09-01-2003, 06:46 PM
GUNTER: ACT V THE WORLDSTONE KEEP
After beating the Ancients, I wanted to take a break, but I couldn't. What if the game crashed or what if there was a power outage? I didn't want to have to beat the Ancients again just to be able to enter the Worldstone Keep. I took a deep breath and trudged on.
![[Image: Gunter5_wk1.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Gunter5_wk1.jpg)
The Worldstone Keep Level 1 had Flesh Spawners, Ghoul Lords, and Black Lancers. It was pretty standard Taunt-War Cry-kill stuff. I found a rare Colossus Blade here, but it turned out to be junk. Too bad.
![[Image: Gunter5_wk2.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Gunter5_wk2.jpg)
Level 2 had Black Souls (Gloams), Cadavers, and Returned Mages. Again, it was standard Taunt-War Cry-kill stuff, although during the Taunting phase we took a lot of damage from Black Souls and Returned Mages. I found the waypoint finally and took a much deserved break. I then wrote up the story of the battle against the Ancients for y'all to enjoy.
![[Image: Gunter5_wk3.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Gunter5_wk3.jpg)
A few hours later (yes, the game and computer stayed up the whole time), I moved on to the Worldstone Keep Level 3 which had Blood Bosses (lashers), Fire Boars, Soul Killers (blowdart flayers), and Horror Mages. You can't Taunt the frenzied Fire Boars who suicide and blow up on you -- I guess you can't make them hate you any more. If you time it right, you can stun them with War Cry, however, and blow them up away from you. Sometimes I managed to do that, but other times I just had to accept the punishment which wasn't too bad with max fire resist.
I stepped down into the Throne of Destruction and was immediately set upon by a champion pack of Serpent Magi. Cool. I could handle those. The next thing to come along were Dark Lords (vampires). Taunt-War Cry-kill, no sweat. Finally, Doom Knights came on the screen. This was going to be easy. Then I realized something.
![[Image: Gunter5_wk4.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Gunter5_wk4.jpg)
Where there are Doom Knights, there are Oblivion Knights. Groan. Oh, well. I've seen this show before. You can't Taunt OK's, but you can stun them with War Cry. So the best case scenario is to run up and stun a group of OK's and draw the other monsters to you. The worst case scenario is that you accept the punishment from the OK's while you finish off a pack of other monsters. Gunter has max resists and max block, so the damage the OK's dealt was manageable.
In the Throne of Destruction, I found both a +1 sorceress skills amulet and a +1 fire skills (sorceress only) amulet. Neither of them boosted Gunter's Firewall. *Shrug*
I did a full clear of the Throne of Destruction in order to have room to maneuver. Then, it was time to take on Baal's minions.
Gunter worked his way to the very heart of the Worldstone Keep. Will he be able to kill Baal's minions and enter the Worldstone Chamber before it's too late?
After beating the Ancients, I wanted to take a break, but I couldn't. What if the game crashed or what if there was a power outage? I didn't want to have to beat the Ancients again just to be able to enter the Worldstone Keep. I took a deep breath and trudged on.
The Worldstone Keep Level 1 had Flesh Spawners, Ghoul Lords, and Black Lancers. It was pretty standard Taunt-War Cry-kill stuff. I found a rare Colossus Blade here, but it turned out to be junk. Too bad.
Level 2 had Black Souls (Gloams), Cadavers, and Returned Mages. Again, it was standard Taunt-War Cry-kill stuff, although during the Taunting phase we took a lot of damage from Black Souls and Returned Mages. I found the waypoint finally and took a much deserved break. I then wrote up the story of the battle against the Ancients for y'all to enjoy.
A few hours later (yes, the game and computer stayed up the whole time), I moved on to the Worldstone Keep Level 3 which had Blood Bosses (lashers), Fire Boars, Soul Killers (blowdart flayers), and Horror Mages. You can't Taunt the frenzied Fire Boars who suicide and blow up on you -- I guess you can't make them hate you any more. If you time it right, you can stun them with War Cry, however, and blow them up away from you. Sometimes I managed to do that, but other times I just had to accept the punishment which wasn't too bad with max fire resist.
I stepped down into the Throne of Destruction and was immediately set upon by a champion pack of Serpent Magi. Cool. I could handle those. The next thing to come along were Dark Lords (vampires). Taunt-War Cry-kill, no sweat. Finally, Doom Knights came on the screen. This was going to be easy. Then I realized something.
Where there are Doom Knights, there are Oblivion Knights. Groan. Oh, well. I've seen this show before. You can't Taunt OK's, but you can stun them with War Cry. So the best case scenario is to run up and stun a group of OK's and draw the other monsters to you. The worst case scenario is that you accept the punishment from the OK's while you finish off a pack of other monsters. Gunter has max resists and max block, so the damage the OK's dealt was manageable.
In the Throne of Destruction, I found both a +1 sorceress skills amulet and a +1 fire skills (sorceress only) amulet. Neither of them boosted Gunter's Firewall. *Shrug*
I did a full clear of the Throne of Destruction in order to have room to maneuver. Then, it was time to take on Baal's minions.
Gunter worked his way to the very heart of the Worldstone Keep. Will he be able to kill Baal's minions and enter the Worldstone Chamber before it's too late?