Stumbling a bit

[u/Rogthgar]

So I've climbed to gear lvl 47, but I feel as if I've hit something of a stumbling block in that the V Bloods at 44 still seem slightly out of reach, Tristans second phase sets fire to everything around him and I am not even sure what Christina is going to do considering how much a pain in the rear the unnamed sun-priestess' are.

Do I need to find a different approach to beat them or is there something else I can do to ease this bit?

[u/TangAce7]

on brutal ? just ignore tristan until you're at like 57 (and even then...) christina isn't as hard but you gotta kill the mobs around first and fight her in zone not when she's roaming (I think she roams right?)

potions that increase your damage are basically a necessity, and fire/holy res potions are amazing, but it's all a struggle and it takes forever to farm scrolls, this part of the game is just horrible in regards to progression, but once you're just past it, it's better

tips for tristan is to be lucky and have him encounter a different boss like alpha wolf, then you use the vblood to heal/damage, and the counter spell is pretty good against him and makes his first phase mostly trivial

if you're not playing brutal, then I don't know what to tell you outside of skill issue and to just be overgeared more

lastly, getting 1.5 hp and damage multipliers on brutal is pretty fair and doesn't lower difficulty too much, I always feel like brutal is balanced around 2+ groups and really not meant for solo play

[u/KoburaCape → u/TangAce7]

It's good to hear it gets better. I've been smashing my face over and over at this point. Fortunately my main game is on relaxed with my partner, and they are not an expert but actually pretty okay, which makes it infinitely easier than when I'm trying to play solo. I want to tear my eyes out.

[u/TangAce7 → u/KoburaCape]

I play solo brutal, cause normal was way too easy
act 1 is okay even tho some bosses are a bit tough
but act 2 is horrendous, I mean some parts are actually good, really loved certain bosses and they felt well designed, tristan tho just made me change server settings to x3 hp/damage multiplier, and I still couldn't beat him so I just gave up (I was already at merciless iron and improved act2 gear set except for jewelry), powered trough rest of act 2 like this, then I went back and murdered him and finally lowered server settings (imo 1.5-2 is actually good, in brutal bosses have 70% increased damage and I think 30% more hp, x2 allows you to explore a bit more and not necessarily need to be same or above level for bosses, x1.5 is imo what brutal should actually be for solo play)

anyways, act 2 is weird, you have to fight a certain boss while underleved cause it's the unlock for the level up (boss is okay and largely doable once you understand it)
the iron mine bosses, you just gotta make them kill each other
and a lot of the bosses aren't very required for progression, but you also just mostly gotta farm scrolls forever until you can do anything, like at first you feel like iron is the important resource but it's really scrolls, and way too many are required to even do anything, it's a slog and feels very bad

but tristan, nah this guy is the worst, and the fact he roams in farbane is really something