@@ItsukoKomi guess I better get in search of the right people 🙂 I have thrown the idea around of using a VPN. Knowing my luck I’d get banned right away 😅
Sorry for the long post, I'm the tank player btw :) There are strategies and boss mechanics that you can't easily tell from just watching the video. To give an example and elaborate, the last two bosses (red, blue goblins) will skill lock and fear you, respectively, for every attack: Skill lock is pretty obvious, you can't use skills for a certain amount of time Fear causes the player to run away from the enemy that feared you and can be cleansed with the help of a teammate Some examples of Zakum being affected by the debuffs: 8:34 Skill Lock (Red Goblin Attack) 8:43 Fear (Blue Goblin Attack) 9:27 Cleansing fear debuff for a damage dealer (DPS) To counteract this mechanic, Aegis Fighter (tank player) can use their ultimate skill, deal damage, and cast their ultimate again, leveling it up and applying various buffs to the party. Once they use level 3 ultimate, everyone in the party gets the status immunity buff, so the team can coordinate when to go all out on DPS without having to dodge. You also have to kill the bosses in a certain order to manipulate the spawns or the run will take longer: twitter.com/_zakum/status/1813875021082972261 --- General MMORPG guidelines: Tank: Position the boss properly, keep it aggro'd on you, and stand on the opposite side of your team so they can deal damage without having to worry about the boss. Also manipulate the boss so that it moves the least / does the least attacks to your team. Usually acts as the In-Game Leader (IGL) who calls out what mechanics are going on / what the team should be doing, but any other role can be an IGL. Damage Dealer (DD / DPS): Stay alive and deal as much damage as possible, but don't forget to buff and debuff! Healer: Heal, buff, debuff, reduce incoming damage. Healing during critical moments is more valuable than healing consistently so don't just spam skills. It is everyone's responsibility to provide useful information throughout the run. Don't just play the game without thinking! Play together and act as one squad / unit! MMORPGs are way more fun when you are actively collaborating together to reach a goal. --- Blue Protocol responsibilities and nuances: Everyone: - Summon B-imagines at certain time intervals (Zakum is supposed to summon his 1&2 b-imagines every minute at xx:30 on the dungeon timer) The B-imagines may give damage reduction, damage dealt up, etc. - Position properly and follow the mission's macro strategy (the twitter post mentioned earlier) Damage reduction (DR) - Apply debuffs to the enemies to make them deal less damage (adds up to 100%) Damage reduction (DR) - Apply buffs to the party to reduce incoming damage (adds up to 100%) Tank: - At the moment, the aggro system is buggy so the bosses just turn to the DPS / Healers; I hope they fix this! - Certain Boss attack patterns should be canceled (e.g., 4:50 in the video the purple dogorman initiates wave attack (pound on chest) and then gets staggered by tank before he can cast it) DPS: - May need to save certain skills to stagger enemies (e.g., 5:42 in the video. Those bees run over and explode and one-shot you, so better to save hard hitting / stagger skills for this moment) Healer: - Do healer stuff, nothing too special in this game compared to other MMORPGs. tl;dr game is hard because you have to learn your class, the enemies' attack patterns, and play as a team
two people here cleared for the first time, although we had all made it to the end a couple times before. our time on the final bosses was pretty decent, but the final bosses take a bit of learning and experience to optimize (I believe they can be brought down to 2-3 mins). at the start we used decided to wait for the tripod to group where the crystal will spawn instead of rushing it, to reduce casualties, though the preferred strategy is to brute force kill it even after the crystal spawns. additionally, blitz lancer is currently the weakest DPS class. a heavy smasher would've been preferred for the grouping potential as every enemy except the tripod can be pulled. we were also missing a couple battle imagine buffs. all in all, with the optimizations listed above and experience on the final bosses, this same team probably could clear in 9:00~9:30 with current gear 🎉
@@Zakum @ItsukoKomi noted, thank you for this. As someone who is waiting for the game and only watches Zakum videos about BP, the buffs and debuffs were crazy. Good luck on the grind
the secret hunting zone tech 🤫
HUHH
Seriously can’t wait to play.
You can definitely play, just need to know the right people to get you in
@@ItsukoKomi guess I better get in search of the right people 🙂 I have thrown the idea around of using a VPN. Knowing my luck I’d get banned right away 😅
then don't wait 🫢
@@Zakum 👀👀 got any one in mind.
