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Kinfyr · 11-27-2001, 02:53 PM

All I have to say is wow. I sat down to play last night, figuring I would head back to the monestary to finish it off. Of course I was expecting a fight or two on the way there but nothing like what I saw. I ended up staying in one spot pretty much the entire time and frankly I'm surprised I actually survived.....I also know what some people are complaining about (I kinda like it). It was actually only 5 fights all together but man were they tough. The first group was the fighters (don't remember their names) with around 80-90 hit points. A total of 9 of these tough guys were seen in the distance and I thought for sure my party's death was imminent. Thankfully I remembered the comments about using the landscape to your advantage or I wouldn't have lasted 3 rounds.

As usual I camped after the fight then saved. Took a few steps forward only to come across 9 killer bats with an average of 40 hit point. I was thinking this would be a fairly easy fight but was proven wrong immediately. These guys can do some damage and also have a special attack. Once again I proved victorious...... camped and went for a little walk. Next in line were more bats and tons of swaying plants (actually scared the crap out of me there were so many monsters). I got lucky this fight as the bats were less powerfull than before and the plants weren't too bad. Camp, walk a bit, another fight. More fighters.....with damn near 90 hit points. 5 of them with 2 real weak guys straggling along for the spoils.

Camp, walk... last big fight. 14 swaying plants (I know, my memory is horrible) headed towards me. I move back into my spot so only one or two monster can get at me at once. I was pretty smug at this point as I survived all those other fights without losing anyone. I kept waiting for the plants to come to me but they ended up stopping a fair distance and started shoot spikes or whatever at me. At first I didn't think much about that so I just fired arrows at the things. That is of course until I first became poisoned. And since they were all in one big lineup fireball was kinda useless so a new strategy was in order. Thankfully you can web and paralyze these things or my party would have been worm food. Needless to say I barely squeaked through this epic battle..... still in the same spot I started from 2 hours (real time) earlier.

All I have to say is that I love this game [img]smile.gif[/img] Just happy though that this didn't happen when I left the monestary or I would never have made it.

11-27-2001, 02:53 PM	#1
Kinfyr Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 34	All I have to say is wow. I sat down to play last night, figuring I would head back to the monestary to finish it off. Of course I was expecting a fight or two on the way there but nothing like what I saw. I ended up staying in one spot pretty much the entire time and frankly I'm surprised I actually survived.....I also know what some people are complaining about (I kinda like it). It was actually only 5 fights all together but man were they tough. The first group was the fighters (don't remember their names) with around 80-90 hit points. A total of 9 of these tough guys were seen in the distance and I thought for sure my party's death was imminent. Thankfully I remembered the comments about using the landscape to your advantage or I wouldn't have lasted 3 rounds. As usual I camped after the fight then saved. Took a few steps forward only to come across 9 killer bats with an average of 40 hit point. I was thinking this would be a fairly easy fight but was proven wrong immediately. These guys can do some damage and also have a special attack. Once again I proved victorious...... camped and went for a little walk. Next in line were more bats and tons of swaying plants (actually scared the crap out of me there were so many monsters). I got lucky this fight as the bats were less powerfull than before and the plants weren't too bad. Camp, walk a bit, another fight. More fighters.....with damn near 90 hit points. 5 of them with 2 real weak guys straggling along for the spoils. Camp, walk... last big fight. 14 swaying plants (I know, my memory is horrible) headed towards me. I move back into my spot so only one or two monster can get at me at once. I was pretty smug at this point as I survived all those other fights without losing anyone. I kept waiting for the plants to come to me but they ended up stopping a fair distance and started shoot spikes or whatever at me. At first I didn't think much about that so I just fired arrows at the things. That is of course until I first became poisoned. And since they were all in one big lineup fireball was kinda useless so a new strategy was in order. Thankfully you can web and paralyze these things or my party would have been worm food. Needless to say I barely squeaked through this epic battle..... still in the same spot I started from 2 hours (real time) earlier. All I have to say is that I love this game [img]smile.gif[/img] Just happy though that this didn't happen when I left the monestary or I would never have made it.