Mallyx on Hard with Heroes was miserable - what am I in for when attempting Dhuum?
I'm working through the process of completing every quest on my Ritualist. There are a lot you just can't get, but I'm fine with that. It's the nature of an MMO.
One set of quests has proved more... challenging than others. Specifically, they're the "complete X in Hard Mode" challenges. A friend and I did Urgoz with EoE, and we cleared Kanaxi legitimately. I've done all the others solo. I'm at the point where I need to actually clear The Underworld in Hard Mode, then slay Dhuum.
Thing is? I have no idea how to do that. I'm staggering bad at this game. I watch people playing Assassin or Paragon and just blitzing bosses while taking no damage, despite being outside of Shelter+Union. I'm microing both just to survive during tough fights, and essentially spamming Spliter+Volley at packs to barely match an ESurge Mesmer Hero. My build will inevitably be the biggest obstacle, but after DoA I'm confident it can be done. To be clear, I understand the Shadow Form and Heroic Refrain skills. I'm not completely hopeless. I just also realize Ritualist doesn't have those options, and you have to offload some things to heroes as a result. That's what makes this fun.
Last time I tried The Underworld, I started a quest and got the "you have failed" message without even really understanding what happened. I'm working on that. Literally, I plan to research and plan for each quest on the path. I can work out a party to deal with their various nuances. I expect that to be a slow process, but I have plenty of time to iterate. Experimenting with one or two quests isn't a problem. If anyone has specific tips beyond "don't die," and "bring Panic to not die," that's great. Otherwise, I'll keep working on it. Mostly, it's the final boss that worries me. And, that's why I'm asking for advice.
Dhuum is only available after a long series of quests, and the description of the fight online is not encouraging. Also, people handle it all kinds of ways. To me, it sounds like you should just bring about thirty Powerstone of Courages and Scrolls of Resurrection, then use them as-needed. But, that cannot possibly be right because that's not what anyone does. I would think you mass suicide at the start, everyone maxes Dhuum's Rest, then you kill him. Apparently, that's wrong? But, I don't know why. And, before I blow a ton of time and money on this, I feel like I should get a handle on why a mass suicide isn't the correct move.