Swordsman Archive
Thread: Elders still possible, Barely!
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Darioss
Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:27 pm
#1
I wanted to check out the nightsisters since they got their powers back.. I had a pretty easy time with the ranger spawn I ran into, looted 2 crystals also. I finally found a elder with 2 protectors and a spellweaver. I lured the elder out and used int 2..as usual. The fight really didnt last much longer but you cant afk fight these for those of you that did that. They use a force power that basically removes your buffs for a period of time and use weapons now also. I was hit several times in the 400+ range even with intimidate on the elder. My advantage is I have a 400-920 acklay powerhammer, I am not sure you can do enough damage in time with a run of the mill powerhammer. You will have to load up on brandy, ahrisa, canape and muon when the time comes. They will also bleed you, knock you down and destroy your vehicle. Its possible to solo a elder but make sure you lure one ns at a time or its a quick death.. I predict crystal prices will soar especially the quality and the premium ones you find on protectors and elders. I have no gripe with the update whatsoever, it adds a little excitement to what was a rather boring fight.
oh yea, you need to be speed capped
Message Edited by Darioss on 07-29-2004 07:35 PM
Supporteer
Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:24 pm
#3
nightsisters getting weapons and force powers back is great! i was on dath just killing some rancors and found a group of nighsisters and i thought, oh cool those will be easy to take out and maybe i will get something cool looted. yeah 5 run at me with force powers shining and one had a powerhammer, 2 had those big claymore looking swords, 1 a stun baton and the last one a sword. I died lol. But it was more fun than i have had in a long time fighting them!!!
Mikhail24
Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:28 am
#4
Ok, something is definetely wrong with this picture. Cascade of Hatred is a Lightsaber special, not a fencer special. How is the Elder doing Saber specials with a stun baton?
Bug it.
Bug it.
Mikhail24
Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:29 am
#5
Also Sanguine Strike is the lightsaber slash...does bleed & posture down. Not a stun baton move. /shrug.
Ocaigann
Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:37 am
#6
I noticed that, too. I guess that giving any NPC force powers has the side effect of also giving them the saber specials Jedi can use. Guess they couldn't just give them certain things from the Jedi profession., and had to just give them the whole thing.
Darth_Platehead
Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:07 am
#7
i went out with my 615 damage non acklay hammer and killed as many as i could find with no problems at all.
AelricMistrider
Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:36 am
#8
Ocaigann wrote:I noticed that, too. I guess that giving any NPC force powers has the side effect of also giving them the saber specials Jedi can use. Guess they couldn't just give them certain things from the Jedi profession., and had to just give them the whole thing.
Well, not exactly sure, but I don't think they had access to lightsabers, so I imagine they get to use the moves with some sort of melee weapon. Not that I've ever seen anyone use a stun baton against a PC and 1100+ damage.
But I'm glad they have some teeth now; it actually takes a little strategy and planning to get them killed. It's great fun to be force choked by 3 protectors and 2 sentinels while running for your life.
Joesf33
Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:55 am
#9
NS are still weak. The only thing you have to worry about is a MOB choking you. 1 choke not bad. Multipule stacked chokes are not good.
Nagabacca
Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:18 am
#10
Joesf33 wrote:
NS are still weak. The only thing you have to worry about is a MOB choking you. 1 choke not bad. Multipule stacked chokes are not good.
Did you see the screenshot?
If they pull a baton, and you're wearing your cheap 80% pve composite or ubese armor, you'll feel like they just put it where the sun don't shine.
If you see one with a baton, hit burst run or jump on the bike, you will die
The saber specials... are they all 1hSaber? The devs might have lumped all 1h moves together in their code, so when she picks a random special to use from the 1h, she also canpick from the 1hSaber specials .
Nagabacca
Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:02 pm
#11
I would have made a similar post, however:
I was milking a NS Elder spawn, as per usual, when this little maddam came along.
This is what happens, when a NS Elder pulls out a stun baton (i had my normal Elder armor on, no stun resit). Notice nothing resisted (obviously) and note how long it took her to kill me: four seconds.
This was with her intimidated btw.
She took another group of 5 apart after me, in similar speed.
Naga
Reddman
Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:08 pm
#12
Don't bug it, they might fix it and give them saber like swords so you really won't be able to kill em
They get to use Jedi specials because they are FS NPCs, but on a different level. They used to do the same attacks back in the good ole days, glad that time is back
They get to use Jedi specials because they are FS NPCs, but on a different level. They used to do the same attacks back in the good ole days, glad that time is back
I_shoot_pigeons
Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:45 pm
#13
I didn't have a problem with them, just popped my food and I was good to go...although, had one whipped out a stun baton, I'd have slept with the fishes.
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