F#$&ing Paralyze

[nakoda]

Why on earth does nearly every fight contain enemies that can instantly group paralyze your entire 6 person party for over 5 seconds before combat even begins, and the spam it constantly thereafter?

Why combine this ridiculously frustrating ability with monsters that can also teleport instantly to anywhere in the party, making tanks completely useless?

Frankly, I am getting ♥♥♥♥ing sick and tired of being forces to passively watch the first 30+ seconds (realtime) of combat while groups of monsters just roam around paralysing my party and taking them out.

Oh sure, priests have Suppress Affliction .. but you can't USE suppress affliction if you're already paralyzed, and it doesn't PREVENT paralysis, only removes it.

It is a broken, over used, and honestly - LAZY - combat mechanic to stack every encounter with this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t.

[nakoda]

P.S. Just venting. But, Holy Weal this ♥♥♥♥ is frustrating sometimes.

[nakoda]

I even have Pall and Kana specced for Paralysis/Fright reduction/prevention and it still doesn't stop the mobs from wreaking my face.

[0Dd1]

What type of enemies does that? Those spirit ones right?

[nakoda]

Originally posted by Magical Dragon Cat:

What type of enemies does that? Those spirit ones right?

More like zones of enemies. Spirits in the Lle a Rhemen and Od Nua for example, and a *ton* of enemies from the White March.

Single most frustrating combat mechanic for me, everything else makes sense, or the way to combat it without being cheesy is more or less straight forward ...

but the Paralysis ... er meh gerd kill me.

[wendigo211]

Grab Durance and cast, Prayer Against Restraint or Litany Against Major Afflictions. Instant immunity to paralysis. Priests are awesome.

Then grab Hiravias and Greiving Mother and spam Returning Storm and Amplified Wave against the enemies to return the favor.

[nakoda]

Prayer against Restraint isn't foolproof (it can still fail) and the Litany doesn't work with paralysis specifically. I know *how* to fight it, but the fact that it is used SO frequently is a major PITA for me.

Again, I don't like that I have to cheese my way through these kinds of encounters, it defeats the purpose of this being a role playing game that offers you choice. If you are forced to use XYZ all the time then there is no choice.

[wendigo211]

Originally posted by Magical Dragon Cat:

What type of enemies does that? Those spirit ones right?

Lagufaeth, Guls, Xaurip Skirmishers, Wraiths, Caen Gwla and Phantoms off the top of my head.

[nakoda]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Originally posted by Magical Dragon Cat:

What type of enemies does that? Those spirit ones right?

Lagufaeth, Guls, Xaurip Skirmishers, Wraiths, Caen Gwla and Phantoms off the top of my head.

ARG the Lagufaeth >.<!

[nakoda]

P.P.S. My party is Rogue (main), Aloth, Eder, Durance, Kana, and Pallegina. I am level 8/9 and working on Lle a Rhemen, presently

P.S.P.S This isn't my first play through the game, FYI, I've got more than 300 hours into it :P

[wendigo211]

Originally posted by nakoda:

Prayer against Restraint isn't foolproof (it can still fail) and the Litany doesn't work with paralysis specifically. I know *how* to fight it, but the fact that it is used SO frequently is a major PITA for me.

Again, I don't like that I have to cheese my way through these kinds of encounters, it defeats the purpose of this being a role playing game that offers you choice. If you are forced to use XYZ all the time then there is no choice.

Against paralysis and petrification, Prayer against Restraint grants immunity. It does not fail unless you are under effect from one of the abilities that cancels beneficial effects. If it is not working you have a bug. Litany Against Major Afflictions works specifically against paralysis (and more importantly stun, it's the only spell that grants immunity to stuns). Read the spell description.

[nakoda]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

Originally posted by nakoda:

Prayer against Restraint isn't foolproof (it can still fail) and the Litany doesn't work with paralysis specifically. I know *how* to fight it, but the fact that it is used SO frequently is a major PITA for me.

Again, I don't like that I have to cheese my way through these kinds of encounters, it defeats the purpose of this being a role playing game that offers you choice. If you are forced to use XYZ all the time then there is no choice.

Against paralysis and petrification, Prayer against Restraint grants immunity. It does not fail unless you are under effect from one of the abilities that cancels beneficial effects. If it is not working you have a bug. Litany Against Major Afflictions works specifically against paralysis (and more importantly stun, it's the only spell that grants immunity to stuns). Read the spell description.

I had Litany and Prayer confused, no need to be snarky. You'll notice the continual tone of bemused frustration throughout my posts, not actual anger.

Regardless, they aren't fool proof.

You need to be in combat to cast Litany, and if Durance dex isn't stacked, it can still be cast too slow to stem off the onslaught of Caen's or Lagufaeth (can't cast it while already paralyzed).

And, ... again ... none of that actually changes that the mechanic itself is overused throughout the game.

[Humble Dripborn]

use priest/bard. what a problem?

[nakoda]

Originally posted by Akumahoho:

use priest/bard. what a problem?

Did you not read the thread?

[Humble Dripborn]

In your question there is a definite answer, why read too much?

[0Dd1]

Originally posted by nakoda:

Originally posted by Akumahoho:

use priest/bard. what a problem?

Did you not read the thread?

Maybe you could confuse/paralyze the enemies, before they do it to your team?

I often use the confuse spell with Aloth, totally destroys most enemy groups.