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Like seeing old friend; like coming home. (reply)

Vortech — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 21:49:24 +0000

Yes. (reply)

stabbim — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:15:44 +0000

Come to think of it, it might be fairly easy depending on how you do it. Maybe have a Defender drop a Blessing bubble near the boss, and whoever's doing the attacking could just dip back into it when they get hit.

Yes. (reply)

Funkmon — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:22:19 +0000

Timer irrelevant. Just never fire a shot, never throw a grenade, you'll get 45k. Did it with two and with three this week. Send a guy, if he dies, send another guy to revive him. Exposure's on for pete's sake. It's hard to die quickly.

We mêlée'd the boss most of the time this week.

Why wouldn't you? (reply)

ProbablyLast — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:33:59 +0000

45k runs aren't hard if you actually melee everything.

You guys might be overthinking it. It isn't fun like the previous two weeks, but it still isn't actually difficult.

But since this topic was about maximizing points, there is no real reason to avoid punching the boss to death when he's obviously going to die soon. Just only send one guy.

Why wouldn't you? (reply)

stabbim — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:07:11 +0000

It seems totally inconsequential until two of you do that and die because it turns out the boss wasn't quite close enough to dead, and the third player who was supposed to be hanging back gets stuck on geometry or panics, and is killed.

I'm basing my assessment on an assumption that 45k runs aren't going to be as easy this week, meaning most of us will probably be doing 3 runs. And if that's the case, 1000 or so extra points isn't going to matter enough for the risk, but also not enough for the wasted time eeking the boss down to just the right level. But I have not actually run it yet this week, so I could be wrong about the totals.

Why wouldn't you? (reply)

ProbablyLast — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:14:35 +0000

Deaths are of zero consequence. Get the boss to a sliver then go punch him twice and you get bonus points for literally no risk.

Until I'm within 20k of the second challenge, very far (reply)

ZackDark — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:49:14 +0000

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Why would you do that? (reply)

Morpheus — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:29:22 +0000

Everyone finds it so imperative to kill the boss using the bonus method. It was headshots, then grenades, now melees. And I'm wondering how far people will go for a few extra points.

Not to mention one of them has no pound (reply)

ZackDark — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:03:23 +0000

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Why would you do that? (reply)

stabbim — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 05:57:39 +0000

I think the bonuses are bigger when applied to the boss. But even so, I doubt many people will risk it this week.

I'm definitely in. My Defender's going to wreck them. :)

Why would you do that? (reply)

Blackt1g3r — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 05:01:47 +0000

Why would you try to melee the boss? It only gets you like 160 extra points or whatever each round. You get 1000 just for killing the boss period.

Yeah, I Might Skip This One. (reply)

Morpheus — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 04:28:21 +0000

Trickle and Exposure? No Brawler either. I don't think Monte Carlo will be enough to sway me.

Anyone gonna try and melee the boss?

No, didn't think so.

Found it fairly simple. (reply)

Funkmon — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 04:01:41 +0000

Me and probablylast got 47k or so per run. We just punched guys.

Gunslingers are your best friends (reply)

Xenos — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:44:29 +0000

Ran it this morning with double throwing knives and Juggler on, I easily got 30% more points than my teammates without breaking a sweat. When my throwing knives ran out, killed a couple enemies with Monte Carlo and I was back at it.

Probably grind more than challenge. Won't be hard per se... (reply)

slycrel — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:53:56 +0000

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This is what the non-generic item system was made for (reply)

MacAddictXIV — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:28:48 +0000

One more reason I love this PoE challenge. We have all this loot that we have collected and now we can finally scheme and plan the best way to approach each weeks challenge. This is like Nightfall by times ten! I love it!

Dust off the ole' Monte Carlo (reply)

Blackt1g3r — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:24:11 +0000

And Sealed Ahamkara Grips. Also, that gunslinger talent that makes precision throwing knife kills automatically refresh your knife. There's probably a reason to be a non-hunter, but I don't know what that might be.

The gunslinger throwing knife with automatic reset on precision kills will be ideal this week for sure. Plus, the kills count as both melee kills and precision kills. Last week that gave me the same points as a grenade kill when I tried it so this week that will be the best way to max out the score. Guess I'll have to dust off my hunter even though I like my Titan more. :)

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ZackDark — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:21:31 +0000

Gunslingers will have a blast.

I do think the new-and-improved Sunsingers might have a good chance too, with our own Ahamkara and Song of Flame. Remember, kids, Fireborn slows melee charge now!

This just in! Challenge of the Elders to be a Challenge! ;-) (reply)

dogcow — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:20:54 +0000

I look forward to trying this out.

Dust off the ole' Monte Carlo (reply)

Kahzgul — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:18:10 +0000

And Sealed Ahamkara Grips. Also, that gunslinger talent that makes precision throwing knife kills automatically refresh your knife. There's probably a reason to be a non-hunter, but I don't know what that might be.