How are you supposed to defend against the exploding slimes?

[「Choobs」]

Is there some special way to deal with these that I'm missing. After you kill them they explode, but it seems that the explosion will hit me no matter how far away I am. There are some rooms where you get a chest for killing all the slimes and the damage adds up very quickly. I don't want to have to grind for potions just to be able to get through this dungeon.

[Debrel]

The explosion has a glitch that hasn't been fixed yet, it's only supposed to happen in a small area.

[Play Metaphor]

Originally posted by Debrel:

The explosion has a glitch that hasn't been fixed yet, it's only supposed to happen in a small area.

Came here to see if it's fixed. Sigh...

[「Choobs」]

Originally posted by Saikyo:

Originally posted by Debrel:

The explosion has a glitch that hasn't been fixed yet, it's only supposed to happen in a small area.

Came here to see if it's fixed. Sigh...

You just have to man mode it. Luckily in my experience that's the only exploding enemy that is bugged and they're very early in the game so not a big deal.

[sturmkoenig2k]

Is this bug fixed or is it still there?

[Torus]

Originally posted by sturmkoenig2k:

Is this bug fixed or is it still there?

It's still there.

Rushing through the rooms without killing the slimes is the best way to stay alive, if you don't mind missing out on bonus chests. Well, until you out-level and overpower them and the explosions only do 1 famage anymore.
(If you do fight them, chances are any extra loot you get you'll need to invest in healing potions anyway.)

[Sabin]

Yeh... a year and a half later the "bug" is still there :( This is incredibly disappointing.

[Saralene]

I've looked at it a whole bunch of times and have never been able to find the exact cause.
It's kind of a mystery to me. Xanadu Next was one of the most difficult projects I ever had.

[Sabin]

Originally posted by Sara:

I've looked at it a whole bunch of times and have never been able to find the exact cause.
It's kind of a mystery to me. Xanadu Next was one of the most difficult projects I ever had.

:( Damn, that's a shame, though it's honestly only one issue (achievements too, maybe?) that is easily bypassed with additional levelling. There's no other "all damage" enemies in the game, are there?

[Debrel]

there are other enemies that explode when they die, but only those red slimes in the couple of rooms early on in the game have that glitch.

[Sabin]

Originally posted by Debrel:

there are other enemies that explode when they die, but only those red slimes in the couple of rooms early on in the game have that glitch.

Ok, thank you! In that case it's not worth any worry at all. Thanks anyway, Sara :)

[Bardiche]

hahaha so its still not fixed? damn... thats proper fail right there.

[Unguided]

It clears the breakables in the room and it doesn't do much damage so I don't mind. Good way to farm a couple extra keys and bones early game.

[Sigs]

There's a hat for relatively cheap that requires relatively few stats, and those stats are in line with several weapon choices. This hat grants absurd fire resistance (and should realistically be the only helmet you wear in the game for that reason). If, for some reason, you are driven with absolute genocidal hatred to murder every living thing you see regardless of how fiery the explosion... just buy the damn hat.

There's a good deal of money lying around the area, and you aren't required to touch the slimes unless you want to open a single chest with a single weapon in it. Said weapon can be claimed at any point in time (such as when the slime's damage is nullified by the hat, or just...at any point in time later if you want the skill attached).

The slimes don't drop anything super useful, aren't worth much EXP (use the fire spell which you get for free right before this area on the skeletons instead, they're worth a ton for the area--or just kill them twice.)

That parenthetical does point out the only issue here-- if you don't invest the minimal amount to open said chest, you don't learn a mildly useful technical detail about elemental sabres regarding undead. This bug is in no way a serious issue, doesn't lock anything important for any extended period of time, and is easily worked around.

(The aggression here isn't at the original poster, though there are a couple useful answers for you in there.)

[Shylaar]

Originally posted by Sigs:

This bug is in no way a serious issue, doesn't lock anything important for any extended period of time, and is easily worked around.

None of that excuses it not being fixed.

[Season 2 of Beast Wars on VHS]

Originally posted by Cerzel:

None of that excuses it not being fixed.

As I understand it, Sara's workload is fairly heavy, and on top of that, this was a really strange bug she's never been able to track down the cause of, despite trying.

You're free to still feel it's inexcusable, but the game's perfectly playable around this fairly minor bug, and efforts were made to fix this bug by someone who regularly goes above and beyond to enhance these games for us (as an example, I've been told that most of the enhancements for the Ys I&II Chronicles PC port were her doing). It's a shame that she hasn't been able to fix the bug, but it is what it is.