omegaful Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 I was soloing the heroic star fortress earlier. Everything was going about as good as I expected (challenging but not impossible), until I got to the part with the robot boss in that brings in back-up every so often. I learned several times about his knock back ability. Normally I would be ok with it except that it would throw me or my companion off the platform. I understand Heroic stuff is difficult to solo but insta-death is a bit much. Maybe a guard rail or something.
XiamaraSimi Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 The knockback is kinda part of the fight, actually paying atention ti your surroundings/position. its not just "Lolzerrrrrrgfaceroll!" All you need to do is position yourself on that path you first cross to get to him that way when he does it, you just run back up the walkway...
omegaful Posted November 10, 2015 Author Posted November 10, 2015 The knockback is kinda part of the fight, actually paying atention ti your surroundings/position. its not just "Lolzerrrrrrgfaceroll!" All you need to do is position yourself on that path you first cross to get to him that way when he does it, you just run back up the walkway... That's a little hard as melee. Usually it happens when I go to clean up the adds, if I don't clean them up my companion get knocked off and I lose the healing. It's not a matter of skill just random chance.
XiamaraSimi Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 I run kotfe on a sin atm, i had zero difficulty clearing the robot boss on all 6 heroic star fortresses, wasnt random at all because i knew exactly where to position myself when started that ability, even if dealing with the 4 adds. Situational awareness/positioning.
Kalfear Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 The knockback is kinda part of the fight, actually paying atention ti your surroundings/position. its not just "Lolzerrrrrrgfaceroll!" All you need to do is position yourself on that path you first cross to get to him that way when he does it, you just run back up the walkway... +1 Exactly! The knockback requires players to THINK about positioning KNOWING they will get tossed backwards at least once Or you (OP that is) could be really groundbreaking and use a skill like "Hold the Line", "Hydralic Override", or the anti knockback/cc ability that every single character class has (some have 2-3) before he uses that ability Or if we get REALLY technical you could interupt the ability and not be knocked back (though to be fair I just use Hold the line on my commando and we never reach a 2nd knock back round, so never tried to interupt the knockback) its not just "Lolzerrrrrrgfaceroll!" All you need to do is position yourself on that path you first cross to get to him that way when he does it, you just run back up the walkway. Or use any assortment of character abilities you have to counter the effect. The Heroic 2 Star Fortress is what other games call normal to easy mode game play so its not rocket science here.
ScarletBlaze Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 You can interrupt when he calls for reinforcements and that would help you as if your interrupt when he calls for reinforcements, the reinforcements don't come if you interrupt in a timely fashion.
Reginleifr Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 I might sound elitist, but come on. You're not playing for the first time or never got knocked back before. ALWAYS position yourself so you can't be thrown off. That's a 101. And after the first time I ignored the incoming backup (to quickly finishing off the droid, then returning to backup), I instantly learned that they will get destroyed upon boss-kill.
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