PLD, Suggest a gear upgrade path please

[Lucavern]

I am almost positive you still get the threat from Halone combo on Soldiers even though they don't take damage from it. When we do T4, I grab a knight/solider combo with a double flash between them, and then start halone combo on the Soldier. Depending on the healers threat, I may use the 2nd Savage Blade on the Knight.

Interestingly enough, I noticed on last nights run that Flash gets reflected by the Soldiers, and you actually take damage from it. I didn't think to get a screenshot of it, but I will definitely get one on next weeks run. Took ~500 and ~700 dmg from Flash 1 and 2 respectively.

[dark494]

I am almost positive you still get the threat from Halone combo on Soldiers even though they don't take damage from it.

I wonder about that... Unless there's some weird behind-the-scenes enmity calculation that happens despite doing no damage (like you would've done X damage, which would've generated Y enmity points, so have Y enmity points anyway), enmity generation should be strictly based on damage dealt (or points of healing) & enmity modifiers. I've seen on other bosses that when they do something that gives them temporary "invuln" then everything I do that isn't flash has no affect on the enmity bars because all my damage is reduced to 1. I haven't done T4 yet, so I don't know if it's the same kind of invuln as the soldiers (like can you do 1 damage to them or you get that bounce-off invuln message like when mobs outside of dungeons move out of leash range and start running back?).

[CianaIezuborn]

I wonder about that... Unless there's some weird behind-the-scenes enmity calculation that happens despite doing no damage (like you would've done X damage, which would've generated Y enmity points, so have Y enmity points anyway), enmity generation should be strictly based on damage dealt (or points of healing) & enmity modifiers. I've seen on other bosses that when they do something that gives them temporary "invuln" then everything I do that isn't flash has no affect on the enmity bars because all my damage is reduced to 1. I haven't done T4 yet, so I don't know if it's the same kind of invuln as the soldiers (like can you do 1 damage to them or you get that bounce-off invuln message like when mobs outside of dungeons move out of leash range and start running back?).

Thinking back on it I believe it's actually a damage absorbtion shield, like stoneskin, which would make sense that you would still build enmity. As opposed to a damage reduction like the 2nd to last boss in CM or the Eye boss in Darkhold? I'll try it out, if I hit it with a full RoH combo I should be able to tell, I think the over all chaos of the fight may have been sticking me on Flash tunnel vision. Flash works though! Lots and lots of Flash!

[CianaIezuborn]

I am almost positive you still get the threat from Halone combo on Soldiers even though they don't take damage from it. When we do T4, I grab a knight/solider combo with a double flash between them, and then start halone combo on the Soldier. Depending on the healers threat, I may use the 2nd Savage Blade on the Knight.

Interestingly enough, I noticed on last nights run that Flash gets reflected by the Soldiers, and you actually take damage from it. I didn't think to get a screenshot of it, but I will definitely get one on next weeks run. Took ~500 and ~700 dmg from Flash 1 and 2 respectively.

Cool, I'll try that out next time. I was primarily trying to figure out where stuff spawned and get the waves memorized, so when I saw 0 damage I assumed I wasn't building any threat. It was working holding him with flash though, I was just mana starved most of the time and then trying to build up enough mana for the next wave where I got to spam flash again.

It would kind of help also if the soldier/knight buffs were actually translated from what I assume is Japanese. That kept weirding me out when I moused over them.

[Ariyn]

I am almost positive you still get the threat from Halone combo on Soldiers even though they don't take damage from it. When we do T4, I grab a knight/solider combo with a double flash between them, and then start halone combo on the Soldier. Depending on the healers threat, I may use the 2nd Savage Blade on the Knight.

Interestingly enough, I noticed on last nights run that Flash gets reflected by the Soldiers, and you actually take damage from it. I didn't think to get a screenshot of it, but I will definitely get one on next weeks run. Took ~500 and ~700 dmg from Flash 1 and 2 respectively.

You do in fact get threat from comboing on the soldiers. Flash as well is considered magic so they do reflect it back to u as dmg. Ever want to know what your threat is from flash? Just use it on a soldier and watch the dmg you take!