[Scronan]

Howdy all,

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Well, I spent most of the day playing Wiz 8, and honestly most of my time was spent reloading time and time again in some difficult spots. All I can say is, this game is a true challenge! Its almost a little too hard, and I'm only on normal difficulty. For instance, most of us here are Wizards and Warriors veterans. For the most part, WW is an easy game in the battle sense, save the part where the Amazoni Mantraps come out. Although that was a tough part for me, I've encountered 10+ simillar situations in Wiz 8 so far! Its almost as the whole game is like that, one step in the wrong direction and WIPE OUT! [img]smile.gif[/img]

I first noticed this full bore when I stepped into the Tyrannie forest, and what greeted me but SIX freakin' Rapax warriors. Each one had about 320 HP, and they made mincemeat out of my party. I could have handled 1 or 2, but six? With such high HP, I couldnt even take one out, not to mention some plants and bugs came along to help bite me on the toes whilst I was getting chopped to pieces by the Rapax.

Finally, I reloaded and they didn't spawn or I just lost them, then I bumped into the Picu bird thingys. The small birdies didn't look so tough until the big momma one came out (230 HP) with 8 babies. I was able to wipe them all out, but it took a few tries.

However, none of these battles even come close to those annoying little Wood Sprites. Although they only have 15-30 HP and you can kill them with one good strike, most of the time you never see them and all your characters just die!

No kidding! Usually you just see their little sparkle, and if you sit back and let them cast spells, you're toast. The only option is to rush them and battle them head on. Or use another tactic I call "hide behind the door and SQUASH EM!".

Basically, the sprites will usually wait for you to come to them (which is a stupid thing to do, but unfortunately the only thing you can do sometimes), but if you hide somewhere where they can't target you with your spells, then they'll come after you. A good place to hide is perpendicular to a door way, and when they come through, your fighters will cut them down really quickly. There is a GREAT spot for this on the second bough.

However, the normal case is they do this in rapid sucession:

1) Blind the party
2) Cast Web/Sleep
3) Cast CRUSH (I've seen it do 60+ damage on one person, usually will take a poor Mage out in one shot)
4) Cast Acid Splash, Frost, Whipping Rocks, etc
5) Cast Eye for an Eye (dont cast spells when they do this, or you will PAY!!)

One time, a group of just 5 of these little creatures killed my entire party is less then 30 seconds, and I have 8 characters (Myles, Vi Domina and my party of 6).

So, I'm sure everyone has encountered the same situation, and I bet having some magic screen or magic resistance spells (like I don't) would help with these little flying assassins. I'll have to get those soon and see if they help.

Anyway, loving the game, but damn is it tricky sometimes! I even killed the sprites in the pens because I hate them so much!

DAMN THOSE SPRITES!

Best,

Scronan