Hi, Yeah, I'm beginning to find that out myself. To be honest when I began playing Entombed I treated it in much the same way I'd play any other RPG type game such as Sryth. I'd try and give my character as many skills as possible, and not focus on any specific skill/power. Only problem is that kind of thinking is exactly what will get you killed. However, in my latest game I decided to focus my skill points on specific skills. Especially, those that have always came in handy. Like I have a half-elf mage necro who has ice blast trained up to level 5. In most cases he can kill most enemies with one attack. A direct attack to the Goblin King's head drops him stone dead in a single attack. So with the right skills/powers ttrained up right those are the key to winning for sure. As for the Goblin King's so-called guards you are right. If you have a special attack those guys go down pretty easy. in my last game I used a confusion scroll to screw up the King, and unleashed my forces on direct attacks on the guards. They all dropped like flies, and then we ganged up and took out the King. Was really quite fun and interesting to watch the Goblin King when he was both confused while my characters leveled him with ice blasts direct to the head. Needless to say he didn't put up much of a defence. Lol!
On 3/1/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > people will probably kill me for saying so, but I've found this a > surprisingly easy battle. Everyone bar the goblin king himself goes down in > virtually one sneak attack or a decent blast of magic, and the king can be > dealt with by targiting his noggin, ---- that's failing fun things such as > chalming him of course! Maybe it's because I tend to concentrate on getting > fewer skills up higher. thus, for a fighter I'll always concentrate on duel > wield and short swords (sinse I can guarantee on getting a good pare of > those if nothing else), and with those at 5 the gk goes down like a tonne of > bricks. > > For thieves or assassins I make sneak attack or crytical hit a priority, for > mages shrink, and for necros ice blast. Harm or firebalt I'll use if it's > the best offense that character combo has, ---- though iceblast and > lightning I've found to be more effective, and I'll always go for moves to > screw up the opponent such as chalm or some of the bard skills. > > Thus, when I fight the king I can guarantee that my two characters at level > 6 will have either one skill of five and one of three, or two at four. > Occasially I'll go for three skills at three, but only when the skill > combination is especially complimentary, such as archery multishort and > crytical hits, or duel wield, a weapon skill (usually short swords), and > crytical hits (as you can guess, the assassin job with the critical hits > skill in the full version is a favourite complement of mine to melee > classes). > > For jobs with more unique abilities like mages I tend to just pick a > favourite couple and work on those, --- on this basis even my level 4 or 5 > character will probably have at least one good skill, ---- possibly two. > > usually, skills don't become useful until their at least level three, thus > in entombed it really does pay to have specialized characters for specific > functions, ---- one reason the game effectively gives you six sets of skills > to play with. > > This is of course, just the stratogy I use, and there may be other ways, > sinse the game is a complex one, ---- but where as normally I'd try and be > even handed with skills in an rpg game, in entombed I've found it really > doesn't pay, and specialization is the key to winning. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
