Solo Dungeons -- Anyone else doing this?

I've been solo'ing ARR dungeons/trials in my downtime with Undersized Party. I'm curious as to whether or not anyone else is attempting this and what success/fails they've had. Below is a list of what I've completed as 60 DRK:

Dungeons (completed)
Amdapor Keep
Aurum Vale
Haukke (and everything below)

Trials
Garuda (Story Mode - Complete)
Titan (Story Mode - I can get the heart down, but not before Gaol which is instant reset)
Ifrit (Story Mode - Complete)
Cape Westwind (Not complete, but am getting closer to victory)

I've been having a lot of fun with this as well.

As lvl 60 whm:
Satasha normal -completed
EDIT: Dzemael Darkhold -completed
Aurum Vale -completed
Garuda Story -completed
Ifrit Story -completed

I'm having the same problem as you are with titan Story Mode. My current project is to solo Pharos Sirius. I've gotten Siren down to 13% but so far I inevitably mess up at some point and get caught by a sergeant. I think it is doable though, it just requires more practice on my part.

I'll have to try Pharos Sirius. Good to know others are trying this. For Titan, I don't know if Gaol can be escaped or not (i.e. dps heart fast enough to where he absolutely will not cast it).

Did a bunch of them when it was first implemented. I think alot of people did, but I think with the new content it kinda fell by the wayside. It was amusing to pull everything in Sastasha to the first boss and one CoS just about wiped everything out.

I've tried as well. Pretty fun steam rolling everything in my way. lol I need to do some more in the future.

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Originally Posted by One_Time

For Titan, I don't know if Gaol can be escaped or not (i.e. dps heart fast enough to where he absolutely will not cast it).

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I have some vague ideas for going back when I'm got SMN at 60 to see if getting past the heart gaol is even possible. Something like Int pot ->raging strikes ->tri-disaster->fester.

Yeah, soloing one of the primals actually does kinda make you feel like you are this all powerful warrior of light. Except Titan. Why is it always Titan?

I've actually been avoiding doing it at all because it's not fun to me personally. And I'm quite angry that I can't queue with min ilevel checked without a full party because I can't find enough people to do it with and it'd be nice if I could do it with random strangers on my data center.

i farmed all the new weapons from stone vigil
and halfway thro soloing Ifrit HM on PLD, get past the nails and >1k hp lol

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Originally Posted by krazyrs

i farmed all the new weapons from stone vigil
and halfway thro soloing Ifrit HM on PLD, get past the nails and >1k hp lol

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New weapons from stone vigil? Huh?

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Originally Posted by Naria

I have some vague ideas for going back when I'm got SMN at 60 to see if getting past the heart gaol is even possible. Something like Int pot ->raging strikes ->tri-disaster->fester.

Yeah, soloing one of the primals actually does kinda make you feel like you are this all powerful warrior of light. Except Titan. Why is it always Titan?

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Friend said he was able to barely squeek by the heart gaol on DRG, but the next gaol did him in before he even got close. Titan is just gonna be one of "those" primals until we are iLevel 300+

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Originally Posted by Rover1983

New weapons from stone vigil? Huh?

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Stone Vigil drops some of the coolest looking weapons, so people are farming it for the new astrologist, machinist, and dark knight ones.

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Originally Posted by Velox

Friend said he was able to barely squeek by the heart gaol on DRG, but the next gaol did him in before he even got close. Titan is just gonna be one of "those" primals until we are iLevel 300+



Stone Vigil drops some of the coolest looking weapons, so people are farming it for the new astrologist, machinist, and dark knight ones.

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Hard mode or regular Stone Vigil? Sorry, been out of the loop for awhile. Just recently came back right before the expansion hit.

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Originally Posted by Rover1983

Hard mode or regular Stone Vigil? Sorry, been out of the loop for awhile. Just recently came back right before the expansion hit.

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Regular Stone Vigil I believe, they added AST, MCH and DRK weapons to all the old dungeons (30+ ones if I remember correctly).

I got the MCH in a run and its a GUNBLADE. So yea that place drops good vanity gear.

http://xivdb.com/?item/10500/Blue-Steel

http://xivdb.com/?item/10562/Capella

http://xivdb.com/?item/10438/Lockheart

Nice to see many of these dungeons are soloable at 60. Thanks for the info!

Completely wrecked Amdapor Keep (normal) as level 60 summoner. The demon wall was a joke. I didn't even need Titan-Egi except on the last boss. It was so much fun.

I started Sastasha solo just to see what it was like, and had to go AFK at first boss when someone showed up at door. When I came back they were dead, due to auto-attacks I suppose... I wasn't even on Summoner where a set of DOT's + a pet attacking would have made this a predictable result for me. And it wasn't even a level 50 job I was on.

I solo'd Praetorium as a level 60 WHM. It was hard and there were a few deaths, but taking down Ultima all by myself made me involuntarily shout random war cries irl. I think Regen saved me more than I care to admit, but still it was a hype experience to say the least.

