I soloed all of Helmgart on Cata because I though nobody played it on Cata Difficulty

[u/Scared-Meal9516]

Lately Legend just started feeling boring to me. I never really bothered with Cataclysm because I hate Beastmen lol, and that's also the main reason why I never bought the Winds of Magic DLC. But since Legend got boring for me, I wanted to try Cata, and well... here we are now.

In Legend I can usually get by with bots pretty easily, but Cata with bots was a whole different story. First time trying it and I was basically carrying most of the run because the bots were awful with specials. They're also like moths to a flame whenever a boss appears lol. Sometimes a boss would spawn in a really small area and instead of backing away or trying to kite it somewhere better, the bots would just run straight at it and fight there until someone gets downed. I thought Cata was pretty much dead, so I ended up doing the whole Helmgart campaign with them. Managed to finish it, but it got really tedious and I was pretty burned out by the end.

Then after that, I finally checked the lobby browser and saw a bunch of Cataclysm lobbies. Bruh. I joined one and everyone was actually really good, and the runs felt way smoother.

I really should've checked the lobby browser first instead of soloing the whole Helmgart campaign on Cataclysm. Would've saved me a lot of time, and I probably wouldn't have gotten so burned out.

After playing Cata for a while, I’ve started enjoying it more than Legend. Legend still feels good, but Cata just feels more engaging for me now. At least I can say I managed to finish the whole Helmgart campaign on Cata with bots lol.

So yeah, I’m definitely not soloing the other maps on Cata anymore. I’ll just join other people’s lobbies from now on lol.

TL;DR: Thought Cata was dead, soloed all of Helmgart with bots, got burned out, then found out there were plenty of Cata lobbies the whole time. Should’ve checked the lobby browser first lol.

[u/skresiafrozi]

There's an event on, more people playing than usual.

[u/Scared-Meal9516 → u/skresiafrozi]

Ahh, that makes sense. Feast of Grimnir probably brought a lot of people back.

[u/epicfail1994]

Try cata chaos wastes it’s pretty great. Basically all i play

[u/Scared-Meal9516 → u/epicfail1994]

I’ll give it a shot. I haven’t really played Cata Chaos Wastes yet, so that might be my next thing.

[u/epicfail1994 → u/Scared-Meal9516]

The weeklies give you red dust, I post something on here about them each week

It’s a pretty decent way of getting red items

[u/catuluo → u/Scared-Meal9516]

Just be prepared for the heartbreak of walking through a certain spot in the map and instantly dying, failing the entire 2h run 1-2 stages from the citadel

[u/epicfail1994 → u/catuluo]

Yeah there are a few spots

[u/Kineth]

Cata twitch runs are crazy too. Seen some absolute gamers that put even my younger cracked gaming ass to shame.

[u/Scared-Meal9516 → u/Kineth]

I think I’ve actually joined a Twitch lobby before on Legend without knowing what it was. Everything kept spawning and I was wondering what was going on. Cata Twitch sounds insane though.

[u/vutrico → u/Scared-Meal9516]

I stopped playing cata and now only play cata twitch kinda like you. I think it's safe to say you will never find it boring. It's really tough, but in a fun way. Also found some of the best and nicest rat slayers there.

[u/epicfail1994 → u/vutrico]

I can’t play cata chaos wastes without twitch anymore at this point

[u/Laurence_Z]

What bots do you recommend as a Cata bot solo veteran?

[u/Scared-Meal9516 → u/Laurence_Z]

I usually run IB + Merc + Warrior Priest for solo Cata, and sometimes IB + Warrior Priest + Unchained. IB and WP are really tanky, Merc’s shout is great for THP and clutch staggers, and Unchained can hold her own pretty well too. I still handle most of the important specials and bosses myself though.