Did Adam get fired?

[wolschou]

Yesterday i started a new run and something strange happened in Mardrachts Tower.
First Adam was missing... just not there, killed the skeleton guards, killed the various ghoul squads... he just didn't trigger. And then i couldn't get Mardracht to attack me. I must have tried at least ten times... no luck. Has the old man gone soft? His sudden lack of fighting spirit was painful to see, to be honest...

[EdrickV]

Adam? You mean the guy with the wolves? Was there in my first game. I didn't kill him. And I couldn't keep Mardracht from attacking. Second game isn't that far along.

[Silverquick]

Naw he means the Wight.

It didn't trigger for him when it was supposed to. It did for me, but the game has been a little hinky in this version for the EA.

[EdrickV]

In my game I probably killed Adam then and either didn't notice the name or just didn't remember.

[Bruiser]

I havnt had any problems yet other than some extra lag/latency issues. Most people are saying that is due to the paladins auras but I dont have a paladin in my group so Im not sure. The lag is the only issue Ive had though and that started yesterday

[wolschou]

Its not just the Paladin. Battle Clerics cause the same problem. Everyone with a permanent Aura, although I'm not sure if there are any besides those two

[EdrickV]

Life Cleric, Loremaster Wizard, Shadowcaster Rogue and Spellblade Fighter don't have permanent auras. From what I've read about the aura thing, it sounds like it might be a memory leak, in which case restarting the game every so often might help. (My current party has a paladin and battle cleric so I guess I'll get a chance to do some testing myself in time.)

Since it is a known issue, with seemingly a known and repeatable cause, it should be something they can troubleshoot and fix, if they haven't fixed it already in their internal builds.

[wolschou]

I don't think itis about a memory leak. In my experience the prpblem arises when other characters walk into or out of that aura, which causes a small freeze everytime it happens. I did some experiments and while e restart does nothing, everything runs smoothly as long as you keep the one with the aura separated from the others.

[ecb2]

I just realized, and that can't be a coincidence. Adam the 12th? I am going
to create a Paladin named Reed Malloy in his honor.

[EricWisdom]

I don't know if this helps, but on at least a few runs, if I cleared the Dark Castle before clearing the Courtyard (with Adam the 12th), when I returned to the surface, he did not spawn. Now, I hit lvl 4 and clear the entire ground level first.

[Teddy]

I just finished the tower and never saw any Adam, what does he do, does he give loot or anything special?

[wolschou]

well, he gives good XP and some nice loot. He usually spawns when you kill the last of the skeletons in the courtyard, and when the dialogue ends in battle, you have a whole new squad of them on your hand, including him.

[Teddy]

Originally posted by wolschou:

well, he gives good XP and some nice loot. He usually spawns when you kill the last of the skeletons in the courtyard, and when the dialogue ends in battle, you have a whole new squad of them on your hand, including him.

Okay, I completely bypassed the courtyard, the dialogue in the beginning implied that I should do some exploration beforehand and it led me straight inside. When I finished the tower I cleared everything outside and there was no Adam. :(

[zpc]

@Teddy

This is connected to you advancing inside the tower. Namely when the log says "climb up the stairs. After this point, the courtyard is "disabled" / Adam doesn't trigger. You can however clear parts of the first floor - you just shouldn't trigger the cutscene inside.

I had so far 4 parties, and with one I rushed up the tower. Those guys also hadn't access to the fine loot from Adam -.-. But the next group (4 clerics :D) have - in fact I'm watching Adams cutscene now ^^