Question - CoV Mission Difficulty Order?

[Stilin]

Just got to the point I can do zlandicar, which should I do next? Which after that? My group is SK, ber, monk, bst, bard, shaman.

 

[nizadar]

the call and crusaders are easy

 

[blackmarble]

the call and crusaders are easy

What crew you run for those?

 

[Sic]

this question is wildly subjective depending on a lot of stuff

my order of preference (doesn't necessarily mean difficulty - tho if i was starting a new crew this is the order i would work on trying to do with maybe crusaders before aary) is Zlandi < Aary <= Crusaders < The Call

 

[Sum1]

If you're not after any achievements and have a decently high dps group:

Zlandi < Crusaders < The Call < Aary

If you care about achievements or have a low dps group:

Zlandi < The Call < Crusaders < Aary

 

[Stilin]

Tried the crusaders but my DPS (they are all new so way undergeared) get torn up by the AOE. Almost killed 2nd dragon. Will gear faster now that I can kill zlandicar, but was hoping to knock out another mission to speed things up.

Just looking at fastest path for ores, to do missions, to get more ores ams see ,ore content. Spent 12hrs at caretakers and got 1 ore.

 

[Many_Whelps]

If you're way undergeared, I'd start in ToV. Gear up in ToV ores before moving to CoV. I would def not recommend trying to skip straight to CoV content without gear and AA from ToV maxed out.

That said, Crusaders can play out differently depending on which dragon you kill first, so choose wisely.

 

[burdsjm]

If you're not after any achievements and have a decently high dps group:

Zlandi < Crusaders < The Call < Aary

If you care about achievements or have a low dps group:

Zlandi < The Call < Crusaders < Aary

Agree completely.

 

[Naeeldar]

Agree completely.

If you're not after any achievements and have a decently high dps group:

Zlandi < Crusaders < The Call < Aary

If you care about achievements or have a low dps group:

Zlandi < The Call < Crusaders < Aary

I agree on Zlandi first but honestly Aaryonar is super easy if you have high dps (far faster than crusaders) and if you have low dps I still think aaryonar is easire than crusaders. I’ve had stupid stuff happen where all my crew (except cleric/tank) got killed with positioning on AE and yet my Sk/cleric was able to solo rest of missions. Aary is mechanics more than anything else assuming you can keep the tank Alive. but if you can’t keep your tank alive on aaryonar you sure aren’t doing it in crusaders.

So for me it’s pretty much zlandi/the call (super long time to complete compared to others though) and then aaryonar and finally crusaders.

 

[Stilin]

If you're way undergeared, I'd start in ToV. Gear up in ToV ores before moving to CoV. I would def not recommend trying to skip straight to CoV content without gear and AA from ToV maxed out.

That said, Crusaders can play out differently depending on which dragon you kill first, so choose wisely.

why would I farm ToV ores when I can farm CoV ores? Some do help for the extra quick AC augs but even with only doing zlandicar I can get three ores a day at a minimum. The blizzard gear is good for my alts and fill out the non visibles with VT. Seems fastest route for a new player.

I did try to do ToV before my tank bought ore rots and it was more difficult than CoV with VT gear.

 

[Many_Whelps]

When you said you were undergeared, I assumed that meant worse gear than ToV ores. If you have blizzard level gear already, then that's not really undergeared. But also look at your AAs. If you're not maxed in your class critical AAs, that is another thing to be working on.

 

[Stilin]

When you said you were undergeared, I assumed that meant worse gear than ToV ores. If you have blizzard level gear already, then that's not really undergeared. But also look at your AAs. If you're not maxed in your class critical AAs, that is another thing to be working on.

Well that is halfway right on my gear. It’s definitely a mess as I leveled so quickly (with 6 toons) I still have DPS wearing some conflagrant nonvis. So tank is solid about 80% done with AAs and augs. Healer is solid about same as tank. All DPS has VT weps, blizzard/snow squall gear and conflag, bazar or CoV tier 1 nonvis.

sound like aaryo should be my next stop. If I can handle the mechanics I should be able to live though the hits.

 

[burdsjm]

I agree on Zlandi first but honestly Aaryonar is super easy if you have high dps (far faster than crusaders) and if you have low dps I still think aaryonar is easire than crusaders. I’ve had stupid stuff happen where all my crew (except cleric/tank) got killed with positioning on AE and yet my Sk/cleric was able to solo rest of missions. Aary is mechanics more than anything else assuming you can keep the tank Alive. but if you can’t keep your tank alive on aaryonar you sure aren’t doing it in crusaders.

So for me it’s pretty much zlandi/the call (super long time to complete compared to others though) and then aaryonar and finally crusaders.

Aaryonar has a lot of unknown shit that happens like AE's getting sync'ed up and can wipe raid geared people unless you have 2 healers. I haven't had that issue in a patch or 2 but still harder with the orbs/guardian/ae and grolik.

The call kill 4 things and the kill name. Run off the main platform before the golems blow up. Win.

Crusaders is kill 4 dragons and like 3 adds while avoiding a cube. - This was the hardest for the longest time but they nerfed the hell out of the adds.

 

[durango773]

Aaryonar has a lot of unknown shit that happens like AE's getting sync'ed up and can wipe raid geared people unless you have 2 healers. I haven't had that issue in a patch or 2 but still harder with the orbs/guardian/ae and grolik.

The call kill 4 things and the kill name. Run off the main platform before the golems blow up. Win.
Crusaders is kill 4 dragons and like 3 adds while avoiding a cube. - This was the hardest for the longest time but they nerfed the hell out of the adds.

