My experience soloing CM's boss last night

So last night I needed some philo. Decided to give CM a shot since I had never experienced post-patch CM before. I walk in and immediately one of the tanks start complaining about people in cutscenes.

This is literally how this kid types: "Whys the monk (not me, the other AF monk) in cutscenes? this is why we need a ****in votekick to ****in get these slow *****es out of here". I was like "relax im a monk in full DL i got this let him watch the cutscenes".

So basically that one tank is complaining and complaining the entire time about being slowed down by the cutscene watchers, so by the time we got past the cannons and to the final boss, I was quite fed up with it. The party was starting to wipe to the collosus at the cannon (why? Who knows) but 3 of us managed to get into the boss room. a Collosus snuck into the bossroom and killed two people right before the fight started. The fight started, gate locked behind me, and I was the only person, a monk, in the bossroom.

I decided to solo it while the other 7 were outside the gate going "wtf". Propped fists of wind -> sprint, kited boss and adds. To regen health I propped mantra -> second wind with the occasional bloodlust. When I felt ready to fight adds, switched to fists of earth -> foresight and let loose. The fight took a total of 15 minutes while the tank was like "WTF IS GOING ON **** YOU MONK EVERYBODY REPORT HIM". Downed phase 1, let everyone in the room for phase 2, and started phase 2 boss, finished it, and people were a bit happier. Some said they reported the tank for harrassment as they left, and all was good.

So yeah, the phase 1 boss is soloable, my gear was full DL with 2 allagan and relic +1. Phase 2 might be soloable but it'll be a lot more difficult and probably not possible for a Monk. Warrior would have better luck I imagine. Kind or ridiculous that one person can take on a raid boss that 8 players are supposed to fight though and come out the victor. I always knew that boss was easy.

But anyway, I fulfilled my lifelong dream in this game and decided: Never again CM, never again.

Any other similar experiences or comments?

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Originally Posted by Alyko

So you decided to drag out a 5-minute boss fight to 15 minutes? Well done.

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You must be someone that tells people to skip cutscenes in DF of all places. I don't really mind.

So you decided to drag out a 5-minute boss fight to 15 minutes? Well done.

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Originally Posted by Alyko

So you decided to drag out a 5-minute boss fight to 15 minutes? Well done.

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And I would've sat there and watched it. :P

I don't get what you are trying to prove here. It is to tell everyone that you can solo an 8 Man Boss? Instead of wiping and let everyone in to make the fight last 3 minutes, you decided to make the fight 15+ minutes long while everyone is stuck outside and watching. I don't know if I wanted to stay in that situation myself.

So you solo'd the first phase where the boss deals literally 50 damage per hit?

I avoid CM like the plague for this reason. Makes me wonder/fear how bad duty finder Crystal Tower is going to be. 8 people can rarely get along.... 24 is going to be bad!

If someone acted like that towards me... I would "rewatch" the CS. XD

There's always babies like that in CM. Getting mad because new people watching cutscene. If they really want to speed run it them formed a party at Mor Dhona or something. Should have known by now that DF always pair the group up to 1-4 new people.

It's nice to see a boss being soloed. :D Grats, hope the tank will get some punishment for his harassment. -_-

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Originally Posted by Zaiken

I don't get what you are trying to prove here. It is to tell everyone that you can solo an 8 Man Boss? Instead of wiping and let everyone in to make the fight last 3 minutes, you decided to make the fight 15+ minutes long while everyone is stuck outside and watching. I don't know if I wanted to stay in that situation myself.

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This. The tank was most likely pissed that you were holding up the run instead of just dying. Leaving over CS watchers is stupid, but some guy dragging on the fight just for their moment of narcissistic glory would piss me off too. Good thing 2.1 will keep OP out of my parties.

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Originally Posted by Alyko

This. The tank was most likely pissed that you were holding up the run.

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I see you two miss the irony. A guy telling people to skip cutscenes so he can get the fastest run possible could not get in the bossroom fast enough, and all he could do was watch the fight like it was a cutscene. Do unto others as you want done onto yourself. I made friends with the AF Monk after, but he was from a different server, so it was not meant to be!

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Originally Posted by Vantwan

So you solo'd the first phase where the boss deals literally 50 damage per hit?

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I see you are a Gladiator! Unfortunately you would be unable to beat the encounter. The real bossfight here is/was the Adds. I believe only Monk/Bard/Warrior have the ability to. DPS is the key. Keep in mind even though the boss itself does low damage, he can interrupt casts and does so consistently, and the real damage comes from the adds. There will be about 6 adds on you, and if you can't burn them out quick enough, you'll have all 6 trying to kill you at once. I was only able to survive because I could DPS the adds as they were fighting the cannons so I only had to deal with 3, in combination with the boss. It was challenging, I was at 1% HP multiple times throughout the fight and I almost died on more than one occasion. (P.S: There were so many adds eventually that I had to pop LB 3 times total to cut them down or else I would have died)

I don't mind people watching cutscenes but I don't want a 5 minute fight become a 15 minute fight either. Seriously what was the point of it?

Ohh he's calling the gladiator out! ;)

No OP, you're the douchebag.

Cant believe tc is bragging about this Lol p1 of that boss fight is more an annoyance than a boss fight.

It will be an entertainment show for me while I sit and wait lol. Job well done though OP

the fact that people are still speed running cm is disturbing...

and the fact that people are too impatient to let people let someone watch a short cinematic is alarming. are you seriously going to die if you lose a few a few minutes because someone wanted to follow the plot in sequence rather than post-ex-facto?

but nice job soloing that. i think i could do that on bard...maybe? might be able to do it on paladin too, but that is a long-shot. (i would have to take it one add at a time too. stoneskin OP)

All i can say is 2 wrongs do not make a right, the tank was in the wrong for badmouthing the CS watcher aka newbie who wanted to enjoy the game instead of SRing the place, and the OP was in the wrong dragging out a fight just to pay back the tank. and on a side note, why SR castrum anyways? WP is soooooo much faster, and gives myth tomes too, which is the real deal for your relic and myth gear.

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Originally Posted by saber_alter

the fact that people are still speed running cm is disturbing...

and the fact that people are too impatient to let people let someone watch a short cinematic is alarming. are you seriously going to die if you lose a few a few minutes because someone wanted to follow the plot in sequence rather than post-ex-facto?

but nice job soloing that. i think i could do that on bard...maybe? might be able to do it on paladin too, but that is a long-shot. (i would have to take it one add at a time too. stoneskin OP)

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Pretty disturbing i must say.
Didn't they promised they would take care to suppress any form of abuse speedrunning/rushing a dungeon with a fix? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Scratchs

I avoid CM like the plague for this reason. Makes me wonder/fear how bad duty finder Crystal Tower is going to be. 8 people can rarely get along.... 24 is going to be bad!

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I get the feeling a lot of people are gonna only go with FC mates or something into CT.

I would have sat there for 15 minutes watching the OP and mocking the tank. If you run CM/Prea for tomes at this point you are just bad.

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Originally Posted by Rochetm

If you run CM/Prea for tomes at this point you are just bad.

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Well, yes but I still find enjoyment in those dungeons and helping to guide newer players through it from time to time.
The Philosophy is just an added bonus.
But if you're hoping to speedrun those through DF these days you are indeed an idiot, or living under a rock.

I DF for relaxed runs, sometimes I have to change my rottions up in WP due to lack of dps, but it was fun.

People still complain about newcomers watching cutscenes? What exactly is their problem?

When I was tanking CM, I always said in the beginning "Feel free to watch the cutscenes". Why? Because it feels so much better watching them in context than in your inn room or on Youtube.