Garrulous Glaahk shadow9d9 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I had to leave my 2 companions above ground and Shigaz was injured. I go up the east wall to Haru, who gives me a key. I moved west, unlock the door, and kill the 4-5 guys in the next room. I have no idea what I am supposed to do now. I cannot solo the 8 guys just north of me. If I try to sneak past to the shade, the 8 guys join the fight. Is the game bugged? What should I be doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 It's not a bug, it's just a difficult area unless your main character is built to survive being attacked by a bunch of enemies. A Dexterity-based Blademaster or Shadowwalker will do okay, but other characters will probably have trouble. Now's a good time to use any combat items you've been hanging on to. If you're still having trouble, remember that you can adjust the difficulty level during play: dialling it down to Casual for that part might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk shadow9d9 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Oh...lame... I built my guy as a tank, with emphasis on health more than damage. I am playing on hard. Beat the 8 guys with 3 potions.. it just felt wrong to me so I figured I'd ask. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Yeah, unfortunately tanking with health isn't really an effective strategy in Avadon 1 compared to dodge-tanking with Dexterity. Luckily there's a cheat code to let you respec your character on the spot: hit shift-D and type retrain in the dialogue box that appears. Having as much Dexterity as possible will help a lot with fights like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk shadow9d9 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Yeah, beat the boss on the 2nd try. Thanks for the help. I just needed the nudge to use potions and that I didn't miss something in particular. Dexterity/dodge tanking sounds hard to me. I guess you would have to be a missile tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Dexterity/dodge tanking sounds hard to me. I guess you would have to be a missile tank? Yeah. Enemies will generally go after whoever attacked them most recently, so it's not as hard as it sounds to keep enemies focused on you. You do have to take care not to get completely surrounded or pinned against a wall, though, since you need to be able to back up a step to use your missile attacks. You also have to be careful around enemies with cold or acid-based attacks, which Dexterity doesn't help against. Still, that's a small price to pay for having the vast majority of attacks miss you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 With some endurance you can resist or at least withstand cold and acid attacks. Later in the game there is a teleportation scarab to reposition a range attacker for when you get swarmed. Before that you can usually do enough melee damage even without specializing in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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