When to kill that mudafuking 34lvl Mantis?

[Roadster]

I've just arrived at Mahag something, being 27lvlish without DLC.
But the Mantis in the first area is literally haunting me.....he calls for me
in the dream and so I want to rape it.

Are 27lvls enough to kill the thing?

[dustin1280]

After the 5th lord is complete, a whole ton of sidequests open up, I went back and killed the mantis then.

[icepick314]

I imagine those are end game side missions.

If you're a level or 2 above, it should be quite doable. If level or 2 below, expect going through lot of potions.

[jdulzo]

it is 43, and I was about to kill it around lvl 32-34, it a tough fight at that level still as a hit can almost kill you or kill some of the less defensive characters.

[Von]

this quest is your lesson that you won't be able to complete every quest right away or even shortly after you get it. Some quests will hang out with you for many areas before you finish them but a lot of times these quests either open further quest chains, provide special recipes/items, or both

[Astartes Regis]

went after it at 37/38 when I beat 5th lord and regions opened up, hes a chump.

[Zombina]

play the game till you beat the last lord and whe you reach level 40 you can come back and beat him

[Artur]

Originally posted by Von:

this quest is your lesson that you won't be able to complete every quest right away or even shortly after you get it. Some quests will hang out with you for many areas before you finish them but a lot of times these quests either open further quest chains, provide special recipes/items, or both

I'd believe you if it wasn't the only quest of this kind.
What it actually wants you to do is encourage you to use the cheat DLCs in order to beat it immediately instead of waiting until you're almost done with the game.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Artur:

Originally posted by Von:

this quest is your lesson that you won't be able to complete every quest right away or even shortly after you get it. Some quests will hang out with you for many areas before you finish them but a lot of times these quests either open further quest chains, provide special recipes/items, or both

I'd believe you if it wasn't the only quest of this kind.
What it actually wants you to do is encourage you to use the cheat DLCs in order to beat it immediately instead of waiting until you're almost done with the game.

There are actually a few more quests like it that generally that come available right after you beat the 5th lord, but should likely be put off for another roughly 20 levels or so....

[Espresso Depresso]

I beat him at Lvl36 fairly easily with minimal item usage, might be doable with slightly lower levels.

[Altemeus]

Originally posted by Artur:

Originally posted by Von:

this quest is your lesson that you won't be able to complete every quest right away or even shortly after you get it. Some quests will hang out with you for many areas before you finish them but a lot of times these quests either open further quest chains, provide special recipes/items, or both

I'd believe you if it wasn't the only quest of this kind.
What it actually wants you to do is encourage you to use the cheat DLCs in order to beat it immediately instead of waiting until you're almost done with the game.

Not the only of its kind. That guy in the neighboring town who wants Shionne to gawk at him requires a number of lord kills to finish, and that isn't going to go down with a little DLC. A couple of stupid high level quests are also available well before they're practical, no matter your leveling, since game progress does gate some combat proficiency.

[Leylin Cassiel]

I've managed to beat that boss at level 27 (on normal mind you; Alphen, Shionne, Rinwell and Law) but it was pretty tough. Peach and Lemon gels saved my skin a couple of times and I had to use a couple of Life Bottles on Shionne (she was the only healer). Getting your dodges just right is a must, so is timing your boost attacks (esp Alphen and Kisara). Honestly, it's better to come back and fight this guy much later, probably around level 40.

[Treskittle]

Honestly the boss fight is doable super early save for the reinforcements that come in. Level 43 bees are annoying enough and HP spongey enough that trying to take them on and a giant bug is really tiresome. I just waited till later to beat that bug ass in.

[Zombina]

The boss can be killed early even at level 25 but you can save your items by oding it after(at the 5th lord) it's not like the quest was that good . i beated enemies lvl 65 at level 38 and it was pretty rough for my items XD

[Ariko]

Originally posted by Artur:

Originally posted by Von:

this quest is your lesson that you won't be able to complete every quest right away or even shortly after you get it. Some quests will hang out with you for many areas before you finish them but a lot of times these quests either open further quest chains, provide special recipes/items, or both

I'd believe you if it wasn't the only quest of this kind.
What it actually wants you to do is encourage you to use the cheat DLCs in order to beat it immediately instead of waiting until you're almost done with the game.

If only the game told you explicitly that you are not ready to fight it at the beginning of the game. Which it does tell you, but just imagine if it did?

[rasabt]

Originally posted by Altemeus:

Originally posted by Artur:

I'd believe you if it wasn't the only quest of this kind.
What it actually wants you to do is encourage you to use the cheat DLCs in order to beat it immediately instead of waiting until you're almost done with the game.

Not the only of its kind. That guy in the neighboring town who wants Shionne to gawk at him requires a number of lord kills to finish, and that isn't going to go down with a little DLC. A couple of stupid high level quests are also available well before they're practical, no matter your leveling, since game progress does gate some combat proficiency.

agree to disagree
most "good" crpgs or jrpgs do this: offer you the choice
either face hard content righ away (like the Gothic series or Baldur's gate for example), or grind, or wait till the plot make you "stronger".
it's called handcrafted game design.
in opposition to lazy, scaled, themepark, braindead follow the questmarker design.