EMERGENCE 2016/04/06(Wed)19:35 No. 714363 ID: c8bc3e
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COLOUR LOCKED
now you are the flyiest member of your party.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/06(Wed)19:59 No. 714366 ID: c8bc3e
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after walking a small distance you are come upon a great black monolith that cuts through the forest, this is where you've tracked the beast.
There seems to be no other entrances to the tower and this likely be your final battle with the Hound.

Capital seems like we've finally managed to corner the beast

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PREPARE BEFORE YOU ENTER THE TOWER?

No

>>714366
Yes, sure. What do we have for combat preparedness exactly?

>>714366
Yes.

...what are our options for preparation?

...Eh, suuure, maybe we can talk to our companions about how bad it would be for the flame to reject us/how to utilize whatever that means.

What can you prepare and how long will it take? If it takes too long you may need to skip preparation in favor of the party.

If it actually is cornered then we can take as long as we like preparing. Hell, we could probably just wait for it to starve, but that would be kinda boring.

Briefly review list of ABILITIES.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/06(Wed)20:48 No. 714379 ID: c8bc3e
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>>714373
Yellow and Cyan are to engrossed in an arguement over tactics to talk about your potential bug problem.
Magenta never talks unless you prompt them too

>Yellow and Cyan are to engrossed in an arguement over tactics to talk about your potential bug problem.
Let's not tell them it wasn't a bug right now.

>Magenta never talks unless you prompt them too
Ask Magenta is she has any advice on how we should prepare, or her opinions of this exercise in general.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/06(Wed)21:04 No. 714385 ID: c8bc3e
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>>714377
You are a SWORDGOD (final tier swordsman progression) lv. 215
which means you are primarily the parties main damage. it also makes you glassy in comparison to Yellow

You can one shot most bosses in REZ, unfortunately The Black Hound is meant to fought by hundreds of player, not 4

While waiting for Cyan and Yellow to stop arguing let's talk to Magenta to see what they plan to do.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/06(Wed)21:30 No. 714392 ID: c8bc3e
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>>714387
I plan to do what I always do.
Which is keep you not dead.
You just focus on stabbing it in the face lots till it stops moving okay.

helps as always it seems, but Yellow and Cyan seem to have stopped bickering so you can go in now.

Okay, so we're DPS, Yellow is the tank, Magenta is the healer. What's Cyan do?

>>714385
>The Black Hound is meant to fought by hundreds of player, not 4
Uhhhhh how is this going to work then?

>>714393
Cyan is a debuff focused class called a Mechro

>>714400
you three other members are the highest level players in REZ, they mostly do hunts for the rare drops at this point.

>The Black Hound is meant to fought by hundreds of player, not 4
Actually that likely isn't as much of an issue as it seems at first glance. In normal design philosophy (which to be fair Rez might not follow), mass-fight bosses tend to go more for AoE or minion spamming than high single target damage, since in the intended boss-vs-hunderds format you generally want to provide a survivable challenge to lots of players rather than an impossible challenge to a few members of the hundreds at a time.

But whether or not that is the case, its time to apply any relevant buffs and head in.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/06(Wed)23:01 No. 714417 ID: c8bc3e
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after being sufficiently buffed,you make your way into the tower.

you wander through a series of twisting corridors until you come to a balcony.

from the balcony you can see the Black Hound, laying in a pool of its own blood covered in dozens of weapons.

You know from experience this beast is very much alive, despite its injury.

SLAY THE BEAST

>>714417
Aw, do we have to? Can't you just use a special skill to capture the big fuzzy lug

Alright fine just rub their head and saw their neck with your sword until you reach bone, and then have one of your squad break open the spine.

>>714417
Let the tank get aggro before you start going to town.

Unless you know of any SPECIAL BOSS MECHANICS that require otherwise, the general procedure is to let the tanky one get aggro.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/07(Thu)00:19 No. 714440 ID: c8bc3e
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Yellow leaps though air to greet the beast below, his defensive wall skills cast

TALLY HOOO~~!!!

EMERGENCE 2016/04/07(Thu)00:34 No. 714444 ID: c8bc3e
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the great beast rises
its multitude of heads snarl in response to Yellow

a health bar appears and dozens of colours layer one over another indicating its massive health score.
Yellow takes a guarded stance in front of the Hound

HUNT YOUR PREY

>>714444
Fight alongside your ally. Just use proper aggro management!

stick your sword in it until-
actually, are crazy combat manuvers a thing?
Take a look at those weapons in it's back-are any of those better than yours or no.

>>714444
All right, tank has agro, time for dps.

Start spamming sword skills. Take off a few heads.

Spam yon rotation. Don't stand in the fire. Don't take aggro. Stay where the healer can see you.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/08(Fri)22:39 No. 715107 ID: c8bc3e
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The Hound rains fiery death on You and Yellow party.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/08(Fri)22:43 No. 715109 ID: c8bc3e
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the heat is intense as all air around you burns
from the assault.

Ah I think the Beast is a tad upset with us, eh?

EMERGENCE 2016/04/08(Fri)22:47 No. 715112 ID: c8bc3e
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>>714472
Crazy combat maneuvers are very much a thing in REZ.

After the Hounds done turning the room a bright orange you make a leap towards its heads.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/08(Fri)22:48 No. 715113 ID: c8bc3e
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And Slice one of the cursed beasts head clean off

EMERGENCE 2016/04/08(Fri)22:56 No. 715121 ID: c8bc3e
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You land on the back of the Hound, it has several Spears sticking out.

Enough showboating.
We're going to be doing this all night at this rate
stick to the plan. you only got one head. its going to get more dangerous from here on out.

Okay. Uh, keep killing it?

>>715121
What was the plan, again?

Start pulling weapons out of its ass and burning them to use special attacks or whatever they're for.

See if you can lop off more than one head at a time. Or heck, that exposed spine looks thin enough to slice clean through.

Aim for the ligaments that control the limbs! For all their heads, the beast needs all their primary limbs to pounce and hunt!

>>715121
Hey, is there only that bit of naked spine attacking the rear of that thing to the front? Let's cut the beast in half!

that lower torso looks mighty thin and vulnerable, quick, attack this weak point for massive damage and hampering it's ability to move.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/09(Sat)19:17 No. 715323 ID: c8bc3e
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>>715203
Great Idea

EMERGENCE 2016/04/09(Sat)19:19 No. 715329 ID: c8bc3e
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well that went clean through, but it only seemed to make it mad

EMERGENCE 2016/04/09(Sat)19:20 No. 715330 ID: c8bc3e
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Before you can react it snatches you with its teeth.

EMERGENCE 2016/04/09(Sat)19:20 No. 715331 ID: c8bc3e
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and tosses you hard onto the ground.

Roll to mitigate force damage!

quick, use that silly umbrella expendable item they thought was only going to be used for jump puzzles

Roll away, get healed, and try to lose aggro.

Roll to absorb the impact, then check it's health.