Deep Dungeon Solo Progression Thread

[Caitlyn]

Got to the 40th Floor on Summoner today!

Boss fight.
I use Titan-Egi and plan to Interrupt his Scream ( I think ) ability.

The boss summons adds, which are easy to take care of.
Then the boss begins casting room-wide AoE. I try to use Titan-Egi's stun, but I don't make it in time.
HP goes from full to 69 instantly.

Then the boss immediately casts the same room wide AoE again.
No hope. Died.

At the time, the boss was in the center of the room.
Maybe it looked like the AoE covered the entire room.

My question is: Is 40th floor boss's AoE really room-wide or is it just really big? For example, if I keep the boss on the edge of the room, will there be a safe zone of the other side for me to run to?

I think your selfheal + pot could safe you from there. I m not sure, if its stunnable. But its a room-wide AoE, so you cant dodge it.

The problem behind Solo or Double Team Palace of the Dead is the damn time limit.

If you try to rush trough each floor, you re not strong enough for the next fights and missing some important pomanders.
If you level your character, you re running out of time or get killed by random encounters or traps.

I totally swear, some enemies hitting so hard at later floors. I still love the challenge, but to dying at the last floors is so frustrating.

[FinaSel]

I think your selfheal + pot could safe you from there. I m not sure, if its stunnable. But its a room-wide AoE, so you cant dodge it.

I was level 55 at the time of the boss fight, with 7 minutes remaining, and the AoE + attack which comes immediately after it took me to 69 HP.

I did used a potion and began self healing, but the boss immediately used the AoE after that again.

Also, Titan-Egi's stun ability's cooldown is too long. Even if I had successfully stunned the first one, the cooldown would not have been ready for the second.

Ifrit-Egi also has a stun ability, but I'm not sure how well Ifrit-Egi will be able to tank it. I might try it one more time and hope my stuns can be used quickly enough.

I got as far as 20 using both blm and nin, but always running out of time before getting enough mobs to level high enough for my liking. Can only manage to get to about lvl 22-23 on 1-10, then about 32-33 11-20. Spent 15 minutes running down the clock on lvl 19, but very few mobs respawned, certainly not enough for any kind of levelling.

Using food which increases your EXP rate and also a Company Action which increases EXP rate might help.
I haven't tried it yet, but I think I am going to, if I reset my progress.