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Offline Huw

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I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« on: September 26, 2011, 07:20:06 pm »
Not in a "they make the game suck" kind of way, but they are irritating little buggers.  I hate them.  I find myself merrily expending valuable mana killing them out of sheer spite.  Anyone else?
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Offline x4000

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 07:21:34 pm »
Hahaha, they've taken over as the new poster child for Most Hated Enemy.  It used to be the amoebas. :)
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Offline Otagan

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 08:20:34 pm »
Don't remind me, please...  :'(
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2011, 08:23:30 pm »
Amoebas seem quite.... tame (or they are not the sparky flying thingies but real amoebas somewhere?)

As for dwarfs.. I would really like if something was done to them to sanitize little buggers a bit. Their annoyance factor goues up on boss fights. But bats are getting quite high on that one also.
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2011, 09:18:16 pm »
Yeah, Amoebas are tame now, after being rebalanced.  Red Amoebas will give you more trouble when you find them.

In terms of the dwarf skelebots, remember that they aren't really intended to be this frequent.  I don't think they need sanitizing so much as we simply need more enemy types in general.  It's coming!
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2011, 10:22:42 pm »
These dwarfs are annoying because their attack can pass through walls, which quite honestly, should be fixed ;) I was fighting a boss robot with 10 of these things around and i was constantly being bumped up and down and left and right...

Also they are so small, you can barely hit them with the good 1-shot-kill spells, so maybe they ought to be slower...
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Offline x4000

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 10:26:42 pm »
Quote from: eRe4s3r on September 26, 2011, 10:22:42 pm
These dwarfs are annoying because their attack can pass through walls, which quite honestly, should be fixed ;)

That's by design, and you have access to the same kind of spells.  Not everything here requires line of sight.  This isn't guns, it's magic. ;)
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Offline Toll

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2011, 10:28:28 pm »
Yeah. Their speed, size, AoE, attack-through-walls and knockback makes them extremely annoying, bordering on aggravating. Take away only one of these and they're far more palatable.

As for good one-shot-kill spells... Mmm, second-level Energy Pulse. Kills'em dead in a hurry. It also kills the MP though.
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2011, 10:41:57 pm »
I think the dwarfs should just have close combat attack (no AOE, no through walls)

They are dwarfs, not ultra demon lords of doom that can rip apart space and time. Dwarfs!

If theres not a level 80 spell called "EPICLULZ" that allows me to STEP ON THOSE DAMN DWARFS with instant-kill and gore then.. then.... i am gonna mod them to look like a Dalek...  :D :D :D

Actually.. thats what i am gonna do.. My revenge on them dwarfs shall be terrible indeed! All hail the Dalek!
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2011, 11:04:25 pm »
These are seriously troublesome buggers.  I'm putting them on my list as a prime target for a genocide scroll :P
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2011, 11:18:44 pm »
Quote from: eRe4s3r on September 26, 2011, 10:41:57 pm
I think the dwarfs should just have close combat attack (no AOE, no through walls)

that annoys me so much, but is apparently a 'feature' that they can attack through walls :s
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Offline GabrielKronos

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2011, 11:21:56 pm »
In most cases, yes, I agree he's an annoying little robot...

But as I glided through the Thawning Ice-Age Buildings, it became much easier to avoid them (and here comes my suggestion/complain), because most, if not all (as it was being my case) buildings of that specific region followed the same pattern (big lobby + stairs leading each to a hallway leading to some small rooms, if they weren't destroyed [apparently the greatest changes between 2 buildings was which rooms were destroyed]).

Now I know we're in beta and such things will be polished, content will increase, etc. so this is why i'm not truly sad from this =D.

But, about the little robot dude... no, they're not worse than rhinos :P
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Offline c4sc4

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2011, 11:24:15 pm »
Fire bats suck. Just wait until you start running into them.
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Offline Huw

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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2011, 02:39:52 am »
I'm glad to see all the dwarf-hate! :D

Quote from: eRe4s3r on September 26, 2011, 10:41:57 pm
a level 80 spell called "EPICLULZ" that allows me to STEP ON THOSE DAMN DWARFS with instant-kill and gore

Ha!  I want this!
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Re: I do not like Skelebot Dwarfs
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2011, 06:47:18 am »
Quote from: Lancefighter on September 26, 2011, 11:18:44 pm
that annoys me so much, but is apparently a 'feature' that they can attack through walls :s

You have spells that can attack through walls too though. Try "Ice Cross" :-)
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