Feldon Today’s post is all about the asterisk. Because there should be an asterisk next to the Blue Square next to Befallen: Cavern of the Afflicted. Here’s what I can determine:
Befallen: Cavern of the Afflicted is easy IF you have:
- Shadowknight or Berzerker (with Mythical)
- Illusionist (with Mythical)
- Warlock (with Mythical)
- Swashbuckler (with Mythical)
- Inquisitor (with Mythical)
- Dirge (with Mythical)
Sense a theme? 🙂
We tried it with Ranger, Wizard, Illy, Templar, Fury, and Shadowknight. Except for the SK, we were all single-target DPS, and it showed.
Did I mention that Befallen respawns as fast as a contested dungeon?
I knew Guk would be difficult, but I did not realize Befallen was in the same category. So that’s 13 out of 20 group zones which are off-limits to all but the best geared groups.
Taking that whole ‘scaling’ and ‘easy’ at face value — we zoned into Cavern of the Afflicted as a trio — 72 guardian, monk, fury, in Mastercrafted. First pull wiped so fast the Fury didn’t get a single heal off.
With our 6 person guild being scattered between 25 and 72… well, we might try one more time with 2 others, mentoring down to 52, and see how it goes. But I suspect we’ll be limited to the tradeskill missions /sigh
I’m posting a new message to the blog about difficulty. In short, don’t give up yet!
I just think Befallen: Cavern of the Afflicted is tagged as “Easy” when it is in fact Difficult except for certain well-geared groups with certain classes present.
There are other dungeons which are quite easy and should be doable with even lesser-geared groups. Also more importantly, some Void Shard missions only require clearing 1-2 names and at least 1 requires clearing no names at all.
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I’ll have to disagree with your assessment of befallen. Done the zone 3 times. twice with a pug filled with average players with mastercrafted to average rok items. We finished it each time. Wasnt as fast as when i was with my mythicaled guildies but it wasnt that hard.
Were you running Befallen: Cavern of the Afflicted or Befallen: Halls of the Forsaken? Because I have heard that the second one is less AoE and more single mob encounters instead of 18 mobs on you at once. Will give it a shot.
Did it with Guardian (Me), Swashie, Coercer, Illy, Brig and Warden (All legendary or T1 RoK fabled). Was actually VERY easy and lots of fun. Fighting 2-4 group at a time was a blast (huge epic fights ftw). Though for some reason (despite clearing every mob and respawn we could find) we got no key for the void chest 🙁
But it should be said that the enchanters made life much easier. Rather than about well geared group I think it’s about having a mezzer. Without one I can see how this zone can get very ugly very fast, but with one it’s cake.
Very easy with mezzer, moderate-challenging without prolly imo.