hah, I remember that spider. I returned to the Aleroth Catacombs at lvl 20something with great gear thinking of revenge on the skeleton bosses that I had left behind. I was a little overconfident apparently, and while I plowed through everything else, that spider made short work of me the first time, prompting a reload and the usual cheap tactics.
I'm not saying in any sense that hard is impossible (or even hard, if you're really cautious and have a scorpion army), but that the things you will resort to (it doesn't really get easier till you have 3-4 gold vit charms and maxed resists, and even then you can get 1shotted) seem like things that developers of other games would scramble to wall off, given their deviation in gameplay nature as well as numerical values. Kinda ruins it for me.
The Spider in the Aleroth Catacombs isn't TOO hard !
I kill the spider on Hard difficulty and without having an scorpion or other summoning creature.
I was level 9 or 10 (max!) ...
Okay, I must take a few health potions ... but further on nothing extra.
The thing is : "think about it ...." : "What's possible a weak spot of a spider?" Fire? Yes, Meteorestrike is usefull against a spider! But I used the Lightning Spell ! Very usefull against spiders
... Okay, Lightning use much more Mana, but if you are well prepaired (that means have enough potions, but also have at least 1 free Skillpoint...), that wouldn't be any problem
