I beg to differ: this event is annoying, but it is in no way “hard†if you understand what to do in each mission.
Let’s get right to it:
Remember to also have empty gold bags in your inventory! Gold that surpasses your capacity (including temporary inventory that can hold 20k) will be dropped onto the ground immediately
Mari RP
Difficulty: ★★★
Annoyingness: ★★
How long it takes to complete this mission: 2~5 minutes
Probably considered more difficult, it only stems from Mari’s lower stats compared to the Golem’s Natural Stander and HP. Mag spam is the way to go, and I’ll bet my money that people who claim this is hard is either not an archer, or do not know how to use Magnum Shot properly.
Magnum Shot should be fired at anywhere between 40-70%. Any more than 70% is a waste of time, while any less than 40% has too much chances of missing. My personal favorite is 69-- /shot
No seriously. The magic number is around 50 IF THE GOLEM IS STANDING STILL
Experienced archers can wait for the golem to start running at them, and fire Magnum at 90%, which is the maximum. They can do this because if the golem is running at them, the distance is being decreased. Distance decrease = faster aiming
Obviously, this is highly subjective to latency, and also has a bit of risk as well.
So it's a matter of getting close enough to the Golem to raise your aim speed, but not too close so you can't react fast enough, or the Golem hitting you with stomp/windmill
The two skills you should be using are Magnum Shot and Counterattack.
Well, when’s the right time to counter? That would be when the golem is running towards you, and you’re not using the method above.
On average, it takes anywhere from 6-10 magnum shots to kill the Golem.
Oh, and leave the spiders alone if they spawn
Tarlach RP
Difficulty: ★
Annoyingness: ★★
How long it takes to complete this mission: 4~6 minutes
An easy RP in my opinion, just hit the orbs until you spawn the ogres (they appear in the middle), and run away to another orb if imps spawn instead. (as with Mari RP, leave dem imps alone)
Once the ogres spawn, firebolt spam the hell out of them. Obviously, don't get too close to the middle since you CAN be multiaggro'ed.
Pretty self-explanatory, really...
Reward: 20k Gold
Ruairi RP:
Difficulty: ★
Annoyingness: ★
How long it takes to complete this mission: 1~3 minutes
Wait until Ruairi's dialogue is finished to spawn the enemies.
Light gargoyles can be taken out with a simple N-combo, while Heavy Gargoyles might take more than that. I personally use N+Smash, followed by Windmill or counter. Remember that Heavy Gargoyles cancel skills early, so don't go trying to smash them just because they have defense up.
For Glas, N+Smash, since its Instinctive reaction interferes if you just use smash. If you're lucky, you might take it out with a single N+Smash, but if not, you might need to do it two or three times.
Spawned Gargoyles can be ignored (if they spawn at all)
Jenna RP
Difficulty: ★★
Annoyingness: ★★★★
How long it takes to complete this mission: 5~10 minutes
Four orbs around the center, and spawns monsters some which have insta-aggro, which gets really annoying. Fortunately, Jenna does have a good amount of defense and HP to tank some of the attacks, but what you should watch out for is the alchemist, who can deal upwards of 100 damage with wind blast.
Try to prioritize the enemies you take out in this order:
Lancers (because they insta-aggro)
Alchemists (due to their high damage)
Archers (lower on the priority list, because their damage is abnormally low, and attack very slowly. Don't worry about them even if you get aggroed in the very beginning)
then the Warriors (they take the longest to take out)
I would highly recommend the usage of melee, and setting your hotkeys for smash and windmill, and maybe defense as well, since those three skills are what you'll be using the most.
For Claimh, smash spam, but keep an eye out for your own HP. Watch out especially when it uses Life Drain
Reward: 30k Gold
Cai RP
Difficulty: ★★★
Annoyingness: ★
How long it takes to complete this mission: 6~10 minutes
Life Drain is your friend here, but you'll have to kill some Pythons first. Wait for Cai's dialogue (preferably at the edge of the circle so you don't get swarmed when the pythons spawn in the middle), and use single lightningbolts to take out the pythons one by one. Ironically as it is, Cai's lightningbolt is stronger than his water cannon.
When the Uroboro spawn, make sure you have a bit of damage so you can use LD.
Continuously run around (Contrary to what the wiki says, the speed potion is safe to use) and wait for your LD cooldown to end, when you can use it again.
In addition, don't panic if a head suddenly disappears! It's simply your client removing its graphics because you're simply too far away from it. So if you stand next to one Uroboro, the uroboro at the opposite diagonal might be invisible to you.
It's important to watch the heads while running around to see if the heads will attack. They all attack at the same time at the same place, and it happens after they wiggle their heads front and back as if they're about to vomit something. Note that even the "invisible" heads can and will attack, so keep alert.
In addition, for a short period of time when they wiggle their heads and attack, the Uroboro are completely invulnerable, so you cannot target them with any attack (including LD). Once you see them wiggling, avoid the attack by running away, THEN use life drain.
Remember that LD's damage is influenced by how much HP you have. Lower HP = perhaps maybe 2 LDs to kill an Uroboro, but having a high HP = Uroboro taking ~10 LDs to kill!
Marlowe RP
Difficulty: ★★★
Annoyingness: ★
How long it takes to complete this mission: 3~6 minutes
Wait for Marlowe's dialogue, and monsters spawn in this order:
Elsinore Rats: nothing too special
Trolls: they have low HP so either smash or N+smash works. Careful about multiaggro though
Castle Golem: they also usually fall to a single smash
Ghost Cloakers: The most dangerous mob in this mission, their lightningbolt can hit for over half of your HP, which becomes more dangerous if you're near the NPC (since you can get chained)
Take these out as fast as possible one by one with smash spam.
Grim Reaper: Smash it and you're pretty much set for an easy kill (I always giggle when the Grim Reaper glitches into his stun animation since it looks like he's experiencing an orgasm)
Reward: 40k Gold
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Total Clearing Time: 21~40 minutes
Total earned EXP: 520k
Total earned Gold: 90k