08-12-2008, 06:42 PM
Quote:Were the beetles Fire Enchanted? Fire enchanted monsters are extremely bugged depending the type of monster, and scarabs are a particularly nasty one when they are FE. It gets especially bad in nightmare difficulty because they didn't really fix the problem there. They "solved" the problem by reducing the fire enchanted damage in hell. But perhaps I need to raise a toast to those who play single player hc, where it was never fixed at all...
In HC, I never get near a fire enchanted monster-- always use the merc to take it out. If it's dual enchanted, just avoid it, it's just not worth it in most cases. Even with 75 resist and some absorb it still takes off a minumum of 700-800 life. And yea, I really don't test it often.:PAnd don't even get started with the ancients.
I have to agree; certain fire enchanted beasties are walking bombs. When I last got back into Diablo 2, I took my lightning specialised Sorceress on a walk through Act III nightmare. I was doing great and good times were had, until a certain mister Flamefinger decided to spill his guts, completely blasting away my more than generous healthpool. As for lightning enchantedness along with other enchantments, I have noticed numerous times that when a CEB LEB boss monster is hit hard enough to go into hit recovery, he will also fire off an invisible Frost Nova (like he does upon being killed), chilling your character if you're standing close for no apparent reason, as well as doing a fair amount of additional damage. I'm guessing the same happens for fire enchantments. As I pretty much only play ranged characters (the Life Leech or drink pots like hell aspect of most Diablo 2 melee builds bothers me, especially since I prefer singleplayer), I haven't noticed thus far.
Still, it's odd that this kind of thing is happening on seemingly random stuff, like Joe Average the Beetle and catapults. Never had that happen to me.
Oh well, at least there's those runewords;)