07-06-2003, 05:32 AM
Well, I've now played my Fire Blast 'sin through A4/Normal, and the latest thing to stick out was Oblivion Knights vs Venom Lords. Even before I got to the CS, I found that, for whatever reason, the nasty knight mages weren't nasty. I could allow like five of them to all be casting right at me, and not worry about it too much. Normally ONE would worry me if I was standing still. In direct contrast, the Venom Lords were just roasting me with their firebreath. It was normal for the breath attack to be their first attack, followed by melee. The breath HURT. So even before I got to the CS, I was practically unconcerned with Knight mages, and very cautious about getting surrounded by Venom Lords.
I had already heard that DeSeis no longer had mages for minions, plus I found that the mages weren't so bad, so I wasn't worried about him. But remember the Venom Lords? Yeah, an Extra Fast boss pack of them sounded like a nghtmare. I wasn't disappointed. It was. Even with 55% fire res after Fade, there was no way I could stand the heat of more than a couple at once. I might add that my main attack was Fire Blast, and Venom Lords have 70% fire res, so I was already in trouble. The first time I fought them I eventually got trapped and Saved and Exitted. (I forgot that in SP you couldn't rejoin the same game with the monsters still dead, oh well.) The second time I eventually got them, by seperating them into one on one battles - a portal shrine right near the seal helped.
Anyway, the main point is that the Infector of Souls and co. has jumped far past De Seis for the title of nastiest Seal boss group.
Of course, De Seis jumped equally far backwards into the no-threat range. After taking care of his minions, I just sat there and spammed Fire Blast until De Seis died. Even sitting there without bothering to dodge anything, I'm not sure I had to drink more than one potion against him. His attacks just did not hurt.
As for the other monster type in the CS, not too much change in difficulty. The big difference is that they will attack with their drain mana missle *far* more often. That could be bad when combined with other monsters, perhaps, but it was probably a help for the Grand Vizier group, because they didn't all swarm in for melee.
Diablo seemed about the same. Since this character had some extra lightning res, he was actually a lot easier than normal, but I think that was just cause of my equipment.
Of course, this is all in Normal, the relative damage amounts might be way different in NM/Hell.
- Dagni
I had already heard that DeSeis no longer had mages for minions, plus I found that the mages weren't so bad, so I wasn't worried about him. But remember the Venom Lords? Yeah, an Extra Fast boss pack of them sounded like a nghtmare. I wasn't disappointed. It was. Even with 55% fire res after Fade, there was no way I could stand the heat of more than a couple at once. I might add that my main attack was Fire Blast, and Venom Lords have 70% fire res, so I was already in trouble. The first time I fought them I eventually got trapped and Saved and Exitted. (I forgot that in SP you couldn't rejoin the same game with the monsters still dead, oh well.) The second time I eventually got them, by seperating them into one on one battles - a portal shrine right near the seal helped.
Anyway, the main point is that the Infector of Souls and co. has jumped far past De Seis for the title of nastiest Seal boss group.
Of course, De Seis jumped equally far backwards into the no-threat range. After taking care of his minions, I just sat there and spammed Fire Blast until De Seis died. Even sitting there without bothering to dodge anything, I'm not sure I had to drink more than one potion against him. His attacks just did not hurt.
As for the other monster type in the CS, not too much change in difficulty. The big difference is that they will attack with their drain mana missle *far* more often. That could be bad when combined with other monsters, perhaps, but it was probably a help for the Grand Vizier group, because they didn't all swarm in for melee.
Diablo seemed about the same. Since this character had some extra lightning res, he was actually a lot easier than normal, but I think that was just cause of my equipment.
Of course, this is all in Normal, the relative damage amounts might be way different in NM/Hell.
- Dagni