PSA: When soloing Deep Dungeon.

On the 11-20 stretch beware an enemy called Palace Slime, they use an attack called Rupture that is instant with no telegraph and no warning and will hit you even if you're kiting. Made solo impossible on any setup where I had to fight one, it's rather irritating. The move needs a cast time and a telegraph or just a telegraph.

First time it exploded about 5 seconds after pulling it and one shot me, second time around I was kiting it and despite being well out of melee range it still one shot me, any subsequent runs I just avoided them. I was a level 23 paladin at the time with around 800 hp, the move hits for 1600-1800. All other times after I just bypassed them entirely rather than fight them even if it meant skipping a chest.

They don't pop if stunned, and as a PLD you have access to Shield Bash from 18. Just stun them, and kill them quickly. Yes, they suck, but they're not THAT bad. Not compared to certain other mobs in there... Like the Skatenes.

Palace Bee's Final Sting is a killer.

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Originally Posted by Isala

They don't pop if stunned, and as a PLD you have access to Shield Bash from 18. Just stun them, and kill them quickly. Yes, they suck, but they're not THAT bad. Not compared to certain other mobs in there... Like the Skatenes.

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Ugh, Skatanes. Had a matched group that ran into two of them at once, followed by our tank (not paying attention) making large pulls and stepping on a summoning trap. I don't know how the hell we lived through that, but we did.

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Originally Posted by Cakekizyy

Palace Bee's Final Sting is a killer.

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Fight the hornets near a corner and just run around it to LoS them when they start to cast.

Back to topic, I hadn't had a problem with the slimes until I was on the 15th floor with Gloom in effect when I had my first experience with Rupture. Needless to say that I was pissed that my progress was entirely undone by such a cheap move. No telegraph, instant cast, insane damage, dead MNK even with Fists of Earth and Pom Steel. No thanks.

Fortunately you can avoid slimes entirety by toggling walk before getting near them (same for the bigger Nankas, but the small ones still sight aggro).

If you got any Pomander of Witching slimes make a good target, since it prevents them from using any skills.

So that's what's been killing me... twice now I've run across a luring trap and while trying to kill all three mobs I'd suddenly just keel over dead. I thought it was some bug with the luring traps...

My solo experience so far:

Died the first time at the very first floor as MCH.
Died again at the sixth floor as MCH again.

Still want to reach Floor 50 all alone >: D

Any survival tips for me? xD

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

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I'm working on a little spoiler free enemy guide, I don't have the enemy placement on the floor numbers memorized yet but I put as much information as I could recall.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...de-compilation

tried to solo it .... went as mnk ....died to bee final sting like almost every1 :P (bring back memories of sarutabaruta :3) , got to boss on 2nd run , got killed so fast it wasnt even funny (using potions , second wind ) and had full buffs up....that place is not worth to solo , since the dungeon doesnt change if u go solo or light party...

if only solo there were less mobs , or had 1/4 the hp.... maybe sch / smn can solo the place albeit slow....it took 2h:30min for a premade to clear the 50 floors , solo can take what? 10h? and i guess u will die in the 40-49 floors , too many mobs , patrols , add traps bird sleep + minotaur aoe.....= GG

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

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Early floors are pretty easy to solo as a paladin, but the problem that really struck me was actually the time limit. At the higher floors it's really going to be difficult to solo, in my opinion if you want to solo, you basically have to solo the earliest floors until you max out your armor/weapon, then go to the next floor, repeat. But it may just be too difficult to do because of how high the damage is and the dungeon doesn't scale.

yeah even as party 31-40 , 41-50 can be a little rush with the time limit .

if u want to max , u will be doing 1-10 , 1-20 at least 3 times befor even having a chance to do 31-40 , and 41-50? forget it until u farm 31-40 3+ times and even then....if u arent tank or healer or smn, u are in for a rude awakening

Managed to get to the boss on 30 as a BRD. And then died because of the sheer amount of damage that boss does with his autos. And kiting just gets you blasted with the ice and fire puddles anyway.

