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by Casey
Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:57 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Dear Devs, great game but need clarification on role of DEX
Replies: 138
Views: 129936

Re: Dear Devs, great game but need clarification on role of

True but dex should improve a rogues fighting skills and evade should actually do something. That is the whole dynamic of a rogue, making them pump strength and ignore dex defeats the purpose of the rogue class. It is made worse by the lack of duel wield that puts a nail in the coffin making rogue ...
by Casey
Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:45 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Manually mapping - techniques?
Replies: 5
Views: 4726

Re: Manually mapping - techniques?

Hi y'all, So I love this game. I just made it to level 3, and look forward to jumping on it again a little later. In particular, the 'Old school' mode with no automapping is a treat. However, it's proving tricky to determine where I should position my hand-drawn map on the grid paper - I keep runni...
by Casey
Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:41 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: So, what do you think of the Legend of Grimrock Magic System
Replies: 46
Views: 34580

Re: So, what do you think of the Legend of Grimrock Magic Sy

Loved the system, especially how the runes had meanings to them, so you didn't have to remember combinations. Well I'm screwed with it. My guys levelled once already, except my mage, who hasn't been able to cast anything yet! I put four points into his 'general magic ability' at character gen, but c...
by Casey
Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:12 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Magic is too cumbersome...
Replies: 109
Views: 86429

Re: Magic is too cumbersome...

I managed to do really well with two mages on hard with two different schools of magic; leaving tactical consideration for the time to use spells and plotting my route and attack pattern on-the-fly. Obviously I couldn't do this at the start of the game, I was actually pretty terrible, but... People ...
by Casey
Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:49 am
Forum: Grimrock 1 Discussion
Topic: Enough with the Spiders
Replies: 55
Views: 51542

Re: Enough with the Spiders

@OP

Maybe you should try a different set of characters or attributes? I just got through the whole game on hard with two minotaur fighters and two human mages (One Ice and one Fire). Spiders were just annoying, not deadly.