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Magness · 09-30-2002, 12:56 PM

I started a new game in HoF mode with the game completed first party.

Played it up into the caves under the hord fortress, near the end of chapter 1. I got bored with it. It was all about summoning monsters to do your fighting. My 16+ level tanks were getting hit nearly every time and my spell casters wouldn't inflict enough damage to turn the tide in any battle. Only summoned monsters had enough punch to win battles for me.

I didn't want to spend the entire game depending on summoned monsters to do all of my fighting. I don't mind summoning 1 or 2 monsters to be my cannon fodder, but HoF forced me to use them as my primary combatants. My party's tanks were often left to being the final line of defense against any enemy monsters that ignored my own monsters. Boring.

I've gone back to non-HoF and simply cranked up the difficulty a level. More entertaining.

09-30-2002, 12:56 PM	#4
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	I started a new game in HoF mode with the game completed first party. Played it up into the caves under the hord fortress, near the end of chapter 1. I got bored with it. It was all about summoning monsters to do your fighting. My 16+ level tanks were getting hit nearly every time and my spell casters wouldn't inflict enough damage to turn the tide in any battle. Only summoned monsters had enough punch to win battles for me. I didn't want to spend the entire game depending on summoned monsters to do all of my fighting. I don't mind summoning 1 or 2 monsters to be my cannon fodder, but HoF forced me to use them as my primary combatants. My party's tanks were often left to being the final line of defense against any enemy monsters that ignored my own monsters. Boring. I've gone back to non-HoF and simply cranked up the difficulty a level. More entertaining.