I died to to those Slime. YOu need avoid them or kill them as quick as possible. If you pull more than 1 you're fucked probably.

Slimes are weak to Stun and Sleep I believe.

My first run of Deep Dungeon.

Dark Knight
Got to level 18 by the time I'd got to level 10 for the boss.

Was cycling my defensive cooldowns every time they were up, using the speed+mp drain skill every time it was up...
Using the HQ Potion every time it was up...

Was barely staying alive, I dipped into double digit HP many times during that boss fight, but I managed to kill him before he could get me to 0 without a potion available.
Leveled to 19 from the boss xp.

im gonna give 11-20 a go tonight solo.(Ninja)

Something people seem to forget - USE THE ITEMS.

The item that gives 40% damage reduction is especially useful (pretty much mandatory, actually) on bosses.

I think it needs to be more solo friendly....like make mobs have less HP. And for bosses do less damage.


Please :/

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Originally Posted by RLofOBFL

I think it needs to be more solo friendly....like make mobs have less HP. And for bosses do less damage.


Please :/

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Then there's no challenge behind it. The devs outright said doing it solo is to see how far you can get since the content is tuned for light parties. The game needs to have more openness for players and its content, not more solo instances.

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

Then there's no challenge behind it. The devs outright said doing it solo is to see how far you can get since the content is tuned for light parties. The game needs to have more openness for players and its content, not more solo instances.

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I don't think the mobs need to be easier for solo, I just think the traps need to be less dickish. The ones that don't outright kill you just make you waste a bunch of time for no reason, and having to clear ten floors already puts time at a premium.

I'd like to see Pomanders of Reraise and/or progress saves every 5 levels. It doesn't even need to actually be the end of the dungeon, but if you make it to floor 17 and die you start back at floor 15. I don't even care if I lose my pomanders. Just let me not waste 30-40 minutes per attempt.

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

Then there's no challenge behind it. The devs outright said doing it solo is to see how far you can get since the content is tuned for light parties. The game needs to have more openness for players and its content, not more solo instances.

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Usually there is at least a chance for the player to make it when you make statements like "see how far you can get". When there isn't a chance at all and the whole thing become legitamately impossible, that's when you start asking questions on whether its luck and something the player can overcome, or if its design that you haven't thought through and making you look like the guy that made level 11 in Battletoads.(for those at home: it couldn't be beaten with 2 players on the NES.)

I'm gonna keep at it, as it helps level the gear, though the boss encounters have me thinking if its still designed for 4 players, mechanics and all.
It doesn't need to be "easy", but it should at least be possible to set up a solo version of the boss encounter for solo players.

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Originally Posted by Kallera

Battletoads.(for those at home: it couldn't be beaten with 2 players on the NES.)

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Of course you could not really beat it with 2 people, in Battletoads you kill you ally 90% of the time.

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Originally Posted by Kallera

...level 11 in Battletoads.(for those at home: it couldn't be beaten with 2 players on the NES.)

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This is amusing, I've compared end game content (usually trials) to the jetski level in battletoads numerous times.

Going to see how far I can get on SMN, seems to be the "safe option". Since I left it at 50 I was able to summon Garuda and Titan (took me by surprise since I thought it would be carbuncles.) once I reach their respective levels, and then once I gained Sustain and a couple levels I was able to solo the boss down without using an item.

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Originally Posted by Tracewood

Going to see how far I can get on SMN, seems to be the "safe option". Since I left it at 50 I was able to summon Garuda and Titan (took me by surprise since I thought it would be carbuncles.) once I reach their respective levels, and then once I gained Sustain and a couple levels I was able to solo the boss down without using an item.

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I had a much easier time than I envisioned doing 1-10 as a BLM. A few mobs are immune to CC but sleep and bind were definitely handy, and when it came to fighting the boss I killed him waaaay faster than I did on Archer or on Warrior.

I'd actually bet that Scholar is the best bet for solo, But I haven't seen much beyond floor 30 solo so I could be mistaken.