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

[Preston Crow]

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.