05-04-2004, 11:11 AM
Yes, the higher your level is above the monsters the closer you can get to it without "activating" it (not sure if it works the opposite way when you are below its level or if it is just a cap on it there. Try going back to a low level area and run arround the monsters, you can litterally walk up to them without they attacking (well, standing just beside them usually trigger them).
Look at a typical wilderness area with monsters the same level as you. Usually it is next to impossible to walk between the monsters without having them come to you. Or at least you have to be VERY careful. Do the same when you have gained 5 to 10 levels and you can just run through it not even bothering about it. It also means monsters usually activate once you are beside them or even past them so they end up running far behind you not really making much attacks on you.
Another noticable memory was me soloing a cave with monsters (in Darkshore I think, the mushroom cave with Nagas in. I did fine, not activating the "next" monster further in while fighting of a monster. I was probably 3 or 4 levels above the monsters. Then I did the same with two characters that were at the same level as the monsters and one even 2 or 3 levels below. As soon as they joined the fighting, they drew out the next monsters or monsters from the side paths and so on. It was next to impossible to fight the monsters one by one (and it was not them running arround triggering monsters carelessly.
Still, I would like situations were you don't just have to fight monsters one by one at your own or a bit higher level, but were you are sort of forced to take on 2, 3 or even more lower level monsters instead, if not only for a change. It do happens at times with special boss monsters, that usually comes with some boduguard monsters arround them that activate at the same time, but usually that follows an area were one first can fight monsters one by one easilly and then is stomped hard by the boss and his guards since they are usuall a few levels up. The end result is to group or to wait untl you gained 4 levels (or whatever) and then the normal monsters arround are even easier to fight one by one and one almost ignore them and then take out the boss and his guards. I would like to see the same with more "normal" monsters.
Look at a typical wilderness area with monsters the same level as you. Usually it is next to impossible to walk between the monsters without having them come to you. Or at least you have to be VERY careful. Do the same when you have gained 5 to 10 levels and you can just run through it not even bothering about it. It also means monsters usually activate once you are beside them or even past them so they end up running far behind you not really making much attacks on you.
Another noticable memory was me soloing a cave with monsters (in Darkshore I think, the mushroom cave with Nagas in. I did fine, not activating the "next" monster further in while fighting of a monster. I was probably 3 or 4 levels above the monsters. Then I did the same with two characters that were at the same level as the monsters and one even 2 or 3 levels below. As soon as they joined the fighting, they drew out the next monsters or monsters from the side paths and so on. It was next to impossible to fight the monsters one by one (and it was not them running arround triggering monsters carelessly.
Still, I would like situations were you don't just have to fight monsters one by one at your own or a bit higher level, but were you are sort of forced to take on 2, 3 or even more lower level monsters instead, if not only for a change. It do happens at times with special boss monsters, that usually comes with some boduguard monsters arround them that activate at the same time, but usually that follows an area were one first can fight monsters one by one easilly and then is stomped hard by the boss and his guards since they are usuall a few levels up. The end result is to group or to wait untl you gained 4 levels (or whatever) and then the normal monsters arround are even easier to fight one by one and one almost ignore them and then take out the boss and his guards. I would like to see the same with more "normal" monsters.
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