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

[Siegfried Eureca]

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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