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Act 3 Chapter 8 Archmage

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:57 pm
by bannock
Help wanted. Having problems cant kill Archmage. All my characters are level 45 and i have 1 nature mage. Also 1 ranger and 2 fighters, one of the fighters can use combat magic (at lvl 10). I do some damage to the Archmage and then see a message(?) saying The Archmage targets an Agallan obelisk and begins to cast a crystal barrier spell. After this my characters begin to get killed one at a time. Please help!

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:11 pm
by Inu
*STRATEGY SPOILER*















Judging by when this thread was posted you may have already figured out that the Archmage is tapping into the powers of the obelisks on the edge of the circular platform that you are on. He then uses them to shoot a slow pinkish looking missile at you. Look closely you will see them and you can dodge them.

EDIT: Also it gives a message before he even converts an obelisk, so when you see the message wait for the pinkish purple straight laser type spell he uses, and look in what direction its going towards. leave your party on rampage mode so they continue to do damage, select a range damage type character with the F1, F2 etc. buttons and quickly target the obelisk you should be able to kill it faster then it shoots one. Also remember if your playing single player and maybe multiplayer if the option is selected, you can do the targeting and character selecting while the game is paused (Spacebar default.)

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:36 pm
by swcarter
You can also attack the obelisk to break the spell.

SWC

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:07 am
by Serin Jr`ent
maybe i'm wrong, but archmage is extreemely easy to kill
forget about dodging of anything - activate all dmg abilities and shoot, hack'n'slash him as fast as u can
hi will die sooner, that will be able to activate anything

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:49 am
by Mr.Waesel
^Not true in veteran and elite. However, the barriers are so weak you can easily destroy them before they shoot anything.

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:55 pm
by bannock
Thanks

Thanks for the help. I am still having great difficulty with the Archmage, I gat him down from 90000 points to 50000 but then get zapped. This problem has destroyed all my pleasure in playing this game. I hope the b*****d who programmed this problem is satisfied.
Yours Bannock.

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:22 pm
by FlynnT
This is a tough one

OK, I just finished off the ArchMage after several unsuccessful attempts. I think this strategy might also work at the advanced levels.

POSSIBLE SPOILER FOLLOWS:
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My group consisted of two melee characters plus a melee dire wolf, and Deru the Archer. I selected the archer as my active character and whenever the ArchMage converted one of the obelisks I had her shoot the obelisk. One shot does it.

All worked fine until near the end of the ArchMage when he converted the obelisk furthest away from the archer. It managed to get off one missile before the archer disabled it again. The missile killed one character, but because the mage was so close to death I didn't even bother tryying to rez the deceased until I finished off the Arch Mage.

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:58 am
by bannock
Thanks

Many thanks to FlynnT for your help. With your aid I finally beat the Archmage. My ranger worked fine!
Yours Bannock.