From: rjk@iastate.edu (Russell J Kraemer)
Subject: Re: EOB 2
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 20:38:21 GMT

OK, I started this thread a few days ago to get some combat tips for
EOB2. I've gotten so many that I thought I would share them with ya'll.

Not really spoilers, just combat tips, but just in case:
















Lots of people wrote in and said hack the save files, but I didnt try this,
so that one is still open...stuff I did try:

Load your clerics with bless, protection from evil 10 ft radius, etc.
Ivisibility dosent seem to help, but haste does.

To dust dran:

Put your two heaviest armor classes infront (some said use two weapons
in each hand, but I went with a sheild to lower ac, as I couldnt always
get two weapons off before I got hit).

Open the door (saving the game first, this will take a few tries) and watch
the UBG's message. As soon as its done, rush him and side step the fireball
he launches (this takes some timing). After that, its dodge ball time.
Dran has only so many spell (but it is alot) and once hes done he is
a complete wuss. Once he runs out of spells (you dodge them) just stand
in front of him and save the game.

THIS IS A SPOILER OF SORTS:

Now keep the staff handy and use it often to keep the "mystical protection"
going. Dink any potions of speed, and heal any damage, while dran tries
to hit you with his hands. If your AC is low enough, he never touchs you.
Now pound the snot out of him (save before you do this!) keeping the 
protection from he staff going.  When he turns into the Dragon, dodge
like mad, and use only ONE character to atacck with, one weapon,
as the dragon is fast enough to toast you if you dont (see more below).
The best pattern I found was to get the dragon into a "sidestepping patern"
where you run to one side, he follows, whack him, side step (the spell 
he jsut tossed hits the wall) and when he follows back whack him again.
He will break out of the patern, but if you watch his image, it changes
before he moves out of the pattern, and you can run around him until you
can get him in the pattern again. Repeat until the end of the game.
watch the much-better-then-the-end-of-EOB ending, and grab EOB off
the shelf again, and start all over once more :).  Dont forget to 
save the final.sav file for EOB3, before you wipe it off your disk (if you do).


Some tips people gave me that halped alot:

Frustrated that your mouse hit the wrong spot, you moved the wrong way
and now your dead? Boy I was, until someone pointed out that if you
play with one hand on the mouse, and one hand on the keyboard movment
controls, you can use the mouse to attack and the keys to run and
dodge. The method I used was to just keep my off hand on the left right
motion, and if I needed to run out of the "sidestep pattern" to use the 
mouse again for motion, but I belive I will practice with the keys
for all motion for EOB3.

Dodge until the opponent is out of spells. I knew this one, but be warned
that the mind flayers dont seem to run out.

Jesus saves, and so should you. Sure, its an old adventure game saying,
but you cant do it often enough. Now that you have more than one save
spot, use them. I went with descriptive saves like "going up to azure
5" and mixed that with my maps, and it worked well.

Once you hit the really hard level monsters, the eople in the
back rows really dont have time to get things off, so make them clerics,
as to clean up after the meele.

If you have a tip to add to this list please do so.


Personal stuff:

I hope they have EOB3 outdoors, I have a 10th ranger that isnt doing me much
good right now.

Anyone else getting sick of having nifty spells that just bounce off
the highly magical resistant monsters you really need them for?

What levels did you get to after going through eob2? My highest character
is a 11th mage, single class.  If you can make it to 13 in this game,
I'd like to see who did it, and how.


Please forgive spelling errors, this keyboard is a relic.



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