Getting steamrolled by drake on Endless Paths level 5

[jenesuispasbavard]

[Spoilers follow] So after I killed Maerwald and was asked as part of the Master Below quest to explore the Endless Paths below the keep of Caed Nua, I took the well 'shortcut' at level 2 to jump straight down to level 5. Now I'm faced with a drake and several Xaurip skirmishers and a Xaurip champion that simply destroy my team. I can't even get past it on easy, and because I just quicksaved and my autosave is also after I climb down the well (I can't climb back up), my previous save is over two hours old. What do?

[Seimalau]

Is there anything that can be done? I'm playing in Hard mode and it's really tough right now..

[Ktarl]

Originally posted by Zaltys:

Originally posted by Ktarl:

I managed to make it out by going to the right, then you need to navigate thru the levels (one of trolls and ooze then the ogres)avoiding as many fights as you can.

Talk about doing it the hard way... There's an exit on the drake level. Just take the third set of stairs, the one with the map icon.

;_; where were you two days ago haha.

[holdem]

orge druid is kicking my ass :(

[proto]

dunno killed him with 5 chars 4-5 lvls on hard difficulty. I have damn good tank (created her in tavern by myself), equipped her with antifire armor and pulled all the mobs, other chars fired from the distance. but that was tough fight, took 3-4 attempts.
just spam AOE and try to stun drake with whatever you have. also skeletons that Kana can summon can help to distract a few enemies from tank.

[jenesuispasbavard]

Originally posted by Zaltys:

Originally posted by Ktarl:

I managed to make it out by going to the right, then you need to navigate thru the levels (one of trolls and ooze then the ogres)avoiding as many fights as you can.

Talk about doing it the hard way... There's an exit on the drake level. Just take the third set of stairs, the one with the map icon.

Omg.

Anyway, drake etc. were not too hard when my group was level 5, but now I'm at level 7 and stuck at floor 13 of the Endless Paths. I guess I'll just finish this quest at the end of the game...

[Zef]

I killed that drake at lvl 5, it was hard but not that hard if you use all your abilities to their fullest potential.

[Nokinobuna]

The drake is childs play compared to the high leveled Fampyrs 2-3 levers further down. Takes my entire 5th lvl group with 1 tank to take them down. It just pissed me off that the devs give you this awesome Stronghold that is your new base only to place a high leveled quest right underneath it so it never truely feels like a proper home for immersive sake anyways. :(

[Irx]

Anyone knows how to open a door to the right of the drake lair?

[General Malaise]

I found the Drake too hard when I first got there, so left it and did Deffiance bay. Came back as level 8, and breezed down to 8th level.

[UNATCO hurt my weenie]

you know how it is with drake

[Damedius]

Originally posted by nuishenry:

The drake is childs play compared to the high leveled Fampyrs 2-3 levers further down. Takes my entire 5th lvl group with 1 tank to take them down. It just pissed me off that the devs give you this awesome Stronghold that is your new base only to place a high leveled quest right underneath it so it never truely feels like a proper home for immersive sake anyways. :(

Those Fampyr's are a pain in the ass. They feel scripted.

They always Dominate my Cypher then ignore my fighter and go straight for the ranged group members. I survive but my ranged are so low on Health after it costs me a rest.

[speedstr]

your last save is 2 hours old? You deserve what you get. Saves are, you know, free...and endless. I happened to do the same thing. Go down before I should have. Got stomped by the Drake. you know what I did? I reloaded my save that I did 4 minutes earlier....go figure

[ReinhartTR]

Originally posted by Irx:

Anyone knows how to open a door to the right of the drake lair?

The room with all the gold coins piled up behind the door?

Go into search (sneak) mode in the room with the door, a button should pop up on the wall

[jenesuispasbavard]

Originally posted by speedstr:

your last save is 2 hours old? You deserve what you get. Saves are, you know, free...and endless. I happened to do the same thing. Go down before I should have. Got stomped by the Drake. you know what I did? I reloaded my save that I did 4 minutes earlier....go figure

My last save was two hours old; my last quicksave was minutes before the fight, ya dingus, but by then it was too late to go back up the well. If only games saved, say, three quicksaves instead of just one...

[PoohPus]

I'm a bit late to the party, but just wanted to mention that the drake can't fit through the doorways of the kobolds den, and you out-range him with any ranged weapon. I soloed him at level 6. Were it not for the kobolds you could solo him with a level 1 character.

But really guys, you jumped into a sacreficial pit without saving first? o_O

@Irx,
There is a hidden switch right next to the door. You need mechanics 6 to spot it in scouting mode.