oriaphyn Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Ok so I had a level 37 Sith Sorcerer and I decided straight up to do the boss fight against Darth Thanaton on Dromund Kass. Anyway, Thanaton gets his apprentice Rolan to fight me. He is a level 40 Elite and is pounding me. He kills Khem Val in no time at all and then provides to chase me. I kite him using Force Slow etc. and I'm about to die. Somehow we end up with him standing at the edge of the walkway, below him is the bottomless pit sort of like Luke vs Vader in Empire Strikes Back. Acting on impulse I use Overload, the ability which knocks back everyone around you in an AoE. He is on half HP and I am on like 10%. He gets knocked back and falls into the bottomless pit. I wait 6 seconds and then the game announces that Rolan is dead and to speak with Thanaton to complete the quest. It feels funny because this was a fight I should not have won. Did Bioware place a bottomless pit in a boss fight stage on purpose knowing that an Overload would instantly win you the fight no matter how low level you were?
MatticusUK Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) I tried to purposely do this on my 37 Sin and Overload simply never worked no matter how many times I used it Edited January 1, 2012 by MatticusUK
Deathforged Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 I did something like this during the starting levels for inquisitor. The part where you are going to get Khem and theres a hallway full of robots after a chasm. I found it was easier to just aggro the robots and run to the chasm and stand behind a corner until they bunched up then I would overload the whole group off.
polarisgrey Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 I tried to purposely do this on my 37 Sin and Overload simply never worked no matter how many times I used it I got killed three times in a row, then read the overload advice here and stood next to the pit and it worked on the first try:D
Wynternight Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 I did something like this during the starting levels for inquisitor. The part where you are going to get Khem and theres a hallway full of robots after a chasm. I found it was easier to just aggro the robots and run to the chasm and stand behind a corner until they bunched up then I would overload the whole group off. LOL!! I did the same thing.
Kassai Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 LOL!! I did the same thing. Didn't we all? Who needs to fight robots when we can laugh and point as they fall to their doom...
oriaphyn Posted January 2, 2012 Author Posted January 2, 2012 Sith Sorcerer + Cliff edge = Instant Win Bioware surely didn't factor this into the equation when they made this game. Now alot of fights have become easy as hell.
Berethos Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 I did something like this during the starting levels for inquisitor. The part where you are going to get Khem and theres a hallway full of robots after a chasm. I found it was easier to just aggro the robots and run to the chasm and stand behind a corner until they bunched up then I would overload the whole group off. I lost a blue doing that, heh. Good thing it was at the end of one of the beta weekends, so I didn't sweat the loss.
zombieDeadDog Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Fantastic!! LOL...absolutely fantastic!! Worked like a charm.
Excise Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Blue-side actually has a quest on Balmorra that's specifically intended to be beaten like this. You fight the final boss in a room with a ton of empty pits, and she is specifically immune to knock-backs... until she gets low on health, at which point you can finish her off the dramatic way.
EthanThristam Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Love that boss, on my Gunslinger I noticed the knockback immunity and figured it was just a feature to prevent it. Then suddenly when she's at about 20% I perform aimed shot(Which has a knockback in my spec), and she suddenly got blasted away and down the bottomless pit shaft. It was amazingly funny at the time. =D
thatghost Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 I'm almost speechless. Really did work like a charm. Okay, speechless but for the laughing (still). That was hilarious Gotta love bottomless pits.
Captain_Zone Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 I actually beat Lord Praven like that on my Knight. The fight takes place on an open air plateau, and I used Force Push on him when he was right by the edge. He went flying and then suddenly appeared in the kneeling and holding broken ribs pose that said the fight was over. I was like WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED???? I was only expecting to knock him down. Not beat him when he still had about 70% health left. lol
Sinemetu Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 Just for the record, you are supposed to kill him, and it is possible to do without this trick. I killed him "normally" on my assassin tank.
thatghost Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 Just for the record, you are supposed to kill him, and it is possible to do without this trick. I killed him "normally" on my assassin tank. I had him lower than 25% health when I pulled this trick with my Assassin being around 75%. That was the second time; the first time I didn't bring in Khem, big mistake. But really, all it boils down to is I had to see it for myself and when I did it made me laugh like no tomorrow. No regrets about it, I'd do it again (and will if I ever roll another SI). Imagine he was pretty much "killed" by the time he hit bottom (or lack thereof, as the case may be)
Captain_Zone Posted April 1, 2012 Posted April 1, 2012 I had him lower than 25% health when I pulled this trick with my Assassin being around 75%. That was the second time; the first time I didn't bring in Khem, big mistake. But really, all it boils down to is I had to see it for myself and when I did it made me laugh like no tomorrow. No regrets about it, I'd do it again (and will if I ever roll another SI). Imagine he was pretty much "killed" by the time he hit bottom (or lack thereof, as the case may be) To quote Riddick: "It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom." - from "Escape From Butcher Bay".
Kaisernick Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Sith Sorcerer + Cliff edge = Instant Win Bioware surely didn't factor this into the equation when they made this game. Now alot of fights have become easy as hell. they certainly didnt thin it through in voidstar pvp on the bridge, cant tell u how many times ive fallen to my death thanks to a JC.
dazednconfuzed Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I did something like this during the starting levels for inquisitor. The part where you are going to get Khem and theres a hallway full of robots after a chasm. I found it was easier to just aggro the robots and run to the chasm and stand behind a corner until they bunched up then I would overload the whole group off. Ha! Yeah, I did this too See, people always said the SI's were the smart Sith, lol.
Grubfist Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Sith Sorcerer + Cliff edge = Instant Win Bioware surely didn't factor this into the equation when they made this game. Now alot of fights have become easy as hell. Go through False Emperor and say that Bioware didn't think it through. And no, I don't mean Malgus. I swear, 50% of the mobs in that flashpoint can be killed by being punted off of cliffs. I'm sure they know about this and encourage it.
Darth_Solrac Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Ok so I had a level 37 Sith Sorcerer and I decided straight up to do the boss fight against Darth Thanaton on Dromund Kass. Anyway, Thanaton gets his apprentice Rolan to fight me. He is a level 40 Elite and is pounding me. He kills Khem Val in no time at all and then provides to chase me. I kite him using Force Slow etc. and I'm about to die. Somehow we end up with him standing at the edge of the walkway, below him is the bottomless pit sort of like Luke vs Vader in Empire Strikes Back. Acting on impulse I use Overload, the ability which knocks back everyone around you in an AoE. He is on half HP and I am on like 10%. He gets knocked back and falls into the bottomless pit. I wait 6 seconds and then the game announces that Rolan is dead and to speak with Thanaton to complete the quest. It feels funny because this was a fight I should not have won. Did Bioware place a bottomless pit in a boss fight stage on purpose knowing that an Overload would instantly win you the fight no matter how low level you were? My Sorc. is LV 37 going on 38. So this tip is greatly appreciated.
c_nehlsen Posted April 14, 2012 Posted April 14, 2012 They must have fixed this "issue" because when I've tried it like 20 times pushing him off, and he just reappears right next to me...
SalmonMax Posted April 22, 2012 Posted April 22, 2012 Confirmed. I tried it too, when I couldn't beat him fair and square. The game respawns him right next to you...though in my game he was actually invisible for a few seconds and got free hits in for my trouble.
ViktorStagnetti Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Necro'd This tactic no longer works. Rolan respawns with the same health as before the fall. He even kept casting lightning while falling.
ShadessaWayland Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 i just hit 38 and i beat him only with Ashara i did nothing only heal her and schield her XD Ashara rely is a beast i love her she hit so dam hard only i need to watch her hp she can die fast to XD
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