ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hi, I have a dumb question

So I've been dying a lot, and couldn't get past the “into the darkness quest“. Then I decided to try to level up more in the easier zones near other towns before moving on to it. But now as I go to one of those zones in level 15 (instead of the suggested 7), I encounter rare enemies of 35 level, which can kill in one hit. Is that a penalty of having a too high level?

Thanks

Sounds like you might possibly be doing things out of order. Take a look at this guide: http://te4.org/wiki/Recommended_Zone_Order_Progression

Figure out what the tier 1 dungeons are, and do all of them first. Then go for the tier 2 dungeons, and so on.

Yes enemies do level as you do, but there is more to the difficulty than just raw level number.
By getting yourself to a higher level before doing those harder zones, you get yourself a bigger suite of survival tools to use.

Yeah, zones scale within a certain range based on what level you are when you enter them, but in general the same enemy will usually be easier if you are both a higher level. You should do all 6 starting zones which are available to anyone before moving on. As for that level 35 enemy, sometimes you get enemies much harder than the rest of the zone.

Number43 wrote:sometimes you get enemies much harder than the rest of the zone.

yes. i believe they are called "out of depth" monsters.
some monsters have a certain minimal level, and cannot scale down below it.

like the dreaded lvl30 naga "- you" myrmidon appearing in a dungeon, when you aren't even lvl15

Or everybody's favorite Patchwork Troll that sometimes visits Bill

Well, there was this super high level Orc wizard, that just zapped my last life. Oh well

Thanks for all the advice.

any chance that this "random orc wizard" was happened to be an orc corrupter in the zigur arena?