Confirming nerfed the free 150 exp in ship battle

[Tanyita]

Looks like they made the Devil fighting the Mind Flayer unkillable. Even with 4 characters beating on him, he had 90 hp left after he killed the Mind Flayer. Not complaining, I am sure they didn't want players to get 150 exp on the first battle. Just confirming no one else can kill it.

[Crimsomrider]

There's an achievement for beating him, so it's very much possible and intended. Did it myself just 20 minutes ago.

Buff the mindflayer with Guidance from Shadowheart so that he has more chances of landing his AOE stun and use the 3 Nautiloid tanks placed around the room to beat him. There is also an extra tank near Shadowheart's pod, so that makes 4.

Place them all near the Commander and keep smacking until he is at around 50hp, at which point you can blow both of them up and get free 150xp.

[xposethedarkside]

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

There's an achievement for beating him, so it's still possible. Did it myself just 20 minutes ago.

Buff the mindflayer with Guidance from Shadowheart so that he has more chances of landing his AOE stun and use the 3 Nautiloid tanks placed around the room to beat him. There is also an extra tank near Shadowheart's pod, so that makes 4.

Place them all near the Commander and keep smacking until he is at around 50hp, at which point you can blow both of them up and get free 150xp.

The commander is only one piece of the puzzle though. The other two cambions and the mindflayer are each worth 90xp each. To get them to we need the restoration pod. There's only so much level 1 characters can do without it.

[iRaged]

Originally posted by Tanyita:

Looks like they made the Devil fighting the Mind Flayer unkillable. Even with 4 characters beating on him, he had 90 hp left after he killed the Mind Flayer. Not complaining, I am sure they didn't want players to get 150 exp on the first battle. Just confirming no one else can kill it.

I killed him. It was much harder on this what it was in the beta.

[Lur Nen Rue]

Yall sure are bloodthirsty killing named chara in your finished game, EA making it non impactfull doesn't mean it still true in full version


..........wait he is not free xp right guys?.
Guys?

[Crimsomrider]

Originally posted by xposethedarkside:

The other two cambions and the mindflayer are each worth 90xp each.

The Commander and the mindflayer are now 75xp each, 150xp total.

One could also kill the Cambions by waiting for them to group up near the mindflayer and blowing all 4 up, but unfortunately my mindflayer couldn't survive one more turn so I settled for just the two :D

[ThehipsterGoron]

Yep, you also cant create a charisma character and talk your way out of getting caught stealing anymore it seems. which is REALLY dumb

[xposethedarkside]

Originally posted by ThehipsterGoron:

Yep, you also cant create a charisma character and talk your way out of getting caught stealing anymore it seems. which is REALLY dumb

Well that one's easy, just quick save right before you make the pickpocket attempt, and if you fail, just reload and try again.

[maniacal<1>]

They definitely made it harder, he has an immunity to fire now and better saving throws, but it is possible. Just gotta cheese it a bit with saves.

[xposethedarkside]

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

Originally posted by xposethedarkside:

The other two cambions and the mindflayer are each worth 90xp each.

The Commander and the mindflayer are now 75xp each, 150xp total.

One could also kill the Cambions by waiting for them to group up near the mindflayer and blowing all 4 up, but unfortunately my mindflayer couldn't survive one more turn so I settled for just the two :D

Man, they're really hitting us hard with this one. Payback for all the ways we abused that fight in EA.

[ThehipsterGoron]

Originally posted by xposethedarkside:

Originally posted by ThehipsterGoron:

Yep, you also cant create a charisma character and talk your way out of getting caught stealing anymore it seems. which is REALLY dumb

Well that one's easy, just quick save right before you make the pickpocket attempt, and if you fail, just reload and try again.

Youre missing the point lol, thats typically what bards do. and its beyond stupid you cant do it as an option anymore

[Lynchden]

I killed him on balanced difficulty without using the nautiloid tanks. I was a bard and hit him with fairy fire the first turn, giving everyone advantage on attacks for 10 rounds. I got lucky bc it only had a 41% chance to land but it did. After that I used bardic inspiration to buff the mind flayers attack roles and I had Shadowheart buff the mind flayers armor class. The two backup devils arrive on the 10th round but take two more to get into range. We killed him on the 11th round.