Thank you for explaining <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />
About the arrow stuff => I played the game in German first and killed the end boss with the hammer spell (I'm not good at combat). Then I read the first English gamer saying: it's not possible to kill him with archer skills. So, I asked the Germans and got a very good answer... Errhm, but I couldn't reproduce it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> . Then the first German gamer said: it works.
And I tried over and over again until I found out what I had done wrong:
1. My distance was too far - and as his agility was high, so I missed. Or, I hit him but then had a series of missing => he was at full health again.
2. I tried to tackle him by using my arrows from south to north - and there seemed to be a sort of barricade: my splitting arrows flew into all directions, but NOT in his.
As I hated giving up => I kept on trying until I found this out:
At sneak 8 (I later even used a lower level) I could get pretty close, fire 1-2 shots - move a few steps away, shoot 2x - move, shoot 2x. And suddenly I had luck: I landed critical hits. And I did not fire from the center in south/north direction. He and my char moved counter clockwise around the field corners - does this make sense? I simply kept away from the free area in the middle.
So, I tried several variations, as the German gamers used normal or splitting arrows without proficiency at all. But I was only good in poison.
In melee (used crushing/slashing/piercing weapons without even a skill pt there) I just used the fully sharpened Demon Cutter Axe, as my agility was very high. Archer <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> - ok, I had to deal with his cronies, but I combined melee+hammer at 5 (?)
And my favourite killing method was => Ethereal method fireball + sneak. Didn't use ONE health potion. I had a lot of mana potions, as my archer survivor did not have a very high intelligence. So, I could only fire 2x and had to drink.
All these experiments were done in the pure English version 1.44 on tactical.
Kiya
PS: I was not frustrated though - then my patience is high. If I had been fed up and angry, I would not have experimented... I just wanted to prove to myself => there are several methods.
I prepared myself for this end battle => gathered a lot of cash to unlearn all non-combat skills. Boosted myself up with golden charms and my meagre 2 holy water bowls. I sold all DK skills, put them into "sharpen" to have a real good Axe - or sharpen another weapon. And I saved before doing all this, so I could experiment.
What I did not do => sell his skills and then give them to my Summ dolls - I wanted to finish this guy on my very own. Why? Well, he had duped my char, she had been a puppet all the time. I don't take this very kindly. And the only thing I was mad about => I had no opportunity to make a knot into Asmodheus.