I managed to beat Titan story mode with my i180 Monk. Took about half a dozen tries, but I managed to time GS to keep my stacks into heart phase and blow him away with fully buffed Forbidden Chakra and Tornado Kick before he could cast Gaol. If he even so much as starts to think about casting it, you're too late since the gaol still traps you as he's being incapacitated. After heart phase, I beat him before I ever saw him cast another gaol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0VMF4WOcrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhE6rQv9ngs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXP7cyN42zk

Did these, unfortunately Siren is pretty much impossible due to the debuff she puts on you (for WAR that is, healer or PLD should be able to). Also did Halatali HM fully, which was a lot of fun and I should probably record that sometime.

Here, here!
I've gone through The Sunken Temple of Qarn as a lone lvl 55 PLD. I'm in the process of experimenting with Halatali Hard to ascertain what's the reasonable minimum (in terms of both effective level and gear iLvl) for an acceptable run when doing HM dungeons - those mammets hit hard, after all. Glad it's certainly affordable once you've hit the sixties, per Spooky's previous post.

For cases such as Titan, I concur that mechanics might still trump the power boost we get at higher levels when going in solo. Still going to see what happens, though...

Going a bit on the other end of the spectrum, I figured I'd try to see what the minimum is to solo some of the starting dungeons -- so far, all I've cleared is Sastasha as a 27 gladiator. I was taking it fairly slowly and cleared with about 17 minutes left -- not too bad for a first attempt, I think, especially since it was only my second time overall in there.

Solo'd Cape Westwind on SCH in early i170 with some difficulty. Got easier at i180 when I streamed it. Working on Pharos Sirius. Siren is a tough cookie to once she's under 50% and the debuffs becomes overwhelming because you have to keep healing, cleansing while running from stupid adds that bind and disable you. I will probably stream it again tomorrow while going for the solo clear.

I done all normal dungeons as AST even CM & PM.

- bray hm ( you HAVE TO eat mega bomb & some bomb scatter AoEs + hit and run on last boss ) ur dps too low as ur goal is to conserve mana for the long run.
About 24 mins due to me wiping 3 times on last boss.

Ifrit HM.
- one long ass kite fest
( swiftcast combust 2, combust, aero in CS ) run in a circle while spamming malefic 2 with LS. YOU NEED TO EAT HELLFIRE as ur dps is too low and u will be eating flamethrower so shield and heal ( hits for 9k-10k dmg )

Hullbreaker
- just takes a while for last boss cuz yea lol..

Pharos sirius
- another kite fest..
1st boss kill with dots and kill adds or kite and heal every explosion/ dmg from captain.
2nd boss dot and kill, zu\\'s do little dmg.
Siren = kite fest ugh , noct aspected benedic spam to nullify deathly verse etc. there will be like 6 seargents at the end as she will have hit " enrage " thus sending out maximum adds to come and kill u.

Update- Ast pov
( Copperbell hm )
- boss 1-
Pretty normal, can skip flambeaus and dot boss / gravity adds
-boss 2 -
Easy just bomb and 1 shot sprites in Cs with malefic 2.
- boss 3-
Kinda have to kite a bit and feed worm as u will kinda start going oom if u just eat the quicksand. Adds die in 2 hits or so. Just watch for grand slam barrages.

( quarn hm )
MOBS HERE ARE TOUGH
Hit u for 1-1.5k auto
Decent hp pool
Petrify/ poison debuffs
-Boss 1-
Pretty simple just dot boss parts then gravity or malefic 2 adds.
-boss 2-
;-; kinda tough but just gotta prep some mana for her sabotender tackle that does 2k dmg. 2 malefics2 should break her counting & will kill big adds in 3-5 hits.
-boss 3-***
You cannot beat it as he will mummify u at 40% with the tether and kill u with his attacks. U can celestial the 1st tether and stun him thus allowing u to run away and break tether. He does decent damage crunches tht do 2-2.5k dmg.

I got wrecked on the first boss in Aurum vale on my BLM.

Updateee lol
Lost city of amdapor is impossible too unless ur smn i guess as the 1st boss will insta kill u after spitting u out. Tried to shield etc against it but it hits u for max hp so ur dead regardless.

Highest I've soloed is Westwind as WHM. Duo on Ifrit HM and that was too easy.

I tried Garuda HM solo attempt on PLD at 54. That didn't go so well. As in, I got smoked lol. I'm going to try to solo all of the HM primals though, or at least try. Odin/Ultima/Nabrieles I don't know if I'll try......probably for the giggles.

Haukke HM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyiHpJPnn-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_28xuKTmWk

Tam-Tara HM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=horzJDTCs1w

Haven't actually went back in to fight the last boss of Tam-Tara because Spare Body took me so long. Trying to keep Paiyo alive was insanely annoying. Haukke wasn't so bad but Halicarnassus was a bit of a pain.

I'd like to do Haukke HM solo but it will be super hard as a monk. lol XD But does look like fun.

Did Pharos and Hullbreaker no sweat on SCH. Only like i156 too. Might try the others now that I've got better gear

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

Haukke HM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyiHpJPnn-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_28xuKTmWk

Tam-Tara HM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=horzJDTCs1w

Haven't actually went back in to fight the last boss of Tam-Tara because Spare Body took me so long. Trying to keep Paiyo alive was insanely annoying. Haukke wasn't so bad but Halicarnassus was a bit of a pain.

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Why is that first video labeled with Five Nights at Freddy's?

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Originally Posted by Amelia_Pond_Behemoth

Why is that first video labeled with Five Nights at Freddy's?

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I couldn't think of names so I just put whatever came to mind. P: