05-30-2003, 09:21 AM
Hi,
I remember that the first time I took on hell ancients in hc with a few friends I was shaking in my boots. We spent like an hour muling in our best gear for ourselves and even our mercs, gathering purples, planning the ideal tactics, etc. Then when the moment of battle finally came we killed them in like 20 seconds -- Talk about anticlimatic! How hard they are really depends on a) The mods they spawn with and B) the makeup of your group.
I guess your biggest problem, groupwise, is that you are both ranged attackers (not to mention that merc). You really do need a good tank. Its no problem though, just as long as you they don't spawn with terrible mods. Here's a few survival tips from me to help you out:
1. Dedicate one row of your "potion" belt to tp scrolls. This way you can with one click (say "1" for example) open a tp, increasing the odds that you will survive a worst case scenario (like cursed and might).
2. Don't fight out in the open, but rather move down to one of the corners. This way you won't be whirlwinned, and in general it dramatically lessons their attacking capabilities.
3. Dont be afraid to cast a tp if you see either yourself or your partner's life getting in the danger zone. He who fights and runs away, lives to run another day ;)
4. If you click on the altar and don't move away directly, it will give you time for the graphics to load (while you listen to their eerie speach "we are the ancients..."
Good luck! Ancients are great fun -- only wish it was rewarding to kill them more than once. Well, aside from the honor given each time.
I remember that the first time I took on hell ancients in hc with a few friends I was shaking in my boots. We spent like an hour muling in our best gear for ourselves and even our mercs, gathering purples, planning the ideal tactics, etc. Then when the moment of battle finally came we killed them in like 20 seconds -- Talk about anticlimatic! How hard they are really depends on a) The mods they spawn with and B) the makeup of your group.
I guess your biggest problem, groupwise, is that you are both ranged attackers (not to mention that merc). You really do need a good tank. Its no problem though, just as long as you they don't spawn with terrible mods. Here's a few survival tips from me to help you out:
1. Dedicate one row of your "potion" belt to tp scrolls. This way you can with one click (say "1" for example) open a tp, increasing the odds that you will survive a worst case scenario (like cursed and might).
2. Don't fight out in the open, but rather move down to one of the corners. This way you won't be whirlwinned, and in general it dramatically lessons their attacking capabilities.
3. Dont be afraid to cast a tp if you see either yourself or your partner's life getting in the danger zone. He who fights and runs away, lives to run another day ;)
4. If you click on the altar and don't move away directly, it will give you time for the graphics to load (while you listen to their eerie speach "we are the ancients..."
Good luck! Ancients are great fun -- only wish it was rewarding to kill them more than once. Well, aside from the honor given each time.