Wooflez Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Just curious if this is the case. I beat the first flashpoint this way and it was a blast. Some bosses were challening with our group (2dps and 2 tank companions.) but we managed to beat the whole place without ever needing a healer. Now I don't expect that setup to work for harder flashpoints, but assuming a healing companion was added to the group, would it be possible to beat most flashpoints this way?
Vuelhering Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Not really. A better question is, "Are companions as good as another player?" If you have a crappy player, it's unfortunate that a companion might be better. But BW stated they want companions to be about 60% of a player. It's better than nothing, but worse than someone else.
DonnieT Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Whether it was designed or not I don't know but it certainly is possible. It provides quite a challenge compared to just steamrolling with 4 people and most importantly more loot for you! Edited December 20, 2011 by DonnieT
AranasLatrain Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Yeah, Esseles isn't too bad but after that I don't see that as a possibility. MAYBE Hammer Station, but even the experience I had, it seems like a long-shot to two-man it. Athiss, I know would be near impossible.
Maoxx Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 I've noticed the difficulty increase going from BT up to Athiss. (that's as far as I've done) By the time you get to Athiss you need some heals player wise as mako alone just isnt enough for the last 2 bosses unless you just majorly outlevel/gear the place. Can't speak about anything past that, but if the curve continues to go up then I imagine it reaches a point where you can't use any companions and expect to get it done efficiently.
Peckingorder Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 The first flashpoint on both sides is balanced for two players with companions.
Wooflez Posted December 20, 2011 Author Posted December 20, 2011 Thanks for the responses, it's good to know what to expect. It's kind of unfortinate it won't work, but at least if it does get hard enough that companions are no longer viable, then the dungeons should be challenging with a real 4 player group so it should still be fun.
TRONEON Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 Me and a guildie brought in a random player to help with a quest, we felt sorry for him as he needed help so we invited him. Then he started shooting the wrong targets, running away from heals, agroing too much and a zillion other newb mistakes then made us wipe about 5 times. So we kicked him and used vette instead. Vette is awesome and we completed the quest without a single death..... Sadly yes there are some players that are worse than companions, didn't think it could happen but it did lol.
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