[geeks] Diablo ][

[Tugrul Galatali]

On Fri, 25 May 2001, amy wrote:

> mephisto was absurdly easy, i cornered him, he was on one side of a
> wall, i was on the other, so i kept casting something (dont recall what,
> its been awhile) that drained his hp by a quarter each time. izual was a
> piece of cake but hephasto beat the snot out of me so quickly that i
> stopped playing d2 then and there.

	Hephasto's minions kick the shit out of me... damn mages... once they
are gone, the boss is helpless against a good beatdown from god's warrior :)
	Izual can barely hit me, especially since my sword does _all_ elemental
damage IIRC, including cold, so he gets less chances to try :)

> i was a jewelry hound. go figure ;) i'd wind up carrying the motherload
> in jewelry with me just because.

	Shoulda kicked Hephasto's ass, he drops perfect and flawless jewelry.

> sadly, i never had to fight all of that. i just teleported in and out of
> the room without throwing the last switch and let them kill themselves
> off. you pop in, they see you and go "die!" and start casting, you pop
> out. a few times and 3/4 of whats in there is gone.

	CHEAP! :) Kinda like my trick to beat the butcher as a rogue before I 
was really ready. Clear out the surrounding level, find a unblocked door to a
gated chamber, open his door and let him follow you to that door, and stand
behind it and slowly poke him to death with the bow :)
	That damn skeleton king in the third level was too smart for that
trick tho. Had to avoid him for awhile :)

	Nightmare Act I is remarkably challenging... I had a fallen boss and
his minions kill me when they pulled one of their superfast moments and 
surrounded me (do some bosses increase minion speed or is it just the game...
the boss for the winged demons in D2's cathedral was damn fast) but having
more skills allows more efficient solutions to the old challenges...
Blessed Hammer :)

	As for Quake, I suck, but I'll gladly provide a ctf server if you guys
are upto it :) Q3 is installed, and I'm sure I can scare up Q2/Q1 if requested.

	Tugrul Galatali