Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - So what do people think of Dominus? - Forum

" Snorkle_uk wrote: love the fight, best boss in the game, loved it. That said, Ive died 3 times to him on my lvl85 melee ranger due to my screen just freezing up and when I get control again Im already dead, often when not even close to him its those exploding fuckers coming out of his machine that I fear got me last time, one blow sup and my screen freezes long enough to have been hit by another 5 or 6 before I have any control again. Thats if I can get in the room with him, 2 out of 3 times I hit log in screen just trying to go through the door to the boss. Theres fuck all xp in the sceptre of god, not nearly enough enemies to kill, if I cna make it into the boss and not screen freeze I can faceroll him very quickly but when theres only a 1/3 chance I will get to fight him and then a 50/50 chance Ill lose 10 hours of xp due to a crash/log out/freeze during the fight Ive had to abandon the idea of running that boss. So the end result of dominus and the changes are that maps are more about getting xp than ever before, the static content is now fucking dire for getting xp and with boss loot buffs farming static ingame content with mf is more the go to way to get loot than ever before. So maps = xp, ingame = loot, exactly what GGG said they didnt want to happen, the exact opposite of the idea behind the mechanics that make mapping rng/swingy and static content readily available. In that sense its an epic disaster. You did forget that powerful uniques only drop on maps tho. Natrak 94 Witch \| Low Life Crit Arc'er - Standard Jannee 92 Templar \| Low Life Wander - Standard Ntk 74 Ranger \| Low Life TS - Standard (idling) Jaaneee 72 Ranger \| LS Tank (idling) Joramm 73 Templar \| Ele cleaver - Hardcore (idling) Last edited by Ntk#5335 on Oct 28, 2013, 6:21:40 PM	Posted by Ntk#5335 on Oct 28, 2013, 6:19:43 PM Quote this Post
I honestly think Dominus is the worst designed boss in the game along with Merveil. Vaal and Brutus are fantastic bosses, because you can dodge all their attacks by maneuvering around them properly. Whereas merveil and Dominus are both guaranteed to hit you, which defeats the purpose of the game being super-responsive and advocating client-to-server responsiveness over desync issues. These bosses make GGG look very hypocritical. #1 Victim of Murphy's Law.	Posted by SlixSC#6287 on Oct 28, 2013, 6:35:06 PM Quote this Post
I'm too scared to fight him on nemesis cruel. I'm not afraid of piety, I just take too long to kill her for it to be worth farming her. Dominus on the other hand scares me even in normal. IGN: Asser, AssDelver, Assphobic, AnointedAss, BetrayedByMyAss, CrackedAss, FracturedAss, FulcrumedUpMyAss, ImpaledAss, IncursionOfTheAss, WarForTheAss, UnleashTheAss, ScreamingAsshole, SwampAssKing, Yui	Posted by Wooser69#4318 on Oct 28, 2013, 6:35:10 PM Quote this Post
" SlixSC wrote: I honestly think Dominus is the worst designed boss in the game along with Merveil. Vaal and Brutus are fantastic bosses, because you can dodge all their attacks by maneuvering around them properly. Whereas merveil and Dominus are both guaranteed to hit you, which defeats the purpose of the game being super-responsive and advocating client-to-server responsiveness over desync issues. These bosses make GGG look very hypocritical. Actually even when you have to get to him you can mostly avoid getting hit if you run circles around him. I guess whirling would be a good option as well to get fast behind him in that situation... At least i got that feeling the one time i've done that fight untill now :P Proud 5th duelist in the Jul 1 2012 Ladder Race and in the Nov 3 2012 Solo Turbo Race :D And even prouder 4th Templar in the Nov 10 Four-hour Party Hardcore Race :P Current OB success: top 20 Ranger in 105 Minute Turbo Solo (S4E9)	Posted by Sony_Black#0112 on Oct 28, 2013, 7:32:45 PM Quote this Post
I don't really understand the fight, but my shadow can take him without too much trouble, my groundslam marauder couldn't. My shadow had more trouble with the etheral knives elite. My marauder was taking so much damage in the 2nd phase, some kind of damage over time aoe spell. Marauder's dps is too low i guess, 3.5k groundslam, 7k heavy strike.	Posted by Shuks#6023 on Oct 28, 2013, 7:45:58 PM Quote this Post
" SlixSC wrote: I honestly think Dominus is the worst designed boss in the game along with Merveil. Vaal and Brutus are fantastic bosses, because you can dodge all their attacks by maneuvering around them properly. Whereas merveil and Dominus are both guaranteed to hit you, which defeats the purpose of the game being super-responsive and advocating client-to-server responsiveness over desync issues. These bosses make GGG look very hypocritical. Mostly agree with this. I think its one of the worst boss fights I've ever seen. It almost seems like they just wanted to see how much shit they could put on the screen without crashing peoples games.(they failed) Vaal is a very well designed fight. It has clear movements that require the player to pay attention and respond to. Same can be mostly said about Piety. Dominus on the other hand is just a complete mess. Doing him in Cruel with a full party was simply a test of how often everyone could go in and out of portals.	Posted by Magnicon#6598 on Oct 28, 2013, 8:09:02 PM Quote this Post
They should remove that stair case or add a 2nd way to get up to the boss area. It is far too easy for mobs, and even dominus to block the entrance. On my witch, I died and had to rezone via the door. The blood rain skill was immediately on me and I died before I could even reach the boss. This definitely needs to be fixed as it is game breaking and may be entirely impossible for some people to overcome. I was able to do it because the mob was blocking the stair case. I would zone in via door, chug anti-bleed health potions and run speed potions. Even then I sometimes died before I could get to the boss. If I did manage to survive the run to the boss; I would mindlessly blast him with fireballs and manage to survive 20-30 seconds before dying and having to deal with the door again. I had to max out ice/lightning at 78%, cast molten shield on damage and chug potions like an addict but I was able to kill merc dominus as a witch..... If they fix the stair case issue, and/or make it a blood rain free zone I could see it being a fun fight. Boss reminds me of D2 diablo which I have fond memories of. Now I wish the other act bosses (specially merveil, the durial wannabe boss of act 1) would get more interesting mechanics. Last edited by Sheiva#4295 on Oct 28, 2013, 8:45:33 PM	Posted by Sheiva#4295 on Oct 28, 2013, 8:44:03 PM Quote this Post
It's definitely an epic fight. I tried to solo him with my decked out discharge templar in Mers and I got killed by blood rain lmao. But I have since become wiser now that I know what to expect from him. Still, I'm playing Nemesis now, so there is no way I will try solo him due to the performance issues. Lag and frame drop really is a problem in this encounter... IGN: AchiLize Achi's Quality Shop https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/602552	Posted by biralo#0104 on Oct 28, 2013, 10:41:24 PM Quote this Post
Just killed him in a full group on merciless. Pure bloodbath, can't even count the amount of total deaths. Not sure how you HC people do it on merciless. Divination Card - Emperor's Luck.	Posted by Isindel#2713 on Oct 28, 2013, 11:09:47 PM Quote this Post
Like most bosses -- starts out hard until you outlevel/outgear him (and oc figure out the basic strats)... Then it becomes easy like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m2wnvnF4k4 IGN: Mortezzah, prolly playing on character Gellig http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/781590, for an end-game boss tank guide.	Posted by Mortezzah#0472 on Oct 28, 2013, 11:33:45 PM Quote this Post