When I reached 155 I was sorta under the impression HT would be my new Zakum, but this hasn't really played out. HT runs are kinda rare and a bit exclusive I've found. I was asking some more experienced players why this is, and they said its more or less just because its expensive to run and the drops can turn out bad, so its not super popular. I don't have any specific ideas since I'm not experienced with HT, but wanted to suggest maybe buffing the drops in some way to encourage more HT runs, whether that's adding more drops or increasing drop rates of existing drops. Thanks would love to hear thoughts on this
Maybe that would happen when improved skills are executed and whose improvements in mastery books are found here, by saying improved skills I mean the possible next balances!
It may seem impossible to find a party at first compared to lowered level bosses. There are plenty of horntail parties around. The HT expedition offers good exp and decent profit when averaged over time. It's just more challenging to organize. Organizers are looking for specific characteristics: - seduction target (required) - HS (highly desirable) - CR (highly desirable) - SE (highly desirable) - MW20 (desirable) - SI/TL (desirable) - Echo (desirable) - balance between ranged and multi-part DPS - sufficient DPS to finish the expedition in a reasonable time As a result, players often try to organize within their circles and perhaps Smega to fill the last spot or 2 to round out the roster. They prefer teammates that are higher level or have specific skills. Some tips that will help you better find parties: - achieve a higher level/damage range - bring specific skills listed above - make friends with other players interested in running HT with complementary skills Best of luck!
fair enough, I'm 17x, dont have any mules. My range is OK, just reaching that soft cap point... Just spent 2b for an extra 2WA which increased my range by ~1%, so not much to be done there lol
If they did this, then you still wouldn't be able to join the runs. More than likely, not even be talked to since people would want to run even more exclusive runs for juicy drops. Horntail is in a good place right now in my opinion as far as exp gained and drops. Just try to make new friends that'd want to run Horntail or join a bossing guild/group that'd take you.
join an active guild, or try to form your own little group for tackling HT. From all the years i've played and occasionally watched the smegas, i could tell that the recruit smegas dwindled by a lot over the years, as players settled down with clearing groups, only smegaing for the occasional fill-in instead of looking for an entire team from scratch. (same thing for other tough bosses tbh)
I don't mind taking lower levels to HT! I've been there before so I totally understand! Feel free to buddy me (Queensway). I usually recruit from buddylist/guild/ally before smegas. I will agree that HT can get expensive with constant dry runs and buyers d/cing but all it takes is that one lucky run! Spoiler: TB pic to when my bud and I made a nice 1b+ even after paying out the people who died or d/c Even on a 5-6 man run, 1 MW20 dropping and you're set for the next 6-7 HT runs
Horntail is one of our most popular bosses. With the suggestions some players gave you you should be able to participate more.
