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Hey!

I statrted to solo necrosis but i encounter one problem - mainly the power cell respawn.

I kill the machine then all power cells that are around, then pull necro and start beating him. suddenly a power cell respawns and necrosis run to it charges up and unagroes then heals to full ><

I tried e few things like i was just standing there before i engage and blasted those respawning cells over and over and it seems that respawn time is random. I started to saber throw them while fighting necro and sometimes it works but mostly even after i destroyed the cell right after it spawned he will still unagro, charge and heal to full.

Sometimes i manage to kill him before the power cells respawn but mostly they respawn after like 3 minutes of fight and then necro runs away.

Just wondering if anyone has same thing going on and how to deal with it.

cheers

Korgan

Message Edited by unspoken_demise on 07-06-2005 11:19 AM

I tried Necrosis 4 times today, with no success. Best I could do in fact was getting him down about 15k below his max (no matter how quickly I destroyed the Power Cells, he ended up with almost 60k HAM total.

My template is M-Def, Saber 0/4/0/4, Heal 4/0/2/0 Enhance 3/0/0/4 and I figure I should be able to do it w/ this template.

I used all the Foods and Booster Blue as was suggested. I noticed Necrosis almost ALWAYS hit me for near 1k (and he didn't miss too often either). I had to heal a lot because of this, so I ran out of mind and he finished me off. When this happened my Force was down to about half and the fight was about 5 minutes long.

Any advice? I look forward to seeing the Pub-19 version of this guide, cuz Necrosis sure likes to kick my rear.

Seems like everyone is havinga hard time keeping his health manageable. This is what I do essentially when I start the quest. After I speak to Treun, I stand a bit back from the main spawn point...maybe 10m or so away from that main machine where the droids spawn. As soon as I see yellow cells around me, I either put on FR2 or /burst and start nailing all of the machines. Sometimes they will instantly re-spawn, so kill them as soon as they do. After that, I try to 'shake' the aggro that Necrosis has on me so I can focus on the two droids and not be interrupted. This isn't always easy. I can't give a clear answer that will 100% always work because there just isn't one that I'm aware of. You have to be a little resourceful and creative when you want to lose aggro. If you have all the cells gone, then perhaps try to pull Necrosis and the droids past Treun and almost up to that little walkway that leads out past the gate towards where you leave the instance. Once there, stick a root on Necrosis and put him there so you can pull the droids back down. Sometimes you can also KD him and then run away or Snare him and achieve the same effect. Other times, it's just basically *not* touching Necrosis and running around so many times that he will eventually lose aggro on you.

Once you have somehow lost Necrosis on aggro, you need to pull the droids somewhere away from Necrosis so that he will not gain aggro again while you are killing him. I suggest around the corner where you warp into the spawn...just a little ahead. It is hard to describe, so I may need to do a new video for this. Nevertheless, pull them there and start going to town on the two droids. Here is the important thing: If you do happen to see a power cell spawn and it is not within close distance of Necrosis, I would RUN to it ASAP and take it down with saber Throw or whatever the fastest attack you can use as soon as you get in range. If it stays up too long, it doesn't matter if it's blown or not, he will regenerate and gain more health. I can say for sure that 40-50k Necrosis spawns are manageable...I have not done higher ones than that yet, and I would rather not. It can be done though if you do. If you get a spawn where he has more HAM, obviously, your mind is going to drain. When you start to see it get low, root Necrosis or keep him distanced so that you can run around and regain your mind. Never drop aggro though...if you drop aggro, you will cause him to regain his health at a much faster rate than normal while you are fighting. It's not easy, and maybe it would be good to suggest people do this with a doctor's buff...I currently am not.

It seems like the main key is that you want to fight the droids somewhere that you are in the closest distance of the power cell spawn points without getting aggro from Necrosis. For me, at least, this seems to be down a ways near where you spawn as there is one to the left and right that pop frequently, and then the machine is really not too far from that. All of them are within a saber throw distance if you move a little. This is the big issue. I will say for certain if he is at 50k or less, you can do it. Higher than that, I have not tried but I suspect with a good saber, the proper foods and a good strategy, it can be done.

