04-15-2004, 04:37 AM
Yeah, it was me. I got to Van Cleef three times. The first time, he and his minions slaughtered our group mercilessly. The second time, I was with an *awesome* group that I had a great feeling would be able to beat him -- and then Blizzard decided to take down the server for maintenance just as we got there. That began my conspiracy theory that Blizzard intends no one ever kill Van Cleef. I think it's like the Kobeoshi Maru -- the no-win scenario -- in Star Trek. If you are ever in a group that could take down Van Cleef, they'll take the server down to prevent it.
The third time, Blizzard was even more clever. They instilled a mole in our party. Up until Van Cleef, the group was good and worked well together. It wasn't quite as good as the aforementioned second party but still quite good. I felt we had a decent chance to win. We killed everything up until Van Cleef's platform, then the mole, who up until that point had been a fantastic partymate, decides to walk up onto the platform on the top of the ship "just to see" and Van Cleef and his horde appear (they're like rogues with their Sneak) and slaughter a disorganized, wounded, and largely out of mana party. *sigh*
I will get you Van Cleef!
The third time, Blizzard was even more clever. They instilled a mole in our party. Up until Van Cleef, the group was good and worked well together. It wasn't quite as good as the aforementioned second party but still quite good. I felt we had a decent chance to win. We killed everything up until Van Cleef's platform, then the mole, who up until that point had been a fantastic partymate, decides to walk up onto the platform on the top of the ship "just to see" and Van Cleef and his horde appear (they're like rogues with their Sneak) and slaughter a disorganized, wounded, and largely out of mana party. *sigh*
I will get you Van Cleef!