04-05-2003, 03:06 AM
The style you describe Elric is all well and good under low player count conditions where one can run around encased in a Hurricane and bask happily in the warm blue swirl of Mana per Kill items doing their work as monsters drop in a second.
But under "Players 8" in an Open game or the equivalent Solo-8 in multi, monsters just don't drop like flies and take many long moments to kill by the end of Nightmare. Under "Players 8" I had to give up my minionless ways around the River of Fire, because there simply weren't enough Mana pots to sustain him. About 2 or 3 Mana regenerating items and a Solar Creeper later, he is once again able to proceed at his usual sedate pace. ;)
But under "Players 8" in an Open game or the equivalent Solo-8 in multi, monsters just don't drop like flies and take many long moments to kill by the end of Nightmare. Under "Players 8" I had to give up my minionless ways around the River of Fire, because there simply weren't enough Mana pots to sustain him. About 2 or 3 Mana regenerating items and a Solar Creeper later, he is once again able to proceed at his usual sedate pace. ;)
Heed the Song of Battle and Unsheath the Blades of War