Foods, again, are mainly going to be health buff foods and mind/action regen foods. The action regen isn't as key as it was before. Most are saying they like to use Breath of Heaven and then Canape(I think it is that regens mind? can't remember off the top of my head) to get a +250 regen bonus to mind. I prefer using Mando Wine because it has a high Health buff (+499 on my server) then +200 for both action and mind regen. The health regen of only +50 is negligible as it seems health never regens quickly enough for me. After that, I would say use Pikatta Pie which is just huge all around...one of my favorites. Next is Crispic...depending on who you ask, this is either helping or hurting you. From when I play, I say it helps me but I guess you would have to try for yourself. Next is the Booster Blue...use this and do not use Pixe. This has a health buff bonus, action and mind regen bonuses. The negative on it is a health regen decrease, and as I said again, we are not really concerned about that. Last, I've found that popping a few Synthsteaks at times where Necrosis seems to be hitting harder than normal or your mind is getting low will really help a lot. Sometimes when you get a heal in and it's not enough, waiting another 6 seconds or wasting a knockdown on him to stop him for a moment just won't work. For this, Synthsteak seems to help a lot in minimizing the damage so you can cheat a little on needing to heal. Steak with Infusion seems to be enough to ignore most incoming damage that you're taking so I would go with that. Others like to use Exo Protein Wafers, but for as long as I've played, I have usually found Steak fits my style better. On my server, we have a very good chef, the same one who produced the Mando Wine I use (thanks to Sativa, truly my favorite chef on Ahazi), and I can get Synthsteak that is focused around either Power or Time. For some PvP where it's just a duel and you want to shave a little damage off, Time crafted Steak may be better...for Necrosis, I reccomend ones crafted with Power in mind. The kind I have is 28 filling, 37 duration, and has a 44 mitigation bonus. As a MDef, I'm not sure exactly how much is beneficial with the diminishing returns and what not, but I can say that it does help quite a bit.

I have a post and pre-CU saber, and I actually have no problem using my post-CU one on this mission. I have it to 625-721, 95 SAC, 9FC...which is pretty good for post-CU. Considering I always have more than half my force after I defeat Necrosis, using a lesser saber is definitely NOT out of the question. It just comes down to a matter of managing your mind and how long you can really last. Like I said, you may need mind buffs for this, it would certainly help.

I hope to put another video together soon and finish adding a 'Post 19' version of this so everyone can see that it is a LOT faster than before for me, but school and having fun makes it hard to focus on that But I will try. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to PM me or send a /tell to Ahazi.intaru and I'll try to help you out...sometimes I do get a bit busy or go away from my desk, so if I don't respond, I'm not ignoring you, just probably busy. Thanks for the comments and questions so far.

Message Edited by JediMasterKai on 07-07-2005 08:51 PM

for christs sake people, when are you going to learn that there is no point in soloing??

the CU is about GROUPING!

how long is it gonna take you people to realize that??

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K1k1nth3m0uff wrote:

for christs sake people, when are you going to learn that there is no point in soloing??

the CU is about GROUPING!

how long is it gonna take you people to realize that??

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K1k1nth3m0uff wrote:

for christs sake people, when are you going to learn that there is no point in soloing??

the CU is about GROUPING!

how long is it gonna take you people to realize that??

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Message Edited by Faelazao on 08-23-2005 09:00 PM

Thanks for the great guide.

Intaru (anyone), what color crystal would you recommend using against Necrosis? Does anyone know what he's vulnerable to?

Answer to my own question: Electrical

Also, to some previous posters:

• Fire and Ice: These guys are immune to Stun.


• Menthena's suggestion to walk up tothe exit gate after spawing necro will make it difficult to control the power cell/machine spawns. I tried this and ended up with at 63k ham Necrosis.

Message Edited by Numinuial on 09-21-2005 08:29 PM