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Old 11-29-2001, 09:55 PM   #8
Magness
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Manchester, NH, USA
Posts: 1,025
Ah, andrewas, I take it you haven't fought the final sequence of battles before.

They're quite a challenge.


SPOILERS AHEAD ............
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There are 7 battles that you have to fight without resting.

First Melissan
Air Elementals
Second Melissan
Ice Elementals
Third Melissan (toughest)
Fallen Solar and friends
Fourth and final Melissan

As you've seen, you cannot rest between battles. There is only time for a little healing, summoning, prep work.

Obviously with 7 battles to fight, you cannot afford to waste everything in a single battle (except of course for the very final battle). I found it very challenging to be forced to fight these 7 battles without rest and having to husband my magical resourses.

I found the 3rd battle against Mel to be the toughest because she dimension doors to the top of the screen, leaving a handful of slayers in your midst. This is a major pain because a) the slayers are nasty and b) you don't want to let Mel be left alone for too long because she'd heal herself and fire off plenty of nasty spells before you can force her into melee again. The time I fought her with my archer led party was the "easiest" because my archer was able to het her with arrows well before my tanks could engage on her.

Above all else (at least IMHO) be prepared to have your mages cast breeching spells to drop her protections ASAP. If you can keep her from casting spells, you're ahead of the game.
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