11-05-2003, 08:50 PM
Don't live long in HC by themselves without a bit of care.
Act III Bitch Rats From Hell have always been annoying, especially to those of us with poor connections, or like me in early D 2 days, with barely specworthy vid cards on our machines.
Adapt and overcome.
If your Necro does not use curses, does not use tanks, or as a Bone Necro does not use Bone Walls to now and again crowd control the flayers, then yes, he is gonna take some hits. 1.10 did indeed make monsters hit harder.
I have lost two already in HC. One to a Fangskin cornering me next to the stairs (I had just come down stairs, and "lo" my pubbie 'friends' had parked him there.) I clicked on the stairs to go back up, kept drinking pots, and should have save and exited. Sadly, I ran out of pots before I realized that my char was "stuck" and simply could not move. So it goes.
My Sorceress died to Andarial, she was 15, thanks to what I can only describe as the chaos of an 8 person party all running amok, me trying to sneak in the occasional static at level one, a bit of bad timing, maybe too much tactical risk on my part. I also think she got a crit hit, but maybe not. Dead is dead, and the deeds of Meloni_Flegrei will be remembered by few, if anyone, outside of Atma's Tavern. :)
All things considered, I find your complaint curious at best. Bone Shield being hit seven or eight times, particularly if there are minions involved, a Might Aura, or what have you, is not substitute for crowd control tactics.
Act III Bitch Rats From Hell have always been annoying, especially to those of us with poor connections, or like me in early D 2 days, with barely specworthy vid cards on our machines.
Adapt and overcome.
If your Necro does not use curses, does not use tanks, or as a Bone Necro does not use Bone Walls to now and again crowd control the flayers, then yes, he is gonna take some hits. 1.10 did indeed make monsters hit harder.
I have lost two already in HC. One to a Fangskin cornering me next to the stairs (I had just come down stairs, and "lo" my pubbie 'friends' had parked him there.) I clicked on the stairs to go back up, kept drinking pots, and should have save and exited. Sadly, I ran out of pots before I realized that my char was "stuck" and simply could not move. So it goes.
My Sorceress died to Andarial, she was 15, thanks to what I can only describe as the chaos of an 8 person party all running amok, me trying to sneak in the occasional static at level one, a bit of bad timing, maybe too much tactical risk on my part. I also think she got a crit hit, but maybe not. Dead is dead, and the deeds of Meloni_Flegrei will be remembered by few, if anyone, outside of Atma's Tavern. :)
All things considered, I find your complaint curious at best. Bone Shield being hit seven or eight times, particularly if there are minions involved, a Might Aura, or what have you, is not substitute for crowd control tactics.
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete