NemuriKyoshiro Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 The question is, is this boss even meant to be soloed? Game logic says it is, but... I've got a lvl55 dps Sith Assassin with decently upgraded gear (armorings and such of value 66, plus the same tier augments on everything) , specced into Deception. He did not have any problems soloing the game until now. Killed the Makeb's Archon in one try, soloed some heroic missions (like the one at Black Hole) quite successfully and so on... And he just can't do that *****ng Sand Demon. It literally eats his HP before he can do any real damage. I tried many times, with different companions - but even fully geared Drellik can't heal fast enough. And that critter is lvl53, which is two level down from my char. I've tried all buffs I could find - stims, relics, heroic moment + force storm... Tried using a shield instead of focus... Still nothing. Can't help thinking something is wrong here. Any suggestions? Edit: I didn't try to kill the demon before yesterday's patch. Could someone who did tell me if there were any problems with it back then, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Can't help thinking something is wrong here. I've never soloed it, either, but because you can't do it, something must be wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemuriKyoshiro Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 because you can't do it, something must be wrong? You misunderstand. What I meant - isn't a boss two levels below the player supposed to be beatable when you have a viable spec and good gear? Another thing if it was a heroic mission or a flashpoint - but this quest is neither. If nothing is wrong here, then I simply can't understand why the lvl55 final boss on Makeb is easier to beat than a lvl53 critter on Tatooine. Unless Bioware turned this demon into another World Boss while no one was looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I would agree with you, except its clearly labeled a champion mob.. he messed me up bad too btw.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemuriKyoshiro Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Yes, I'm well aware that it's a champion mob. But there's a good deal of higher level champion mobs that are weaker than this one. It seems the game devs have cast another of their "Force Group" spells on us solo players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstr Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 You can just avoid the Dread Seeded Sand Demon while looking for the Seeds. That is what I've been doing on every planet. I've been treating it more like a stealth game for the Seeker Droid missions: get in, find the Seed, and get out without being seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Yes, I'm well aware that it's a champion mob. But there's a good deal of higher level champion mobs that are weaker than this one. It seems the game devs have cast another of their "Force Group" spells on us solo players As noted, there is no reason to attack it unless you want to. So no "forcing" involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaForce Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 You have poor gear and since you don't mention you companion, I can only assume they are worse off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebado Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 DoT and kite. Killed it with my 55 Madness Assassin rather easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeNaCe-NZ Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yeah I found him too hard in 72's as deception. DoT method would work well but we really don't have any super useful ones. I just avoided him as he wasn't worth actually killing unless he drops a title or something? You think he's tough though, wait til you meet Lucky on Corellia heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstr Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yeah I found him too hard in 72's as deception. DoT method would work well but we really don't have any super useful ones. I just avoided him as he wasn't worth actually killing unless he drops a title or something? You think he's tough though, wait til you meet Lucky on Corellia heh. Lucky is different: he is marked as a World Boss. I do think that this has a point though: Lucky is meant to be avoided on Corellia. I believe the champions in the other Dread Seed areas are also meant to be avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeNaCe-NZ Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Is he a WB though? When I was asking folks about it on Corellia before we took him down most thought he was a champion ( and marked as such on his bio thingy ) albeit an excessively strong champion. Also no enrage timer which I thought most bosses have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Is he a WB though? When I was asking folks about it on Corellia before we took him down most thought he was a champion ( and marked as such on his bio thingy ) albeit an excessively strong champion. Also no enrage timer which I thought most bosses have? is who a WB? As stated, Lucky is marked as a WB. And as also stated, the Dreadseeded Sand Demon is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstr Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Is he a WB though? When I was asking folks about it on Corellia before we took him down most thought he was a champion ( and marked as such on his bio thingy ) albeit an excessively strong champion. Also no enrage timer which I thought most bosses have? Check his buffs: He has the "Terrorizing" buff that perma-stuns all companions that engage him (states "Only true heroes...") All World Bosses have this buff. His nametag states that he is a "Champion," but most if not all World Bosses state that they are a "Champion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachannal Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Does anyone know how to beat that thing? I'm level 60 RDPS and for this thing being a level 53, I cannot for the life of me drop it below a third of it's health. Once you nuke about 2/3rds of his HP, his HP then just floats anywhere between 80K and 120K. This is with my heal comp just set to heal me and not engage boss whatsoever. Someone mentioned Lucky being tough...and he is, but he's clearly meat for large groups. This boss *should* be soloable at my level. Either I'm missing some weird hidden thing you have to do 1st, like obtain some widget or another from a vendor 1st...or this is an abnormally tough boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Does anyone know how to beat that thing? I'm level 60 RDPS and for this thing being a level 53, I cannot for the life of me drop it below a third of it's health. Once you nuke about 2/3rds of his HP, his HP then just floats anywhere between 80K and 120K. This is with my heal comp just set to heal me and not engage boss whatsoever. Someone mentioned Lucky being tough...and he is, but he's clearly meat for large groups. This boss *should* be soloable at my level. Either I'm missing some weird hidden thing you have to do 1st, like obtain some widget or another from a vendor 1st...or this is an abnormally tough boss. Sand Demons are supposedly the only beings in Tatooine capable of killing Krayt Dragons. They're supposed to be tough and that one is enhanced by a Seed of Rage to boot. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Does anyone know how to beat that thing? I'm level 60 RDPS and for this thing being a level 53, I cannot for the life of me drop it below a third of it's health. Once you nuke about 2/3rds of his HP, his HP then just floats anywhere between 80K and 120K. This is with my heal comp just set to heal me and not engage boss whatsoever. Someone mentioned Lucky being tough...and he is, but he's clearly meat for large groups. This boss *should* be soloable at my level. Either I'm missing some weird hidden thing you have to do 1st, like obtain some widget or another from a vendor 1st...or this is an abnormally tough boss. Have you tried using a butterfly net? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshlaBoga Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Does anyone know how to beat that thing? I'm level 60 RDPS and for this thing being a level 53, I cannot for the life of me drop it below a third of it's health. Once you nuke about 2/3rds of his HP, his HP then just floats anywhere between 80K and 120K. This is with my heal comp just set to heal me and not engage boss whatsoever. Someone mentioned Lucky being tough...and he is, but he's clearly meat for large groups. This boss *should* be soloable at my level. Either I'm missing some weird hidden thing you have to do 1st, like obtain some widget or another from a vendor 1st...or this is an abnormally tough boss. Well pre-3.0 I was able to solo it via interrupting it's heals (once it gets below 30% it will start casting a heal). But with the increased interrupt cd this might be much trickier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbfhl Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) How much health does it have? Edited February 4, 2015 by mbfhl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Have you tried using a butterfly net? It's NOT an imaginary Krayt Dragon, silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachannal Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 How much health does it have? Only around 300K. The 1st 200K - I can shave off no issue, but then his heal cast thingy goes, and there's just no DPSing him fast enough after that. Oddly, all of the other Dread Seeded beasties...Wampas, Rakghouls, etc. I killed with nooooooooooo issues. This guy, not so much, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzziki Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Necroooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronkagin Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 You have to use the Holy Hand Grenade of Anchorhead...you buy this from the Jawa sandcrawler near the spaceport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachannal Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 You have to use the Holy Hand Grenade of Anchorhead...you buy this from the Jawa sandcrawler near the spaceport. If it weren't for the fact that I know there's a Jawa vendor near one of the bases that gives you some wacky unique item for some side quest, I'd be a lot less confused about whether or not that was 100% sarcasm ,or not, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachannal Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Necroooooooo Yea, I'm unfashionably late to most parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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