11-04-2003, 11:10 AM
Quote:WHat seems to be happening is random area monsters are 10x+ worse than some nearby area, so one is cruising thru the game thinking about all those players claiming the game is too hard until one is unlucky enough to take a wrong turn.
I see where your coming from and can't argue with your remarks but this situation was far beyond a simple caught me off guard. An exploding bartuc in worldstone against a character with max resists and 2200 life would need to do over 14k in damage I believe. Please help me out here math wiz's. In addition, this character had been exploded on before and recieved only minimal damage. What was different about this time? I can't really answer that. Remember also that this was NM. If NM Bartuc does 14k damage on explosion what does Hell Bartuc do? The splitting of atoms comes to mind. :)
I hope this isn't taken as whinning because its really not. The first couple of hc deaths way back when are the hardest to take. After that you stop planning their birthday parties in advance. This event was the result of something very wrong or simply undiscosed in the game and certainly something the hardcore community very much needs to determine and be aware of.
Either way I'm sure I'll read about it first here.