I'm in for 3 runs of the dungeon too Chuck. Getting that masterworked gear is awesome. I'd also like to run Ordeal as I haven't done it even once yet. I should be on tonight and tomorrow night. But the dungeon is definitely top priority because of the masterworked stuff. (I just want to do Ordeal at least once to get rid of the quest for it).
One way to see how its probably going to go for your group is to see how fast you melt the first few bosses. If they aren't going down in seconds, you probably aren't making it to branch 9.
Last week I was in a run where me and 2 randos beat the branch 8 boss (servitor that time) with 2 seconds to spare (thanks partially to me standing in front of it's face with my full auto shotgun). That was pretty exciting.
I also noticed that rocket launchers seem to be far superior for the forest bosses than a machine gun. And as you said with the mask perks you get lots of heavy bricks.
I was able to get 2 different characters through branch 9 with total randoms last night. But it is definitely hit or miss. People seem to be better at it now than last week or the week before when branch 5 or 6 seemed to be the max. In nearly every run I made it to 8 at least. One time we had it with a minute to spare (after branch 8) but wiped on the boss because I don't think the other randos knew it would end. I was busy casting my Chaos Reach and then bum rushing the boss with my shotgun and almost got him down but didn't notice the other 2 died. To what I'm not sure. They should have been clearing adds and being careful OR going full bore with the supers at the boss. Apparently they did neither. When I realized they were dead I hightailed out of the bosses range but my health was already too low to survive (plus all the adds were still there). Thus the problem of not being able to communicate even when you can get to the last boss. But the 2 runs where I did it, we melted it fast and had no problem.I should be, but I haven't really looked at the Dungeon just yet, so might need to hit the books or be instructed.
Also wouldn't mind getting to the ninth branch in the Forest, if anyone wants to give that a shot. Best I have done is six or seven with randoms (had a really good team one run, then the Servitor boss glitched off the map).
One way to see how its probably going to go for your group is to see how fast you melt the first few bosses. If they aren't going down in seconds, you probably aren't making it to branch 9.
Last week I was in a run where me and 2 randos beat the branch 8 boss (servitor that time) with 2 seconds to spare (thanks partially to me standing in front of it's face with my full auto shotgun). That was pretty exciting.
I also noticed that rocket launchers seem to be far superior for the forest bosses than a machine gun. And as you said with the mask perks you get lots of heavy bricks.
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