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[critto]

Okay. Really, the mod is totally fun and pleasure, but in the name of all that sacred, next version should ease up on spiders a little bit.
I thought 2 drow ambushes were hard to beat with those annoying spiders being everywhere. Apparantly, I was mistaken.
Deeper underdark. Cave with an instant supply of whisper spiders (where they just keeping coming from nowhere). Really, how can I beat this thing? They dispel everything, they somehow draw characters from place to themselves, and sometimes they just kill chars instantly. Why is that? Why no info about the damage being done or save-throw being made (dwarf-kensai, instantly dead. huh?). And, finally, there are just TOO DAMN much of them, my characters can't handle them, even though I have a fighter-heavy party (vagrant, kensai, blade, berserker-cleric, sorc, thief/mage). I am doing buffs, of course, but they are being dispelled very soon and there is no point and time in refreshing them. Summons doesn't help much too (tried 5 hasted mordy swords). Tried magic (adwh, chain lightnings), but they are magic resistant, as it seems.
I am no great tactician, but how am I supposed to win that battle? :) Just keep reloading and hope for better save-throws and no instant-kills? I would be really glad to have some advices on that battle. This is the first one in the game which makes me feel annoyed, instead of being interested, having fun and searching for better tactics.

[critto]

Sikret, thanks for the answers. I have also a problem.

I just found out that the reputation of my party is 12 (average). How on earth could've that happened?? What are exactly the actions for which game punishes by lowering the reputation? I did not kill any civillians. Neither did I steal anything from anybody. No slayer transformations. No cheating. How else can I loose reputation? It just doesn't make any sense.
It was 20 not so long ago, and I managed to start lady Vanya's quests and the first quest from expanded ranger stronghold. Am I gonna be able to continue them without my reputation being 20? It seems also I that I can't start the second ranger quest now since it also requires reputation of 20, right?
Is there any way to raise the reputation? If I am not mistaken, I can raise it up to 17 in temple, and then how? I do not have much stuff left to do (kangaxx, orcus, twisted rune, wizard and bard strongholds, shimmering light quest, lady vanya, WK, suldanesselar). I wouldn't care about the reputation if it wasn't for the vagrant's quest. I'd really like to see it.

This post has been edited by critto: Feb 22 2009, 01:09 PM