*SPOILER* Ring of Fire - Arrrhgggggg!

PANDA

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

07 May 2005 at 10:54 - 1
This has gotten to the stage now where I'm back to not having fun with these stupidly difficult missions. They are difficult in the sense that once you get so far (say an hour into a mission) and you you die you must go all the way back to the beginning... this COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY sucks especially after your 20th go at the 'Ring of Fire' mission.

We evade all the monsters in the first part by just rushing through (this works 20% of the time because if we fight them we all die); we reach the cut scene and then happily slay all the monsters up until we reach an army of IMPS. These Imps hit so hard that you are down with one volley, you cannot run past them because there is a big lava pond behind them so where the hell are you meant to go?!

I can't afford to do anymore trial and error because it eats up so much time.

A map with directions would be nice

Thanks

PANDA

JYX

JYX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

07 May 2005 at 12:02 - 2
spam fertile season...then run like a madman

PANDA

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

07 May 2005 at 14:01 - 3
Now we can't even get past the f**king first part...

This is a joke; I've practically wasted my Saturday due to my unwillingness to give up on this stupid, poorly designed mission.

This game is for the casual gamer? MY ARSE.

For some reason, even though I'm fully infused I get hit from ~400 to 0...

What the hell do we have to do to get this done SMOOTHLY?

Perishiko ReLLiK

Perishiko ReLLiK

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Divine Guardians of the Soul (Soul)

Mo/E

07 May 2005 at 14:30 - 4
are you using henchman? i remember those missions being easy as hell... if anything you probably dont have enough of your armor infused... because really... it wasnt that hard at all... everybody says the imps are ultra hard, and well... i havent had to fight them once yet, each time i beat it (which my groups did on the first try) we go through the front gate... hopefully you're not using henchman, have your armor infused, and are going through the front gate... cause that makes it easier then anyone makes it sound.

PANDA

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

07 May 2005 at 14:43 - 5
My armour is 100% Infused, not sure about the others.

We've managed to get to the front gate but are having difficulty killing the seals because they keep healing and also the other mobs come over and kill us.

It just seems impossible.

Home Grown

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

10 May 2005 at 16:43 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by PANDA
My armour is 100% Infused, not sure about the others.

We've managed to get to the front gate but are having difficulty killing the seals because they keep healing and also the other mobs come over and kill us.

It just seems impossible. The key to this mission is two good healers and good drawing AI. Thats what we did and we made it easily...(we= my party )

Arakus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

10 May 2005 at 18:50 - 7
When I did it I went through the front door Just pull the normal guys away and take the seals one at a time. There's a hill overlooking the right hand one where I, as a Ranger, was dropping over 100 damage/attack skill because of the height. The two seals on the door don't sap magic, so that just leaves 1 seal to kill.

Last Gasp

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

10 May 2005 at 22:40 - 8
The door is easier than the imps, especially if you do not all have fire resistant armor. Eidolon is right behind that door too, which makes quick work of the bonus mission.

I bet almost none of you are carrying a set of fire resistant armor around to go along with the imbued you're already wearing...

d4nowar

d4nowar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

11 May 2005 at 01:38 - 9
heh. r/mo with full drakescale armor. anything to do with fire is pathetic to me.

tastegw

tastegw

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

SoCal

E/

11 May 2005 at 10:56 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by d4nowar
heh. r/mo with full drakescale armor. anything to do with fire is pathetic to me.
lol no armor can protect you from the condition of "set on fire"

Romac

Romac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

17 May 2005 at 11:08 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arakus
When I did it I went through the front door Just pull the normal guys away and take the seals one at a time. There's a hill overlooking the right hand one where I, as a Ranger, was dropping over 100 damage/attack skill because of the height. The two seals on the door don't sap magic, so that just leaves 1 seal to kill.
i'm going to have to try this, because i don't have hours and hours to sit in front of a computer, hacking, and hacking, and hacking, and hacking, and hacking through spiders and imps, then die, rinse and repeat.

The statements and claims made by game designers before release that claimed this game was friendly to the casual gamer and the gamer that doesn't have unlimited amounts of time to sit in front of a computer WERE COMPLETE LIES!!!!

If you know exactly what you're doing, skip unessential mobs, and keep a very fast pace, you can do thunderhead keep in a little over an hour. But to know exactly what you're doing, skip unessential mobs, and keep a fast pace means you've attempted the mission a few times, which means that you've probably done it at least twice before...that means you have to commit a minimum of three hours to complete one mission!!!

Theneler

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

17 May 2005 at 12:22 - 12
Yeah, R/mo here as well with Drakescale, and yeah. Imps are nothing.... Try getting a ranger to bring Winter with ya. I would imagine the imps are super vulnerable to cold attacks, and winter makes all attacks in the area do cold dmg.

femto

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

17 May 2005 at 17:30 - 13
what's with every other thread in this forum being about how someone can't complete a mission/quest and crying about how its too hard? If you can't figure out the mission, it's NOT THE GAMES FAULT!! sheesh, just figure out what you're doing wrong, get a better party and stop whining. Nothing in the game is too hard because many people have arleady beaten it. Some missions seemed damn near impossible when I first try them, but then I try again with a different group and it becomes so easy I wonder why I was having so much trouble. It's just a game people, chill out and put the box of tissues down.