Requires:
- Nym's Slicer Pre Quest
IG-88 Heroic Instance
Nym's Factory Compound is where you’ll face the notorious Bounty Hunter IG-88. This instance is straightforward but very dangerous—your entire group can be wiped out in seconds if you’re not prepared.
Tanking is different here. Unlike other fights, you can’t just stand still and hold aggro. The bosses use powerful flame throwers and rockets that deal massive damage quickly. Jedi tanks should keep moving and take turns taunting to stay alive. IG-88, in particular, can defeat you in under 3 seconds if he targets you.
Entertainers should use full energy protection and other buffs suited to their abilities to stay safe.
The factory entrance and Retina Scanner are protected by level 90 elite droids. You don’t have to kill these droids; you can run past them and either incapacitate or drop aggro at the entrance. However, killing them can be fun and gives good XP for lower-level players in your group.
Phase 1: Battle droids
This part is pretty easy so you shouldn't have any problem here. Plant four people on each of the four doors in the instance. Have the medics in the middle to heal whoever gets low. Kick the Mouse droid in the Middle of the instance, and wait for the Battle droids and bomb droids to spawn. You can keep the bomb droids off your back by standing directly in front of the door where they spawn. Blast the battle droids apart and Phase 1 is done.
Phase 2: Droidekas
At the end of the first phase, CL90 Gold Boss Droidekas will spawn in place of the Battle Droids. There will be four of these initially. The Jedi and Bounty Hunters blocking the doors immediately aggro the Droidekas and drag them to the center of the factory area, where the remainder of the group is waiting. In the alternative, have everyone go to one of the doors and attack the droideka at that door and then rotate around the room killing the other three with everyone attacking the same droideka at all times.
That the Jedi and Bounty Hunters get aggro on the Droidekas is very important, as it keeps them from aggroing the Medic(s) and nuking them immediately.
Phase 3: Giant Battle Droids with flamethrowers
This is one of the hardest parts of the instance. Two giant battle droids with flamethrowers will come out of the main gate and stand next to each other in the middle of the dungeon. Whatever you do, DON'T stand still for this part. as soon as they aggro have one medic do a stasis on one of the battle droids and have your group focus on the other.
The best strategy for this battle is running behind the droids more importantly don't be near the mouse droids those are what the battle droids are targeting with their flamethrowers so avoid them at all costs. They hit hard, so make sure you heal yourself and your medics focus on healing and don't forget, do not stand still.
When looking from the entrance door, the right battle droid turns counter-clockwise and the left battle droid turns clockwise.
Also, keep yourself away from red targetting circles on the floor.
Phase 4: IG-88
This part may or may not be harder to the last depending on how your group is. When IG-88 comes, give him all you got. You can try having your ranged professions run the perimeter like the last part, but it isn't really needed. Just make sure the medic are on the ball for this part. When the Droidekas spawn, top priority is to eliminate them. IG-88 is or is close-to being invulnerable when they spawn. So take them out. I would keep 1-2 Jedi on IG-88 while everyone else takes the Droidekas out, save the medics. Keep doing this and IG-88 should go down.
Everyone in the group and in the instance will get a bonus of +1 to Combat Offense Strikethrough Value, with a maximum stacked bonus of +10, and a Droid Factory Token of Heroism.
Heroic loots:
- Dented IG Droid Head
- Juyo Saberstaff Schematic No-Trade Removed!
- Schematic: CC-V Legion Cryo Projector
- Elegant Combatant's Rings (Stats Vary)
- Fancy Combatant's Rings (Stats Vary)
- IG-88 Wall Lamp
- IG-88 Solar Panel
- IG-88 Solar Generator