So there was quite a great turnout for the grand opening of Balathustrius, the Demented Tinker's Dungeon! You can read up on all the lore in this link!


The battle through the dungeon went on for almost two hours, as the valiant Evolites pushed through Balathustrius' relentless mechanical army. He even had persuaded Jukas to carry on his and Exodus' calling, nearly driving the invading force back. Somehow the Evolites continued gaining ground, eventually cornering Balathustrius himself and provoking an epic conflict that ended with the destruction of a facsimile of his...

Although many artifacts were razed in this event, others might still appear, as well as armor pieces of the Demented Tinker, which have +Tinkering skill on them (ranging from 1-10).

For more pictures of the event, you can check here. Many thanks again to everyone that attended the event... it was a blast!

Love it!  Pic #2:  That's my nekkid self running around, trying to find my corpse with my sick steed confused, trying to figure out why I'm not riding him.  Dead bodies everywhere!  Awesome dungeon!  What I really like about it is that it encourages team play, and the rewards are really worth going in there.  With the demand of Tinkering augments, I bet that place is going to be hopping for quite some time. 

I went back down there after the event, the dust had settled, and the bodies were gone.  Fought for several minutes, edge of my seat type of PvM, just to kill a single Golem.  Those guys have pretty impressive resistances!  I plan on gearing up with some Discordence clothing and jewlery (barding difficulty on those guys is 160 for those wondering) and taking another whack at it.  Certainly a place that you're going to want to take a buddy or two, because pets were just not doing the trick (notice all the ghost Evo's and the pic).  The difficulty of the single monsters really isnt that tough, but they hit hard, and the spawn rate is high, so it's REALLY easy to get yourself in a bad spot.  Then there's those minions who relish in peace making your character and using discordence to put you out of the fight entirely!  (Gonna fight fire with fire on that front)

Thanks Expo for giving us another great and challenging option to PvM!  Really opens the doors for group play PvM that keeps you on your toes and makes us come up with different tactics!

Glad folks enjoyed the event and are still going back in there for the other treasures. The facsimile of Balathustrius might make another appearance as well, so keep an eye for that.

I have tinkered with the dungeon and the following updates were made:

• Reduced the number of active monsters
• Reduced the mix/max damage of the Technical Assistants
• Reduced the HP of the mini bosses
• Activated several of new stealable artifacts
• Fixed a roofing issue
• Enabled Event Hall moongate