Original General Dungeon Fighter Thread

I thought Sky Tower (especially Vestibule of Darkness and Castellan's Chamber) and all of GBL (Arad Branch/Lab/Hatchery) were wakeup calls to the less competent players.

Well that's not to say that Sky Tower and the 3 GBL bosses are hard after figuring out their patterns (as well as hit and runs). I stopped dying to Hydracle the next day after dying at least 1-2 times a run, and I never died to Vangelis yet. He's pot intensive MP-wise, but never died to him. My only gripe is Hughton has too much HP to ever concentrate on him, and his summons have too much HP to take down; I'm going to solo him on King's tonight.

[color="#cc8899"]There's a difference - sky tower can be overcome with enough brute force leveling or partying - 2 or 3 levels make previously difficult bosses cake. Post 40 dungeons almost demand teamwork and a fair degree of skill/intelligence, and it would take several levels (5+) to notice a difference in difficulty. Frankly put, you can't just spam potions or overwhelming numbers. Sky tower taught players to pay attention, but nowhere near to the same degree. GBL stuff was usually ignored or rushed through, and wasn't overly difficult with a party.

Also, soloing Vangelis on Kings is incredibly difficult. I've done it thrice, and each time has pushed me pretty hard. If you can do it pre-40, I commend you (without tokening I mean). His regen is absurd on kings.[/COLOR]