I played through and beat the whole Geneforge series before, so I'm not new to this, but I can't get through the Guarded Docks. Like not even close. On regular difficulty.
I am a Level 19 shaper, have two drayks lvl20, one cryodrake lvl20, one ur-glaahk lvl19, one iron claw bug lvl14, and on the last try added a charged vlish lvl17 (hoping the weakness field would make a difference) and I get pounded into the dirt. I put on essence shields, mass energize, etc.
I have killed Goettsch, destroyed the Geneforge, wiped out the Takers, killed the leader of the Awakened, etc. and cleared the map (except Diarazad won't go green no matter what I do) and am a wrecking machine. But I go the Guarded Docks and just get wiped out. I have tried luring some out to fight them separately to no avail. This isn't a "oh, hard challenge, gonna have to reload a buncha times to get through". This is like a toddler fighting Mike Tyson.
Is there some trick I'm missing? Because at this point I'm just about ready to just call it quits.