On the call.. last boss dead, golems moving in.. click center crystal, then open chest.. all despawns.. easy mode

 

[Nadom]

If you're not after any achievements and have a decently high dps group:

Zlandi < Crusaders < The Call < Aary

If you care about achievements or have a low dps group:

Zlandi < The Call < Crusaders < Aary

what is "decently high"? 500k grp dps? 2m? 10m?

 

[burdsjm]

On the call.. last boss dead, golems moving in.. click center crystal, then open chest.. all despawns.. easy mode

If you get the crystals from the other dragons you can take your time and get defensive measures super easy after the event is over. Saves you like 20 minutes of switching dragons.

 

[fohpo]

what is "decently high"? 500k grp dps? 2m? 10m?

Sustained or burn? Assuming you mean for group geared toons?

 

[Sum1]

what is "decently high"? 500k grp dps? 2m? 10m?

If your group is doing 500k sustained you have problems that need solving. Two dps toons (say, zerker and beastlord or zerker and ranger) should be able to easily do significantly more than 500k (combined). Add a bard, another dps class, a shammy tossing a quick dot on once in a while and meleeing and a tank............... and now you have a dps group. I never parsed my full group together, but its high enough that on the CoV mission Crusaders I often get my first add when the 3rd dragon is about to die or I just started on the 4th dragon.

 

[durango773]

If you get the crystals from the other dragons you can take your time and get defensive measures super easy after the event is over. Saves you like 20 minutes of switching dragons.

i go in, go right kill my way around, then kill middle.. are you supposed to switch?

 

[Many_Whelps]

i go in, go right kill my way around, then kill middle.. are you supposed to switch?

For the achievement Defensive Measures, yes. You would need to fight one dragon until you get a crystal from the aoe hitting you. Then you would disengage and move to another dragon to get it's crystal. rinse and repeat until you have 4 crystals. Then you go kill the dragons and click crystals to protect from the auras.

 

[Nadom]

Sustained or burn? Assuming you mean for group geared toons?

Dunno, thats why im asking. Is there some kind of consensus on what "decently high" means? And yes, group geared.

 

[fohpo]

Sustaining a minimum of several million shouldn’t be a problem

 

[Nadom]

I dont earn enough plat to keep all my characters all access so i dont have prestige gear on everyone. Im paying rl money for my tank so hes the only one with prestige gear. This makes my group much weaker then many others. I also just recently got the money to buy cov to them all.

In my situation im guessing cov group missions arent gonna happen any time soon.

 

[Sum1]

For the achievement Defensive Measures, yes. You would need to fight one dragon until you get a crystal from the aoe hitting you. Then you would disengage and move to another dragon to get it's crystal. rinse and repeat until you have 4 crystals. Then you go kill the dragons and click crystals to protect from the auras.

You CAN do it that way, but why put yourself through that?

Fight one dragon until you get a crystal from the frontal aoe hitting you and then KILL it.

When you get all four dragons down with four crystals in your inventory, go kill Vulak.

DO NOT CLICK THE MIDDLE PILLAR/GLOWY THING TO WIN THE EVENT

Run your group up to the entrance area to avoid the golems that are about to explode in the center.

Once all the golems explode, you're now free to run your team around and click in the proper corner auras without dealing with mobs, mechanics, ae's, etc.

Once you get all four corner clicks done (there will be yellow system text telling you when you're successful at each corner and then overall), go click the middle glowing rock/pillar thing to win. Congrats, you have Defensive Measures.

 

[Many_Whelps]

You CAN do it that way, but why put yourself through that?

Fight one dragon until you get a crystal from the frontal aoe hitting you and then KILL it.

When you get all four dragons down with four crystals in your inventory, go kill Vulak.

DO NOT CLICK THE MIDDLE PILLAR/GLOWY THING TO WIN THE EVENT

Run your group up to the entrance area to avoid the golems that are about to explode in the center.

Once all the golems explode, you're now free to run your team around and click in the proper corner auras without dealing with mobs, mechanics, ae's, etc.

Once you get all four corner clicks done (there will be yellow system text telling you when you're successful at each corner and then overall), go click the middle glowing rock/pillar thing to win. Congrats, you have Defensive Measures.

Yes, that's the easy way to get it done and I've taken advantage of that. I also v much doubt that this was their intended way of doing the achievement. More than likely they intended you do the protection clicks while the dragons are still active and before you engage vulak. The poster I was responding to seemed to not know about the crystals clicks at all, so I was explaining how the mechanic works. I've also done it the long way with a group of live players right after expansion launch before anyone had figured out that the auras pop up and stay active even after vulak dies.

 

[durango773]

Yes, that's the easy way to get it done and I've taken advantage of that. I also v much doubt that this was their intended way of doing the achievement. More than likely they intended you do the protection clicks while the dragons are still active and before you engage vulak. The poster I was responding to seemed to not know about the crystals clicks at all, so I was explaining how the mechanic works. I've also done it the long way with a group of live players right after expansion launch before anyone had figured out that the auras pop up and stay active even after vulak dies.

the OP was asking for level of difficulty, not achievements. go in, go right, work your way around... Vulak comes active run to middle, burn down, click crystal, open chest. No AEs, Golems despawn, done in less then 10 minutes.

 

[burdsjm]

For the achievement Defensive Measures, yes. You would need to fight one dragon until you get a crystal from the aoe hitting you. Then you would disengage and move to another dragon to get it's crystal. rinse and repeat until you have 4 crystals. Then you go kill the dragons and click crystals to protect from the auras.

No. You just need to get the crystals and kill the dragon.

After you kill the center dragon all the auras are up to get the achievement at your own pace.

 

[Many_Whelps]

No. You just need to get the crystals and kill the dragon.

After you kill the center dragon all the auras are up to get the achievement at your own pace.

I know that, have done it several times. I doubt that's the intended behavior though.