push the save Melinda mission post east

[jinsediaoying]

The only really difficult part is killing all of those cultists before the time runs out,

That's all I was ever talking about, and all I assumed anyone else was ever talking about; apologies for the confusion if I appeared to be suggesting otherwise. You're absolutely right, everything before that part is pretty much on par with the other places I'm usually going at that stage, and if that were all there was to the zone, I wouldn't even have piped up.

[That said, I'd argue that the cultists part is "really difficult" in much the same sense that Antarctica is "really chilly"...]

Nope, I'm not talking about the last floor, thats the easist part of the whole zone.
So I guess you are playing normal? This zone is absolutely fine in normal.
The true issue is that the zone level scales with difficulity alot more than other zones (such as Dreadfell).
So in Nightmare, those corruptors can do 500+ damage in a single spell and they have 700+ health, warriors have a health in 1000-1500 range.
And if you are not lucky enough (which always happend), you will find out there are 6-7 mages stand around you while you walk down the stair, and you have no where to hide due to the design of the zone....

[HousePet]

Or when you think you are safe, they cast Dark Portal on you. XD

[Doctornull]

That's interesting. I've died several times BEFORE the cultists, but if I get to it, I've never failed on the cultist countdown.

Dark Portal seems to leave me in places where I can die very fast.

[Sirrocco]

I admit, I am totally okay with making certain places deathtraps in Nightmare, as long as you have the ability to skip them if you want to.