So, I see this pop up every now and then along with suggestions along the lines of “mass invis” or “portal” or “shield” and whatnot.
But, heres a nifty trick for those that just want to run dungeons!
Assign roles, decide who does what, before the event starts.
You want 2 people capable of placing kegs inside red circles (thats right folks, 2, not 5 or 3 or 4, just a mere 2) and they will be in charge of the real bombs.
The remaining 3, they will place decoys all over the place. Together. They start the event by picking up one keg each and just going crazy placing them. Once they place one, they run straight back and get another and place that one as well.
They do not hurt the monsters. At all. What they can do is apply AoE cripple auras that wont kill the mobs.
The 2 “real” placers start running their kegs. They do not hurt the mobs either. At all. It doesn´t matter if some bandits come and steal your kegs. Just get new ones.
It takes a short while (depending on the speed of your decoy placers really) but soon all the bandits are either A) already holding a keg that they swing around real slow or
running back and forth between decoys and the stand.
The reason you do not hurt the mobs is that they just respawn up by the door, picking up the first kegs they come across (hint, those are in the circles by the door… ;D )
Kabooie, the door blows up.
And here comes the next nifty bit you can´t do if you mass invis or whatnot. Engage the mobs, kill them ASAP and SAVE the kegs. The bandits will still try to put them back at the stand, don´t let them.
Each keg you save, up to 1 each, you bring with you. Place them by the wall in the next section and use them on the bosses.
And now you get to feel like a big boy worthy of his own youtube videos since the Nr 1 ability on the keg (the overhead smash + stun) hits the bosses for… read it and weep… 28000ish (thats twentyeight thousand) on non crits without pots and easy 44000+ on crits.
Mad Martha takes around 9 hits. non crit ones. Then she dead.
Vurmaine takes fewer. 6-7 hits, then he dead.
Get tokens, win, go back and hit the HP pinata dog for an extra blue. He does take an awesome beating. Prolly like 10-11 hits. Then he dead.
So, I now invite everyone to pretend that this was indeed common knowledge and just what all the “leet” kids already did. Over and over. And for some reason the fact that you have to spell this out for every new member you bring to CM (“experienced” or not) doesn´t mean they have been using cheesy fixed exploits at all.
No sir, you all know exactly how to play!
See you all around folks, and remember, once you learn HOW you outthink turrets and bandits, it really isn´t such a scary place anymore! (Hint: Don´t run at them or stand next to them. It ain´t bright!)