a person specific steps to take is a more concrete of a tip than "more better gear 5head." If the tip doesn't apply to you, think of it as someone reading your post and going, "Yeah, that's helpful".

Ritualist is in dire need of a re-work IMO. She really should have been a companion master who can commune with her pets or something. The whole ritual sacrifice motif is metal AF and cool, but horribly executed mechanically.

i just skipped it in the end. I'll kill him before maps. It just feels bad

yea i tried Ritualist micro-hedhunter ability and sucks so bad. It's not passive, you actually have to stop and perform 2 second animation over rare corpse and you get about 20 sec of buffs. Wich is perfectly enough to clear a single pack. Corrupted blood skill is fine, it kinda does something and it's passive. Additional ring slot and stats might be OP at super endgame, but for now it's just there. I haven't tested how charm nodes work, if they actually give infinite charges as long as you have mana, it migh be quite strong as well. And that's it

Extra ring slot is not affected by ingenuity, so i passed on ritualist.

And if you think this boss is hard, wait for maps. If it wasnt fixed, there usualy were 2 or 3 rares down in corridor where you fight this boss. Fun!

[Jesus Stoner]

Originally posted by Dwane Dibbley:

Originally posted by Jesus Stoner:

i just skipped it in the end. I'll kill him before maps. It just feels bad

yea i tried Ritualist micro-hedhunter ability and sucks so bad. It's not passive, you actually have to stop and perform 2 second animation over rare corpse and you get about 20 sec of buffs. Wich is perfectly enough to clear a single pack. Corrupted blood skill is fine, it kinda does something and it's passive. Additional ring slot and stats might be OP at super endgame, but for now it's just there. I haven't tested how charm nodes work, if they actually give infinite charges as long as you have mana, it migh be quite strong as well. And that's it

Extra ring slot is not affected by ingenuity, so i passed on ritualist.

And if you think this boss is hard, wait for maps. If it wasnt fixed, there usualy were 2 or 3 rares down in corridor where you fight this boss. Fun!

i don't think it's hard. Forgemaster is super easy as a boss. I just need like 30 more seconds. And that's what frustrating. I even tried "stab 'n chug" strat for max dps and i still drowned at about 10% HP. Yes, i can give up on bleed and make a lightning spear build (or even pick a better class) but what's the fun in that? And it's not like my build is unplayable, i clear perfectly fine on cruel atm

[Sparky862]

Pathfinder Ranger with Poison Arrow seems to work good as well.

Just get the correct setup going.