First path of Epoch of Pain completed, ~70 revives

Nothing serious. Took the Nebula path with 6R5A Sentry and 7R3 Ironheart.

Ares took around 45 revives. A TB bundle for 1000 units helped with some team revives for the Immortal phase. Based on this run, I can save revives for a month and complete a path.

Couldn’t get a single Special Operation—hoping to get at least once in my 6th run.

Comments

Sarah245

Now that's a realistic run my first run was 40 ish revs too. Subsequent runs were much cheaper.

Morgx

Bro what. I’ve done 3 paths and they all took less than 25 revives. My first one was around 15. I’m not hating and I understand some people might not spend a lot of time on the game, but u should really take more time learning how ares works and planning your path out before going head first

Buttehrs

Can't exactly learn how ares works without fighting him now can you. He's not like grandmaster or kang or cerastes etc.

TotemCorruption

Because the difference between 25 revives and 70 revives is ... skill and preparation??
lol...

Furrymoosen

There's a wide range of skill levels in the game. OP seems encouraged by their progress, even if for many of us we would've yeeted our phones three towns over.
Hopefully OP can improve as they do more paths, but if they're happy with their progress then that's fine.
If anything, this post might help others also feel better about where they feel things aren't panning out the way they want them to.

TotemCorruption

It won't fully replicate the actual experience, but I practiced how to dex Ares's SP1 and SP2 by just doing the required actions in practice mode against 6* Groot.
Ended up soloing him (Groot, not Ares)...

TotemCorruption

I was joking about Groot by the way.
So just to be clear: No, you cannot learn how to deal with Ares's specials by practicing against Groot.

arifin74

I did watched videos and conversations mate, but that's how my skill goes. Just not getting too pressured. My eye, hand, brain does not work like MSD 😋 I watched him soloing in live.

TotemCorruption

MSD is fun to watch and entertaining, but he's not really in the business of teaching how to do fights. He's in the business of showing off while fans donate money to hype him up. (Nothing wrong with that, I'm just pointing out the dynamic and intent of the videos).
To get good tutorials I would recommend youtube channels that are more focused on teaching and showing, like jason voorhees, simula67, grassmcoc, and others...

arifin74

Yap, Simula67 made the real usfull guide till now.

arifin74

You got all right

jason voorhees run and Seatin saying just intercepting few times will eventually get you the kill took more pressure off me.

Toproller89

MSD 100% had early access to Ares and nobody is gonna change my mind on that.

Furrymoosen

Nobody has to. He admitted as much.

Searmenis

Thank God you re not hating.

Herbal_Taxman

OP, did you get the TB revive bundle this month?

Toproller89

arifin74

Yes, I did. Not as same as the revive offer, but still saved some units

TotemCorruption

The same offer pops up if you complete the EQ on cavalier as well, so you can buy that offer twice a month.

Bogo

lefty Knox is great if u want to feel good about your own skills.

TotemCorruption

Haha, I'll have to check it out.
This guy is also great, he streamed a 100+ revive walkthrough and labeled it an "easy path tutorial".
I'm not trying to clown or anything, and I'm not a great player either, but all I kept thinking was, "You know, you can try at least one light intercept instead of just dashing in and dying 10 times in a row."

https://youtu.be/jSfpBTOeeCw

SirGamesBond

If we are talking someone dropping revives on content, Id suggest watching abdo. Same feeling with less shade.

TotemCorruption

It's actually a little shady because he both hinted at that, but then during the stream he acted like he was fighting him for the first time. And then lo and behold, after one death, he's nailing all the dexes left and right while we're all like, "Jesus christ, MSD, you're unbelievable!" and he's like, "Yeah. Thanks for the $100 donation!"