@@MMO_Bean u have a discord?
I never thought I'd see a game with more boon/condition spam than GW2.
i will always be waiting for global couz only then i can play here in Philippines.
chances are pretty low now, but still hoping...
Hope for global! There are ways to play in Japan if you find the right people ;)
holy that last minute.
Did the run go slower only because the mobs werent grouped most of the time?
Sorry for the long post, I'm the tank player btw :)
There are strategies and boss mechanics that you can't easily tell from just watching the video.
To give an example and elaborate, the last two bosses (red, blue goblins) will skill lock and fear you, respectively, for every attack:
Skill lock is pretty obvious, you can't use skills for a certain amount of time
Fear causes the player to run away from the enemy that feared you and can be cleansed with the help of a teammate
Some examples of Zakum being affected by the debuffs:
8:34 Skill Lock (Red Goblin Attack)
8:43 Fear (Blue Goblin Attack)
9:27 Cleansing fear debuff for a damage dealer (DPS)
To counteract this mechanic, Aegis Fighter (tank player) can use their ultimate skill, deal damage, and cast their ultimate again, leveling it up and applying various buffs to the party. Once they use level 3 ultimate, everyone in the party gets the status immunity buff, so the team can coordinate when to go all out on DPS without having to dodge.
You also have to kill the bosses in a certain order to manipulate the spawns or the run will take longer:
twitter.com/_zakum/status/1813875021082972261
---
General MMORPG guidelines:
Tank:
Position the boss properly, keep it aggro'd on you, and stand on the opposite side of your team so they can deal damage without having to worry about the boss. Also manipulate the boss so that it moves the least / does the least attacks to your team. Usually acts as the In-Game Leader (IGL) who calls out what mechanics are going on / what the team should be doing, but any other role can be an IGL.
Damage Dealer (DD / DPS):
Stay alive and deal as much damage as possible, but don't forget to buff and debuff!
Healer:
Heal, buff, debuff, reduce incoming damage. Healing during critical moments is more valuable than healing consistently so don't just spam skills.
It is everyone's responsibility to provide useful information throughout the run. Don't just play the game without thinking! Play together and act as one squad / unit! MMORPGs are way more fun when you are actively collaborating together to reach a goal.
---
Blue Protocol responsibilities and nuances:
Everyone:
- Summon B-imagines at certain time intervals (Zakum is supposed to summon his 1&2 b-imagines every minute at xx:30 on the dungeon timer) The B-imagines may give damage reduction, damage dealt up, etc.
- Position properly and follow the mission's macro strategy (the twitter post mentioned earlier)
Damage reduction (DR) - Apply debuffs to the enemies to make them deal less damage (adds up to 100%)
Damage reduction (DR) - Apply buffs to the party to reduce incoming damage (adds up to 100%)
Tank:
- At the moment, the aggro system is buggy so the bosses just turn to the DPS / Healers; I hope they fix this!
- Certain Boss attack patterns should be canceled (e.g., 4:50 in the video the purple dogorman initiates wave attack (pound on chest) and then gets staggered by tank before he can cast it)
DPS:
- May need to save certain skills to stagger enemies (e.g., 5:42 in the video. Those bees run over and explode and one-shot you, so better to save hard hitting / stagger skills for this moment)
Healer:
- Do healer stuff, nothing too special in this game compared to other MMORPGs.
tl;dr game is hard because you have to learn your class, the enemies' attack patterns, and play as a team
two people here cleared for the first time, although we had all made it to the end a couple times before.
our time on the final bosses was pretty decent, but the final bosses take a bit of learning and experience to optimize (I believe they can be brought down to 2-3 mins).
at the start we used decided to wait for the tripod to group where the crystal will spawn instead of rushing it, to reduce casualties, though the preferred strategy is to brute force kill it even after the crystal spawns.
additionally, blitz lancer is currently the weakest DPS class. a heavy smasher would've been preferred for the grouping potential as every enemy except the tripod can be pulled.
we were also missing a couple battle imagine buffs.
all in all, with the optimizations listed above and experience on the final bosses, this same team probably could clear in 9:00~9:30 with current gear 🎉
@@Zakum @ItsukoKomi noted, thank you for this. As someone who is waiting for the game and only watches Zakum videos about BP, the buffs and debuffs were crazy.
Good luck on the grind
@@eurus101 it's possible for you to play ;)
U have a discord?
Carry me
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