[Spoilers?]The Shrieker

[FancyFishie]

So first of all, I'm not saying at all that this boss needs a nerf, it's good just the way it is.

So I finished a quest, and arrived back at the Hamlet and was presented with an event in which 8 of my trinkets were stolen by "The Shrieker". I thought that this was just an event that just makes you permanately lose 8 trinkets, which was fine by me. I then checked the map and saw a unique icon in the Weald. It was a bird-like creature icon. I selected the quest and realized that i could get my trinkets back. There was one problem with this though. It was a level 5 quest. I've attempted to do the Necromancer Lord before, and it was catastrophic, but this I just wasn't sure of. So knowing my crazy self, I decided to try it out, thinking that I would get destroyed. I brought with me a level 6 Leper, Houndmaster, Grave Robber, and Vestal. I spent my money on supplies thinking that the journey to the boss would be difficult. Nope! It just puts you into the boss fight as soon as you start the quest. So I just wasted like 3000 gold on supplies. I examined the Shrieker and to my astonishment, I saw it had 63 dodge, and like 153 health. Long story short, I survived the fight with my Vestal afflicted and most of my party near Death's Door. And the real great part of this experience was that the trinkets I got back were total garbage. Has anyone else fought this boss and feel my pain?

[Xerkie]

Shrieker? New Boss? NEW STUFF!?

But seriousely, 63 Dodge and 153 Health sounds ridiculous, and the fact that it's stolen Eight trinkets and puts you into the fight Right-Away with no time to prepare sounds In-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥-Sane.

I just want to imagine that poor bloke out there that lost 8 Ancestral trinkets to The Shrieker and was forced to fight him or he'd have to spend an eternity getting them back.

Though it does sound like you could help counteract this boss by Heroes that improve Accuracy, such as The Grave Robber, The Jester, Heroes with High Accuracy, such as the Bounty Hunters, or Heroes that debuff enemy Dodge such as

[FancyFishie]

Originally posted by Xerkie:

Shrieker? New Boss? NEW STUFF!?

But seriousely, 63 Dodge and 153 Health sounds ridiculous, and the fact that it's stolen Eight trinkets and puts you into the fight Right-Away with no time to prepare sounds In-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥-Sane.

I just want to imagine that poor bloke out there that lost 8 Ancestral trinkets to The Shrieker and was forced to fight him or he'd have to spend an eternity getting them back.

Though it does sound like you could help counteract this boss by Heroes that improve Accuracy, such as The Grave Robber, The Jester, Heroes with High Accuracy, such as the Bounty Hunters, or Heroes that debuff enemy Dodge such as [/quote]
I'm just annoyed that it didn't steal some of my good trinkets.

Overall though, it wasn't terrible, because my Vestal can heal up to 15 health with Divine Grace, and my whole party was with the best gear and combat skills possible. A nice little bonus to defeating this guy was the achievement.

Vestals have a move that can debuff dodge, but I didn't have that move equipped, nor could I equip it during the quest because it puts you straight into the battle.

[Bartleby's Knees]

I made the provisions mistake as well. There's really no way you could know off the bat so I guess you just kinda have to bite the bullet on that one. Leper on the boss must've been tough with how often it shuffles around.
I personally really like how the boss is right now and think it's a good challenge without being too strong, but I've only fought it once and that's not a big enough sample size to really gauge the overall fairness. The HP is very conservative for a champ boss and while the dodge is pretty ridiculous it's probably necessary to counter the low HP and how weak to DOTs its amount of turns makes it. I like the design as well. I hear the trinkets are good, but I haven't managed to get any yet unfortunately.

[FancyFishie]

Originally posted by Bartleby's Knees:

I made the provisions mistake as well. There's really no way you could know off the bat so I guess you just kinda have to bite the bullet on that one. Leper on the boss must've been tough with how often it shuffles around.
I personally really like how the boss is right now and think it's a good challenge without being too strong, but I've only fought it once and that's not a big enough sample size to really gauge the overall fairness. The HP is very conservative for a champ boss and while the dodge is pretty ridiculous it's probably necessary to counter the low HP and how weak to DOTs its amount of turns makes it. I like the design as well. I hear the trinkets are good, but I haven't managed to get any yet unfortunately.

I think the fight is nice too, but at the beggining of the battle, I pushed the nest back and he didn't really move around that often after that. The battle was lengthy just becuase of his dodge.