ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Just had to vent, this is the second character in a row that I've lost the same way. I'm playing summoners right now, I get the the maze and some big monster comes up to me at a corner...a minotaur or assassin, something that hits a bit harder than the average monster there. I summon a hydra because they're doing around 200+ damage each turn about now, I step back out of reflex so the aforementioned monster can't hit me. The monster follows, stepping around my hydra to place himself between me and my summon...the hydra breaths and BAM, no more summoner.

Sigh! Maybe it's time to give rogues a try.

Mouse move is pretty cool in the maze...

personally I use only imps and war hounds with summoners. hydras I only use to take down groups of monsters. stone golems *might* be useful in the maze, but then again, they *might* be detrimental too.

I really haven't seen any non-self-lethal uses from the hydra. I think hydras have killed all but one of my summoners (you'd think I would learn by now).

I was kind of annoyed when I used the portal at the bottom of the maze and got ported out before killing the boss. I thought it would send me to a special level. It wasn't too bad getting back to the bottom though.

I LOVE this version of the Maze. It makes more sense now, sense the layout is actually mazelike, and not that "you forget where you've gone" kind of maze. Plus, I like the enemy selection for it. I found it rather easy myself, though I was about level 8 entering and playing a Dwarf Fighter...

There's a portal...??

My hobbit slinger had no problem in the maze. I think he was level 10-11 or so. He walked back out, so he could die in the sandworm hole.

yeah, portals look like lava squares I found out after I unlocked the mage :/

I really like the fact that you don't forget where you've been in this maze. I just dug through the old maze level.

I liked the Maze too, although it got kind of tedious to go through so many levels of it. I wouldn't mind seeing one or two fewer levels, or alternatively, maybe have each level be a little bit smaller.

My best char so far just died to the boss in the Maze, so I can't say that I've actually beaten it.

I don't really hate the maze. It just killed two summoners in a row with my dumb hydra's and all the corners. Ughh, I'm still mad that I did the exact same stupid thing two games in a row.

Well, the Maze (specifically the boss monster) just claimed my level 15 Fighter. So I'm adding my hatred. Grrr! (See the hatred?)

Apparently this guy's a bit on the tough-ish side in melee. Also, all the traps and all the elemental melee monsters I fought to get there took out all my scrolls and potions (or damned near all). But... other than the utter annihilation of all my consumables, and the final boss, the entire Maze was a breeze for that character. It was fun while it lasted, I guess.

Actually, anyone want to discuss the merits of bio hazards suggestion? The idea of gradually making the levels smaller as you go makes a lot of sense and lessens the room to run from.

I think the biggest change I would like to see would be for the entrance and exit of each level to not be in the same place every time.

yufra wrote:I think the biggest change I would like to see would be for the entrance and exit of each level to not be in the same place every time.

Would that increase or decrease the amount of time you spend? As it stands, a lot of the time you have a pretty good idea which way you need to turn if you just want to hurry to the next level..

It would probably increase the time and definitely add to the lost-in-maze feeling, so for me it is more theme than balance.