Baldu2 wrote:If you wanna try something different for that sprint i'd recommend human caster (i found conjurer easiest) of sif. In that sprint sif gifts every 2 fights or so, so it's possible to try all sorts of crazy spell combos. I think that one specific sprint is easier for gifting gods, and i certainly don't recommend demigod, i've played that sprint a billion times and i only once managed to get to end game with a demigod. God god ogd dog god god god...
Overall i found the 10 rune challenge more fun, it's by far my favorite sprint if you didnt try it yet and are getting irritated with this one. I found the challenge better balanced and it's sorta possible to use different paths to get the win. The pits has a bit too much luck involved early on i found, for example facing the vampire unique in one of the early vaults is almost guaranteed deaths for so many characters.
If you try the sif human (easiest win in my opinion for this challenge), i'd recommend actually going for the overpowered spells asap (flame cloud+fireball early, after freezing cloud swiftness blink tornado fire storm haste combo is easiest win in all vaults here except the pan lords in tight quarters, melee is much better there). Anyway, good luck, and don't take this sprint tooooo seriously, like the normal game the beginning is massively harder then the rest of the game, so dont feel bad if you kill 10-20 guys without getting out of the first few vaults.
Oh, i also recommend closing all the doors except the ones needed for an escape route in this sprint. This way you can find wandering monsters much easier and when you need to retreat you won't have bad guys cutting you off.
Personally, I find the pits much easier than the ten rune challenge. If I play a caster, I can more or less kill the few enemies in the entry zone, then get murderized by the human or elf outside the first door. If I play a melee fighter, I can sometimes manage to take down the human/elf, then die to the water elementals. If I try a healer, I either die to giant mites, or the human/elf, or if I manage to make it to the elementals, I die to them.
But with the pits, I can easily take the first enemy, grab some of the starting loot, and heal/kill/blast my way through the first few zones easily, and if i'm playing a solid combo, get pretty far.
BlackSheep wrote:What kind of armor and weapon were you using?
I usually take an axe, as healers don't start with any weapons, and deep dwarves have +2 axe proficiency, so it seems like the best option. I'll grab the chainmail or plate armor in the first vault, and train up my armor and axe skills throughout the rest of the freezer area, and its usually pretty high by the time I get to the metal vault. If I find better armor or axes i'll swap up to them. Usually by the time I take on a leech, I have about 2 in axes, and 2-3 in armor. My axe is normally either a +2, +2, or a +2, +0 brand(Freezing, crushing, or piercing).
whitmo wrote:Gosh, Healers sound
weird, not sure I've got much advice there... I like to start with Tr/Og Hunter, free large rocks give me a deadly early-game ranged attack.
You can totally grab the orb and win. I always die when I try to keep going and clear the hells.
Healers are a nice change of pace from the other classes, and you usually end up with 5 times as much bloodshed, despite the name. Typically, once can expect to blast out greater and lesser heals asoon as they enter a room, mostly aimed at a horde of popcorn, or the strongest enemies. Then, the neutralized enemies will be attacked by the still hostile ones, leaving few survivors.
Glad to know I can just grab the orb. I'll do that next time I get confident I can heal through the vestibule.
Wednesday, 13th November 2013, 18:30