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

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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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