Tenderfoot Thahd BillBixby Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So I'm at endgame and have been trying to figure out if the sliths laying siege to Formello are the respawning type or if they are actually beatable. I did notice that I get a meager amount of XP per slith killed, which suggests a different breed of slith than those inhabiting Formello. Does anyone know? (Many thanks!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 There are two groups of sliths at the south and west gates of Formello. There are fixed ones that are in camps that will not respawn and there are a few that appear at the gates themselves and respawn. The fixed ones give XP, but the respawn ones probably don't. This is the same inside Formello. Welcome to Spiderware Software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Actually, I'm pretty sure that even the respawning ones give XP. It's the worst imaginable way to get experience, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish echoes Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Toward the end of the game I had the same idea to try to clear the lands outside the city. I approached and then ran away from the "Horde Protector" encounters that pop up (with dialogue message) a couple of times. Eventually I tried to face them, but they were inflicting 500-600 points of damage on every swing even on 'Casual' difficulty. Anybody else have this experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Horde Protectors are bad news, but they're not that bad. Were you not wearing any armour or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish echoes Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 No, my characters were blocking 450-500 of those points thanks to armor and buffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd BillBixby Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Earlier in the game, I tried attacking and peeling off two or so Horde Protectors at a time, but this got monotonous fast as I couldn't figure out how many were left. After reaching near the end of the game, I made a frontal assault from the southeastern bridge. Through a series of charms, buffs, battle crystals, and invulnerability draughts, I managed to kill the first large group of fifteen (?) Horde Protectors. However, after killing these, I was still being pestered by one or two newly arrived Sliths. So rather than waste more resources on them, I decided to retreat. Maybe I'll try again after the next to last task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Fael Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Originally Posted By: BillBixby Earlier in the game, I tried attacking and peeling off two or so Horde Protectors at a time, but this got monotonous fast as I couldn't figure out how many were left. After reaching near the end of the game, I made a frontal assault from the southeastern bridge. Through a series of charms, buffs, battle crystals, and invulnerability draughts, I managed to kill the first large group of fifteen (?) Horde Protectors. However, after killing these, I was still being pestered by one or two newly arrived Sliths. So rather than waste more resources on them, I decided to retreat. Maybe I'll try again after the next to last task. Yeah, I tried that, too (minus the crystals and potions). I fought my way all the way up to the moat, but it became obvious that most of what I was fighting at that point was spawns and it didn't seem like there was anything interesting up ahead, so I gave up. I could have continued the fight for a while longer before having to retreat, but it just wasn't any fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 The south gate is worthless, but the west gate has a secret room outside the walls at the north end if you can get past the spawning sliths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd BillBixby Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Okay, thanks for confirming this. Won't waste any more time on the south gate then. I'll have to check out the secret room on the west gate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma trinko Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 There appear to be groups of 4 sliths that respawn periodically at the west and south bridges. when I finished the game I went back and used the editor to get my characters up to the max in all stats. I then went exploring in those areas were respawning sliths made it really untenable to go before. By the way is there anyway to get into the upper level where the slith archers are right to the south of the river below formello? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Do you mean inside the Horned Gate area overlooking the area where you help Solberg? I looked around and couldn't find a switch to open that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Nor could I. The Sliths just stay there too . . . strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 They are hostile after the Aid Solberg quest so I just killed them for fun. The arena area fills with some Scourge Sliths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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