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I soloed a Pianus for the first time, and it was quite an intensive fight. I thought I would share my feelings on the matter, and explain the situation in full for those who might have a passing interest.
Solo Pianus SS#1
These are pictures of me Soloing the Boss Pianus in Maple Story. Unfortunantely I didn't start taking screen shots of it until late into the fight because it slipped my mind, however I did capture a bit of the end of the fight.
This is simply me waiting outside the door for Pianus' Physical Guard ability to where off; no sense in wasting potions for 30 seconds.
Solo Pianus SS#2
As you can see, I cleared out the section in front of Pianus of Blood Booms. This was a painful process in which I would hug Pianus while I had Power Guard deflect some of the massive damage on him. While invincible for a few seconds, I would slash blast the Blood Booms and cause them to explode, all the while drinking potions to keep me alive.
Of course sense the Blood Booms are immune to fire, thus taking 1 damage, I would have to expend the fire charge through charged blow, and then go on the assault.
Solo Pianus SS#3
One of the nicest things about Pianus is that you can usually avoid the weight attack if you have people taking out the blood booms. Normally when I am in a party, my DK friend Julien takes them out. In this case, I didn't have that luxury, and so the only times I avoided a hit was when the weights didn't target the area I was in. I considered hugging a blood boom to decrease the damage, but then I realized it could explode, so I just soaked it with everything else.
Solo Pianus SS#4
While I talked about it a little before, the thing I hate about this boss is Physical Guard. It last for roughly 30 seconds and decreases all physical damage to 1. During that time, I leave the room and wait for it to where off. There is however an upside...
Pianus also has Magic Guard, which drops all magic damage to 1. This is a blessing for me because that means for 30 seconds I can fully unload on him. As you can see, with the help of an Onyx apple, I tend to do on average 15-18 thousand damage per hit with final attack pretty much doubling that. I thought this fight might take two hours, but I was surprised that it only took about 45 mins.
Solo Pianus SS#5
Finally I killed it, and sadly nothing good dropped. I blew through about 400 Ginger Ales, and found out that it gives off 1,300,000 exp, and not the 1,400,000 exp that Basil Market claims it does. If you look closely, you can see the fading exp text of 1300000 in the lower right corner. Either way, even with crappy drops, I did it and I am proud.
Total resources used in the battle:
About 400 Ginger Ales
15 Reindeer Milk
5 Onyx Apples
2 Safety Charms
Final thoughts:
Perhaps it is just the mood I am in tonight, but I am having trouble finding pleasure in this event. I mean, with 4th job around the corner and the massive drama event about to unfold over who gets the books and the economy breaking prices of it... I can't help but to feel unmotivated to continue playing. To be quite frank, I've never had that good of equipment, and yet I still managed to do this even tonight with apparently little reward for it. While this does prove at least one thing to me, that I don't need to rely on other people, it does make me realize how much more fun it is to take on massive bosses with friends. I am having thoughts that perhaps... I have picked a very lonely class in which I fight alone and am discriminated against by other players because I can't do "Massive Damage" to uber bosses like Zakum. In short, I'm feeling pretty feed up with the game and it's player base.
While I am seem emo tonight, I believe that my thoughts are grounded in fact in this statement and am wondering if anybody out there (specifically other White Knights) feel the same way. Feed back from mason_the_chef would be espeically welcomed here.
Edit: Oh, and I realize my outfit looks ugly. If I choose to continue, my next NX Outfit is going to be a real change of pace.
Solo Pianus SS#1
These are pictures of me Soloing the Boss Pianus in Maple Story. Unfortunantely I didn't start taking screen shots of it until late into the fight because it slipped my mind, however I did capture a bit of the end of the fight.
This is simply me waiting outside the door for Pianus' Physical Guard ability to where off; no sense in wasting potions for 30 seconds.
Solo Pianus SS#2
As you can see, I cleared out the section in front of Pianus of Blood Booms. This was a painful process in which I would hug Pianus while I had Power Guard deflect some of the massive damage on him. While invincible for a few seconds, I would slash blast the Blood Booms and cause them to explode, all the while drinking potions to keep me alive.
Of course sense the Blood Booms are immune to fire, thus taking 1 damage, I would have to expend the fire charge through charged blow, and then go on the assault.
Solo Pianus SS#3
One of the nicest things about Pianus is that you can usually avoid the weight attack if you have people taking out the blood booms. Normally when I am in a party, my DK friend Julien takes them out. In this case, I didn't have that luxury, and so the only times I avoided a hit was when the weights didn't target the area I was in. I considered hugging a blood boom to decrease the damage, but then I realized it could explode, so I just soaked it with everything else.
Solo Pianus SS#4
While I talked about it a little before, the thing I hate about this boss is Physical Guard. It last for roughly 30 seconds and decreases all physical damage to 1. During that time, I leave the room and wait for it to where off. There is however an upside...
Pianus also has Magic Guard, which drops all magic damage to 1. This is a blessing for me because that means for 30 seconds I can fully unload on him. As you can see, with the help of an Onyx apple, I tend to do on average 15-18 thousand damage per hit with final attack pretty much doubling that. I thought this fight might take two hours, but I was surprised that it only took about 45 mins.
Solo Pianus SS#5
Finally I killed it, and sadly nothing good dropped. I blew through about 400 Ginger Ales, and found out that it gives off 1,300,000 exp, and not the 1,400,000 exp that Basil Market claims it does. If you look closely, you can see the fading exp text of 1300000 in the lower right corner. Either way, even with crappy drops, I did it and I am proud.
Total resources used in the battle:
About 400 Ginger Ales
15 Reindeer Milk
5 Onyx Apples
2 Safety Charms
Final thoughts:
Perhaps it is just the mood I am in tonight, but I am having trouble finding pleasure in this event. I mean, with 4th job around the corner and the massive drama event about to unfold over who gets the books and the economy breaking prices of it... I can't help but to feel unmotivated to continue playing. To be quite frank, I've never had that good of equipment, and yet I still managed to do this even tonight with apparently little reward for it. While this does prove at least one thing to me, that I don't need to rely on other people, it does make me realize how much more fun it is to take on massive bosses with friends. I am having thoughts that perhaps... I have picked a very lonely class in which I fight alone and am discriminated against by other players because I can't do "Massive Damage" to uber bosses like Zakum. In short, I'm feeling pretty feed up with the game and it's player base.
While I am seem emo tonight, I believe that my thoughts are grounded in fact in this statement and am wondering if anybody out there (specifically other White Knights) feel the same way. Feed back from mason_the_chef would be espeically welcomed here.
Edit: Oh, and I realize my outfit looks ugly. If I choose to continue, my next NX Outfit is going to be a real change of pace.