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The first time I did this encounter, I did it right after Big Red, probably much like you are doing (since then, I've learned to wait on doing this, so there's some advice for ya as well [img]smile.gif[/img] ).
I tended to rely heavily on Magic & Summons, though, to make it through (finally, after, many Reloads).
The first room can be dealt with somewhat cheesily (though justifiable cheese [img]smile.gif[/img] ). Ok, you know there's lots of people, but... you could convince yourself it's a reasonable tactic to send in 2-3 Fireballs as soon as you see the first red circle, right? After all, your characters are smart - it's not gonna be just one Fighter against you after that mental attack while approaching, right? Also, it wouldn't be unreasonable to make a few of your Fighter-types Invisible beforehand, who could then head straight to the Mind Flayer (slightly behind the blast radius of course). Once that MF (I mean Mind Flayer by that, naturally!) is taken care of, the rest are pretty simple.
After that, you have a long corridor leading to another room. It's not inconceivable that your characters would now suspect multiple Flayers. What better way to counteract the Flayers than to summon 3-4 monsters, have an (Improved) Invisible character open the next door, then snipe away with missile fire while those MF's (& their Umber Hulk servants) eat your minions. Keep summoning while the carnage is going on, & do strategic withdrawals towards the first room as more bad guys appear.
Finally, once that 2nd room is clear, gather all your people in there & repeat your tactics on the 3rd room, though using more buffs here if possible (& making sure your Summons benefit from them as well). Open the northern door, cast Summons into the corridor, then send an (Improved) Invisible character to open the next northern door (make sure you see & lure a few of the enemies). Let your summons clog up the corridor while you snipe once more from the 2nd room. Keep clogging the corridor with new Summons. Don't be afraid to pull anyone close to death (or brain-death) back into the first room to heal & return.
Evantually, if you make good use of Summons & the corridors (by making them come to you), you'll win (trust me, I did). Or, you could always wait til you're higher level... say, after the Underdark... which is what I do with the vast majority of my games now, after having been through that torture before... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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