DansMtnVue
06-18-2008, 05:54 PM
So I've got a level 32 half-elven rogue, and am currently living in the landing. I headed there with the intention of hunting my former favorite victims, the stone gargoyles. 7 levels over my head for the uphunting bonus, and life is grand, right? Wrong.
They changed gargoyles at some point. They were always somewhat crit resistant, but these days (swinging a veniom hilted fal) I can whack away all day at a leg and only rarely get them down. Even if I do, they take forever to kill by bleeding them out of one leg. Once they're down? No problems, but it can sometimes take 7 or 8 swings to get them there. Didn't used to be that way.
So... looking to keep uphunting, and feeling my oats a little bit, I headed out to roa-ters. The boxes were great for my lmastery ranks that I needed (and still need), and I was shocked at how much living I did out there. Probably 80% of the maneuver attacks were dodgable (assuming that's a word), and even when I got hit it wasn't usually a death crit, and once I was unstunned I could get out of there and back to town. But a few deaths in a row killed my taste for that action, especially since it inevitably lead to decays.
SO... long story short (heh)... I'm trying to find something that I can hunt successfully that's 6 or more levels above my head. In the 40-range, and I would prefer something that drops hard boxes so I can get my lmastery ranks. Something crittable, that I can nail with a 299 AS swing, would be awesome. I thought about trying shan, but that's a scary prospect. Undead won't really work because of the weighting on my fal. So... any ideas or suggestions?
I can hunt giants and titans on the glacier with zero risk (literally), and fry in under 5 minutes, head back to town, unfry, etc. There's not much excitement out there though. And by excitement I mean hard boxes, good treasure, interesting critters, etc. NOT Death (like with roa'ters). I could keep doing what I've been doing for five or six levels then give shan a try, but it's my hope that there's some critter that I'm just not familiar with that would be perfect for my situation. Thoughts?
They changed gargoyles at some point. They were always somewhat crit resistant, but these days (swinging a veniom hilted fal) I can whack away all day at a leg and only rarely get them down. Even if I do, they take forever to kill by bleeding them out of one leg. Once they're down? No problems, but it can sometimes take 7 or 8 swings to get them there. Didn't used to be that way.
So... looking to keep uphunting, and feeling my oats a little bit, I headed out to roa-ters. The boxes were great for my lmastery ranks that I needed (and still need), and I was shocked at how much living I did out there. Probably 80% of the maneuver attacks were dodgable (assuming that's a word), and even when I got hit it wasn't usually a death crit, and once I was unstunned I could get out of there and back to town. But a few deaths in a row killed my taste for that action, especially since it inevitably lead to decays.
SO... long story short (heh)... I'm trying to find something that I can hunt successfully that's 6 or more levels above my head. In the 40-range, and I would prefer something that drops hard boxes so I can get my lmastery ranks. Something crittable, that I can nail with a 299 AS swing, would be awesome. I thought about trying shan, but that's a scary prospect. Undead won't really work because of the weighting on my fal. So... any ideas or suggestions?
I can hunt giants and titans on the glacier with zero risk (literally), and fry in under 5 minutes, head back to town, unfry, etc. There's not much excitement out there though. And by excitement I mean hard boxes, good treasure, interesting critters, etc. NOT Death (like with roa'ters). I could keep doing what I've been doing for five or six levels then give shan a try, but it's my hope that there's some critter that I'm just not familiar with that would be perfect for my situation. Thoughts?