Oliver the Blade absolutely needs to be changed in some way shape or form. I don't know the fine details of the battle system so I'll leave that to someone else. The way the fight work is just absolute luck based shenanigans. Assassinate is way too over-powered and is garunteed to pretty much be a 1 hit kill on your companions and on you the majority of the time. The fact that he recovers HP on top of having a "1hk" move is just unfair, added to the fact that his speed/hp seem fairly high as well.

There have been numerous complaints in chat about this. I can totally understand that with the lack of content at the moment there needs to be things in place to hold players back from finishing things too fast. I get that, you get that, most people get that, this however is not the way to do that. If you need to stop people from getting too far in HoT or getting too many tokens, then put a max limit on the number of tokens per day, or make an actual end to HoT. Don't make a blatently OP boss, that most people are screwed against, and on top of that if you lose you're done for the day unless you spend money. It's a battle that you ultimately have no control over because regardless of your gear and skills you're basically screwed no matter what you do. The end result is simple. It's not fun, and this is the type of thing that's going to chase players away from this game.

If you want to have a luck based battle, fine, then HoT needs to be changed to a different format, like unlimited revives/resets, but a maximum number of tokens per day.

I'm not saying he's impossible, I'm saying based on personal experiences, plus numerous comments both on these forums and in the chat he's a problem. If he was the final boss for HoT I think it would be more understandable, but at this point it's a huge leap in difficulty compared to the preceding levels and one that isn't based on skill but just luck. It's not fun to keep losing to something that you both have limited chances against and can't even change your strategy for.

Everyone is going to complain about some boss. Next those that get past Oliver complain about Eliza. She is annoying. Others will complain about the spiders after that because OMG they are to fast and they stack the bleed on me.

It doesn't end.

"Everyone is going to complain about some boss. Next those that get past Oliver complain about Eliza. She is annoying. Others will complain about the spiders after that because OMG they are to fast and they stack the bleed on me.

It doesn't end."

So? If someone is reasonably frustrated then there's nothing wrong with saying that. I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's great that the higher ended players are about to finish things easily, or with a reasonable challenge. But as the game grows and the player base does those players will become one of the extreme ends. I'm going into the fight as someone whose level 30, a wizard, multiple near max pieces of blue gear, points, maxed companions, a high number of university/guild upgrades, etc and while I've come close I still haven't beaten him. I had a far easier time soloing the desert MP then fighting 1 enemy. Even with all that going for me, I'm getting frustrated, I don't want to even imagine what the players who don't have as much time to put into the game feel.

I am sick of Oliver. I have not been up against him when he hasnt used 3 assassinates. that pretty much means I can never beat him no matter what I try. I have the speed boots, I have everything enchanted to the top levels except 2 companion spots. I have compared my stats to others that tell me they beat him, and my stats are as good or even better so I dont get it. Its frustrating as heck to never even beat him, i would be happy to be able to beat him at least once a week but its getting tiring to even bother trying anymore. I add potions and even that doesnt help me

So, after playing for a few more weeks I wanted to update how I feel about this situation. Now that I've gotten a full set of MP equipment, a few HoT pieces and had some time to put some levels into paragon skills Oliver has gotten easier to the point where I can fairly consistantly beat him and then eliza. That said, it was still a huge hurdle to get over until I had at least enough HP to survive assassinate.

That said, I still think assassinate needs to be nerfed. Even as someone who plays everyday it took quite a bit of work to beat him, so much so that when I got to eliza I beat her on my 2nd try no problem.