On Apr 21, 5:39 pm, Murg <ScotCarl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I recently tried playing a troll barbarian as a true berserker (on
> berserk tactics, ****d). Despite not find any decent weapons things
> were going well until I went to the dwarf graveyard. I was level 11,
> berserking, and wielding a spear two-handed but it wasn't enough to
> kill the shadows and wights. They drained my strength by 11, my
> toughness by 13 and after that I lost the will to live.
>
> So! Questions about what I might have done better as a true
> berserker...
>
> 1. Missile attacks. I guess if I could have killed the undead from a
> distance things would have been easier. I was throwing rocks and using
> throwing clubs, but the rocks did lousy damage and the throwing clubs
> were hard to come by. Would it have been better to train another
> missile skill? What about using huge rocks (the ones that weigh 1000s
> stones). My strength was 37 so I could've hauled a few of those
> around.
>
> 2. How much extra damage does fighting as a true berserker do anyway?
>
> 3. Would it have been better to fight two-handed or use a two-handed
> weapon? I was using a two-handed weapon most of the time, because my 2-
> weapon skill was so low.
>
> 4. What about playing as a gray elf barbarian true berserker instead?
> That might give me enough magic skill to use magic instead of missile
> weapons, as well as protecting me against annoying ghosts. But I'd be
> missing out on the troll's awesome strength, hitpoints, and
> regeneration...
>
> Thanks for any tips!
Hi... I've heard that the bonus for True Berserker really is not all
that phenomenal to even really attempt it. Plus, you lose all of the
immunities/resistances and bonuses in the latter game that will make
it nearly impossible... at least in my thinking, anyways...
I'd really like to see if you could actually do it. :)
~m.
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