[crossfire] Advice for late-game gear: getting constantly one-shotted

[Siegfried Eureca]

Well, I'll have to bite my tongue on difficulty. I'd say the real problem
was me not understanding the damage formula. Apparently, character level
affects AC somehow, as I was able to waltz into Zorn castle with the same
-31 AC as before (just as level 101 rather than 79 like earlier), and
clobber pretty much everything. My one-handed-weapons skills were much
higher (89 now versus 40 earlier), but my AC did not change.

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 19:26, Siegfried Eureca <siegfried.eureca at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for the help. For the longest time I just focused on
> elemental/status resistances, and completely ignored AC.I think more recent
> years of DnD and Monter Hunter made me realize how silly that was. I'm now
> at AC-30 and cruising through Zorn castle.
>
> FWIW, I think it's cool to hear from devs, esp. when they last worked on a
> map over a decade ago. I've played this game a long time it seems (and only
> recently started learning how to play it well).
>
> :)
>
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 11:19, Siegfried Eureca <siegfried.eureca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I recall that now. It's just that I can't get in a clean shot with my
>> attack unless I lure him outside his shop, and when he's close, he
>> one-shots me. Maybe I can make a prayer-trap or something.
>>
>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 11:07, Poof <subscriptions at eracc.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:26:09 -0400
>>> Preston Crow <pc-crossfire06 at crowcastle.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 2020-09-29 13:05, Siegfried Eureca wrote:
>>> > > I've been gradually getting back into Crossfire, having played it
>>> > > on-and-off over the years. One thing that has always frustrated me,
>>> > > is seeing the Scorn Sale Shop littered with gear from Zorn's
>>> > > castle, and I can't even beat Zacharus Zorn at the entrance to the
>>> > > Zorn quests. I have decent gear, IMHO, but he just rams into me and
>>> > > kills me in half a second, leaving me no time to react or heal
>>> > > (i.e. "I hope this guy isn't another instant-kill enemy; time to
>>> > > flip a coin and charge him").
>>> >
>>> > Well, you don't need to kill or even confront him to get into the
>>> > castle.  There is another way.  But if you really want his key,
>>> > another approach is to get good enough with the stealing skill to
>>> > just take it. Of course, if you aren't good enough, you'll anger him,
>>> > and he'll kill you.
>>> >
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>>> Siegfried,
>>>
>>> I create the Zorn stuff. Unless someone has changed it, there is a hint
>>> by talking to a NPC in the area near Zorn where you can find out how to
>>> defeat him. Zacharus Zorn is not intended to be easy to beat without
>>> knowing his weakness. However, once you know his weakness, you can get in
>>> without much trouble. Be aware that Zorn Castle is not easy either. ;)
>>>
>>> Actually, the suggestion of the stealing skill is a good alternative to
>>> exploiting his weakness. But you have to have a pretty high stealing skill
>>> to do that without getting stomped by ZZ as I recall.
>>>
>>> Finally, the Zorn quest was an ambitious idea I had way back when I was
>>> active in Crossfire. I moved, changed jobs, and really had / have no time
>>> to continue developing it. So it is an unfinished quest, but is good for
>>> leveling.
>>>
>>> Gene Alexander
>>>
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