Crystal Golem in Part 3

[KarmicSquish]

I cannot beat the crystal goelm in part 3. He heals so fast that by the time I run around to heal up he is back to near full power. Anyone else had a struggle heree? how did you beat him. I've been working on it for 40 minutes now.

[Darkness]

That's difficulty are you on? Have you tried changing to Casual? You can change the difficulty on the fly.

I've changed it a few times during the story modes to get past some bosses and encounters, and avoid wasting too much time like this.

[Proud Facebook Mom]

Having the same problem. Playing on "hard" (no I won't change the difficulty because games should just be balanced). Kiting the idiots around the arena and don't seem to be making a difference. I know the devs abandoned this game but still rake in money for it so I'm hoping for a patch that fixes this and the final drill fight to be fair.

[mikeydsc]

Originally posted by JCWestenra:

Having the same problem. Playing on "hard" (no I won't change the difficulty because games should just be balanced). Kiting the idiots around the arena and don't seem to be making a difference. I know the devs abandoned this game but still rake in money for it so I'm hoping for a patch that fixes this and the final drill fight to be fair.

Where did you get the idea it was abandoned? The term you are looking for is finished. Games do end at some point lol. No devs have been here for years so the game is what it is.

Maybe try to figure which damage type they are weak to?

I am assuming you are in the Thunderhead Mountains?

[OldFartAtPlay]

Try Katarina in Ranged Assist mode, if you have Ghostly Mirage, use it.

Focus on the main Golem so that Kat sticks to the task, ignore the satellite Golems.

You can reboot the game into Adventure Mode's Lair to respec if you need to.

[Proud Facebook Mom]

Originally posted by mikeydsc:

Originally posted by JCWestenra:

Having the same problem. Playing on "hard" (no I won't change the difficulty because games should just be balanced). Kiting the idiots around the arena and don't seem to be making a difference. I know the devs abandoned this game but still rake in money for it so I'm hoping for a patch that fixes this and the final drill fight to be fair.

Where did you get the idea it was abandoned? The term you are looking for is finished. Games do end at some point lol. No devs have been here for years so the game is what it is.

Maybe try to figure which damage type they are weak to?

I am assuming you are in the Thunderhead Mountains?

From what I understand Neocore shut down the game's servers a few years back, which is what I meant when I said "abandoned". Not that it really matters to a loner gamer like myself.

But yeah it's that fight in the "gianthills", Thunderhead Mountain, the golem's second phase (acid) and he just regenerates way too quickly. I always have Katarina in ranged mode, and dumped a lot of points into that spell that makes her explode when she dies (which usually happens once per mob, regardless of her health, the girl just can't take a punch).

I'm playing as the exoskeleton dude with cluster missiles and such because why wouldn't I lol. When I attempted the game many years back I remember having difficulty with this same fight, but that was with a fresh character, not like this time where he's carried over from part 1 with lots of planning as far as what abilities I invest in.

[mikeydsc]

It was end of 2022 they shut them down. Thats only a few months ago. Not bad for a game thats been out a few years.

Yea those golems can be rough. There is a few phases of them to deal with. You havent met Peron yet so... hes tough as well.

Phlogestineer (sp?) class is rough to play. I didnt like that class much. It always seemed it was a bit less dps heavy and more a glass cannon with no cannon.

[Proud Facebook Mom]

Originally posted by mikeydsc:

Yea those golems can be rough. There is a few phases of them to deal with. You havent met Peron yet so... hes tough as well.

Phlogestineer (sp?) class is rough to play. I didnt like that class much. It always seemed it was a bit less dps heavy and more a glass cannon with no cannon.

Phlogistaneer, correct, named after an early hypothesis regarding the chemical composition of fire (before we knew what plasma was). I'm a simple man, I see a mech suit, I play the mech suit. No melee to speak of, but his combo chains (that usually involve a barrage of artillery fire) are a lot of fun.

The last (first) time I played part 2 I went with the idiot with the magic grenade launcher. I couldn't carry over my ranger character from part 1 because he was level 29, one level shy of the skill requirement. But I managed. My current dude is around level 38 and I'm pummeling that stupid golem, after taking out about a quarter of his health bar he starts regenerating super fast.

[mikeydsc]

Its been a long while since I played the campaign. Ive been focused on the adventure maps trying to get my elementalist to 100. Its at 98 1/2 so far and levels 98 and 99 it takes a lot of maps to get thru to 100. Will be my 2nd 100. Got alot of 20 to 60 levels toons and my last one will be HC toon that is 35 and still in the campaign somewhere lol. Been so long that I played that one I just dont remember where it is in the campaign. I play on hard as above that it starts to need the min/max stuff and Im not a spring chicken any more :). The twitch doesnt twitch like it used to

[Proud Facebook Mom]

It's definitely "later" in the campaign, the first game also had a regenerating boss fight (two bosses that constantly healed each other) but that was optional.

I haven't tried that "adventure maps", can I level my character there and come back to the main campaign or do the monsters just scale?

[mikeydsc]

I think you can, but not 100% sure as I usually finish the camps before jumping over. I message a friend here and I m sure he will know. Hes got way more time here than I by far :)
EDIT - done he should jump in tomorrow I think. He plays this most days so hes around.

[OldFartAtPlay]

Hiya both :)

I chipped in earlier, probably overlooked, no worries: https://steamcommunity.com/app/400170/discussions/0/485622866445179191/?tscn=1679801425#c3821907263108387407

My take is that the main Golem in each of the three rounds is the key, once he's gone, the others disappear. With Kat on Assist, she follows VH's lead and focuses on whatever he's attacking. So ignore those 'sun dogs' ;) they're just a trick of the light caused by ice crystals at high altitudes.

You may need to respec VH to ensure you have the one-to-one skills to keep a grip on the #1 target and not waste time/energy on his flankers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

Adventure modes can be fairly easy or mega hard. It's quite possible, though somewhat monotonous 60+, to do 1-100 without touching the main Story, losing 'rounds' occas. seems inevitable given the sliding scale that becomes tougher as you build up winning runs/better drop rates. Don't do any map with mines/bombs if you have a glass cannon, they seem to take an eternity to crawl through while ensuring you don't hit on multiple bomb insta-deaths at once. Holy ground maps can also be very hard.

[mikeydsc]

I am a bit confused what the sun dogs have to do with the game? Interesting read but otherwise how does it fit in? Maybe I missed the plot point?

[OldFartAtPlay]

I doubt they're related to the plot, maybe an idea for the remake ;)

Sun dogs usually appear one on each side of the sun, rather like those bodyguards of the main Golems, both are just ephemeral distractions.

Ignore the spectral Golems and focus on the real Golem.

[mikeydsc]

I see. So you gave us a rhetorical analogy. That was the part that got me. It was to early in the morning to get it lol.

[OldFartAtPlay]

I'm not sure what that means (except for the too early in the morning part). I'll look it up if I remember :)