Playhouse simpler in solo or more players?

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Posted by: Manuelito.6081

Manuelito.6081

Q:

hi guys,
Do mobs and Scarlet scale in power depending on how many players enter the instance (Playhouse)?

It seems that it is solo-able quite easily, anyone tried in 2-3 players? Or is it convenient to run it either in solo or in full group?

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Posted by: LastShot.4762

LastShot.4762

A:

If you just want to complete the instance, then it’s easy either way.

If you are achievement hunting, then group will definitely be easier, the scaling is nowhere as crazy as candidate trial.

ps. I mean group of 5, if you go with 2~3 people, it is actually harder than solo.

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Posted by: bhagwad.4281

bhagwad.4281

The mobs scale up with more players. I had to go solo to get the perfectionist achievement.

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Posted by: Pibriamal.8719

Pibriamal.8719

I found it easier to get the perfectionist achievement solo. A group just makes the mobs harder, even more so if they don’t know what they’re doing. Insert typical PuG rant

Saving Lord Faren is easier in a group though. And at least you can easily run past all the mobs.

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Posted by: knbBlackTemplar.3059

knbBlackTemplar.3059

Did solo all achievs in first try

80’s: Sylvari Necromancer (Main). Human: Thief, Warrior (PvP Main), Engineer. Charr Guardian

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Posted by: mXz.4512

mXz.4512

As a group (3ppl), we saved Faren quicker and got the achievement. Then afterwards we “played it safe” and simply killed all the mobs completely as we progressed. We pulled mobs so we could cut ’em down as we went. None of us died and we got the perfection achievement as well.

- we moved as a unit each area
- killed all nearby mobs, left no stragglers

Ofc, I also got pretty far trying solo, so it could vary per person regarding groups.

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Posted by: citizankane.5723

citizankane.5723

Yeah its pretty easy solo just kill what needs to be killed all the mobs in between or on way to can be skipped they will reset and in some spot will path out of your way.

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Posted by: zerotwo.4731

zerotwo.4731

Easier solo. You skip a lot of content and the boss fights are extremely easy.

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Posted by: Manuelito.6081

Manuelito.6081

Thanks to everyone for the useful info

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Posted by: PokerTuna.6170

PokerTuna.6170

My experience as a GUARDIAN:

solo
tanky build – hard if not impossible to do faren within time for achiev
full zerker – walk in the park

with 1 more guy
we got facerolled.

/ If u ask me – if ur after achievs then go solo.

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Posted by: neon.4863

neon.4863

Either is doable as long as you don’t get unlucky and end up with two Veteran Twisted Horrors combining into a (silver) Twisted Nightmare during the cauldron phase (particularly if you want all achieves). This can happen whether in a group or solo, so.

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Posted by: Ayrilana.1396

Ayrilana.1396

Generally, if there’s an option to solo something, it will likely be the easier route.

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Posted by: Manuelito.6081

Manuelito.6081

Any warriors who did this solo? any advice on utilities or such?

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Posted by: Smooth Penguin.5294

Smooth Penguin.5294

Generally, if there’s an option to solo something, it will likely be the easier route.

Actually, it depends on skill level. The enemies are scaled to a solo player level, but if the player him/herself can’t handle it, then I would recommend calling in backup.

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Posted by: Fasalina.6571

Fasalina.6571

took me two tries to solo it for all the achievements on a thief, so I guess I’d say solo is easier

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Posted by: Ayrilana.1396

Ayrilana.1396

Generally, if there’s an option to solo something, it will likely be the easier route.

Actually, it depends on skill level. The enemies are scaled to a solo player level, but if the player him/herself can’t handle it, then I would recommend calling in backup.

Yeah that was just a generalized statement. There will always be the few that need to be carried.

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Posted by: neon.4863

neon.4863

Any warriors who did this solo? any advice on utilities or such?

I did it on my warrior.

I ran GS/rifle (mostly used GS, really), 30/30/0/10/0, healing signet/FGJ/Shake It Off/Berserker Stance/Signet of Rage. No real trick to it, berserker stance is useful vs twisted horrors and aetherblade thugs/strikers to avoid getting knocked down and stunned. Kill twisted horrors ASAP to avoid having them merge into vets (two vets can merge into nightmare, you don’t want that). Avoid mobs when moving from area to area. For Scarlet you can swap Berserker Stance with Frenzy to get quickening when she’s stunned or busy charging up her attack, and hack away with your greatsword. Last part takes a bit of dodging to avoid getting downed, but that’s pretty much it.

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Posted by: Chadramar.8156

Chadramar.8156

Definitely go solo for Playhouse Perfectionist. Most enemies will be run of the mill mooks, with only a few veterans thrown into the mix — and most of those can be avoided.

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Posted by: Arrow.4619

Arrow.4619

Solo. Completed all of the achievements in two runs with a thief. Might be especially easy with a thief – invis and run past most of the mobs.

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Posted by: Luthan.5236

Luthan.5236

Solo as engineer. I only had 2 problems:

1) Veteran near Faren. Someone hinted me that I needed to kill that 2 normal mobs that are nearby very fast cause the transformed into that veteran. I did this and with a good dps build it was possible to kill the other mobs that got spawned by Scarlet very fast and rescue Faren within 3 minutes.

2) The mob groups after Faren and between the first boss fight. But with the right skills(I always forgot to change my skills a bit) it is easy to just run past them… at a later try when I tried a bit slower I noticed they move in grous and it is possible to “sneak” past them… at least I made it almost until the end when I got aggro… not perfectly sneaking but it was enough to not get downed.

The boss fights itself are easy. Easiest solo boss fights in living story so far(easier then Canach solo mode).