Hello,
First off I just wanted to say I think this game is incredible, and I have enjoyed pretty much all of it. I am generally a "completionist" when it comes to games I play. However... I have recently had to change that, as I am now a parent. I have found that gaming time has become a lot more of a rare commodity, and getting those perfect / platinum badges mean a lot less when you have to juggle so many other things. This is actually something I struggle with in my gaming, allowing myself to walk away from semi or half completed games after beating them for the initial story or medium difficulties.
Anyhow... I started playing ToME on nightmare roguelike. Because... You know. Challenge is good. It took me 4 or 5 characters dying in the starting zones, but then after that I was able to break through and make some great progress. ALL the way to the final fight. This is where my poor dwarf bulwark made his final stand. I got absolutely wrecked, after minimally struggling with the majority of the game. I always seemed to be ahead. Maybe I lucked into some combo with my melee weapon and necklace that helped me AoE... But NOTHING could have prepared me for that final fight. It was a disaster and an absolute disappointment. For me AND my poor dwarf bulwark. He stood up to so many baddies and then I feel like I let him down. Anyhow here he is... RIP.
https://te4.org/characters/280389/tome/ ... 772b7e39a8I went through a bit of a meltdown at this point. I was like.... I cant handle another loss like this. My limited gaming time just does not allow it. So I started on nightmare exploration mode. After a few hours, I noticed that the achievements were not for nightmare specifically but for exploration mode itself. This... made me change my mind on exploration.
So I figured what the heck, lets just go for Normal Adventure. Made a Halfling Archer and started shredding enemies no problem.
Well... I just returned from the east. And now all of a sudden I can't beat any of the guardians, and got slammed by one of them. I don't know what I am doing wrong.
Here is this character.
https://te4.org/characters/280389/tome/ ... 675db387f5Is there a way to save them? I don't really know what gear I should be aiming for, or even where to find it aside from random drops. Towns never have anything as far as I can see. I feel like I must be playing this game wrong somehow. Unless it really just does have some awful RNG that gives you some super OP monsters that will eat your face. Just wanted to see what the community thinks.