Temptation`VV

I just created this thread for everyone to bitch gripe and complain about this encounter.. Pirate Jones...

Pirate Jones--> 85^^^ with one constant add Rrarwrk--> 85^^^ bird.
At 73% there is a wave of pirates that come on board to join the fight, they are 84^^, (3 of them).
Another wave of Pirates come at 33% 84^^ ( also 3 of them).

For everyone having trouble post your problems, for those who have completed this part, please post the strats you used and grp make up to help those is need.

Thanks, hope this helps those who are having trouble....

Also, do not bash those who cannot get past this part, this is a help thread not a (make fun of the less fortunate thread).

sinuz

the lvl85^^^ bird doesnt spawn always.
we killed him with guardian, warden, illusionist, troubadour, swash, swash.

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Temptation`VV

What did you do about the pirate adds.. his AOE his knockback his stifle... these are the things giving people hell..

Strats also Please

Kellindril

Guardian, Warden, Inquisitor, Swash, Assassin, Illusionist.

Illusionist keept the pirate adds locked down and we burned the named. We all piled in the corner so that the tank didnt' get knocked away from the healers. At 70% I hit my advanced warning to be up when the first set of adds spawned. The assassin used AoE immunity at some point and the inquisitor cast his AoE immunity on the Warden to protect her before the second set of adds. After named was dead we killed the mezzed adds one by one.

Lauraliane

we did him with :

Wizard, zerker, Swash (duh!), fury, defiler, warden

swash,fury and warden used anti AE to avoid the stifle. (23 sec timed btw), zerker AE like hell to keep adds on him, and tons of healing ! I was the wizard and just focused on Jones, burning his sorry ass.
Oh btw, had to use Solusek Ro miracle too :p it was getting a bit messy toward the end :p

Another strat we tried at first was to charm the bird with an illu, but it tends to despawn quite fast in fact, and mezzing that tons of add isn't that easy. We found that adding a third healer just to NOT die, was best.

Odeius

I was able to kill him with the following:

Group:
Guardian, Inquisitor, Defiler, Necromancer, Swashbuckler x2.

Strategy:
I put the healers and necro on the stairs that went up to the zone exit, the guardian in the corner across from there. Swashbucklers also started with the healers.

The guardian would step out a bit to increase his chance of getting agro on Jones first, this helped with his initial AE not hitting everyone. We then engaged him and stopped around 77% and let his DD/power drain AE hit (jousting out). Then we engaged and spawned the first wave of pirates, the guardian got agro on everything, we used an MA and killed the 3 pirates. While the 3 pirates were up we used AE blocks to avoid the damage and power drain AE while killing them.

We then burned Jones after the pirates were dead until around 40%. Once at 40% we let his AE hit again jousting out to avoid it. Guardian took agro on all the pirates in the 2nd wave and we just killed jones ignoring the pirates until he was dead. We also used an AE block on 2nd wave to facilitate a quicker burn on Jones, you probably don't have to use AE blocks on the first wave, just joust out.

That was the strategy I used to kill Jones, it took quite a few attempts to do this as sometimes we got a bad run with AEs and that annoying bird.

Temptation`VV

I my self am having trouble with this encounter hince the reason i made this thread...

I have went in now with several different type of grps..

Guard Temp Defi Dirge Swas Necro... Fail

Zerker Temp Myst Swash Brig Coercer... Fail

Zerker Warden Defiler Swas Brig Dirge... Fail

Paly Warden Defiler Temp Swash Brig... Fail

Guard Temp Mystic Dirge Swash Necro... Fail

After multiple attemps i am now at 70+ Exp. Debt.. I am beggining to believe the instance is bugged for me.

I have tried AoE avoid (tortois shell, Bladedance, Advanced Warning. ) and still get hit by the knock/stifle. Is there a certain time he does this.. I know on initial pull he does .. and thats when Adv. Warn. goes up.. when does Blade Dance / Tortus Shell need to go up...

As far as jousting his AoE knockback/stifle.. I have not found a safe place for it.. I can be anywhere on the boat and get hit with it.. secondaly what about the fear.. thirdly is it recomended to Mezz adds or just burn them with AE's while tank has agro...

OMG too many questions lol ... I am thinking about betraying now lol.. Brigs epic quest isn't this damn hard

and again pre-thanks for everyones help..to come.

Lithin

guardian, defiler, templar, brig, dirge and me (swash)

i aoe avoid to start off with, dirge follows with his aoe avoid.
everyone stay on the named and burn him down

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Sudden

A little off topic, but isn't xp debt cap'd at 50%?


Good luck on the kill though. I heard it was a rough one.

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Wolfe

relic of clear voice= 1.5 mins of stifle immune. Helps a ton.