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Solved skeletons are a problem

Ben Coats

Ben Coats

Freebooter
WOW!!! when i had the old game the skeletons, were pretty much fun to fight and gain points from them, now they're a real pain in the a$$, seriously, it takes me between 6-10 trys of saving and dieing to wipe the dungeon out. i dont take my fighters with me, only to have them die, where i have to take their ammo/med kits, instead of the trinkets i can sell later like the idols and such. but ggeeee i was shot thru a wall and skeleton by the one behind the one i was fighting. he shot me thru the side of the wall. nightguard a since, the dungeons are a real pain now, just like hunting the pirate ship from the govenor, the ship you have to find in 17 days rarely shows since i upgraded. :thumbsdown2
 
I've always had problems with skeletons, before and after GoF! Sometimes I wonder how the game scales difficulty. I've seen the code somewhere, but I can't make heads or tails of it.
 
here is my steps dealing with them in tortuga dungeon or martianique after accepting the church assignment
1. go to ship cabin and stock up on bullets, med herbs/anti poisons (i ussually only take 50 rounds, cuz they'll be 100 to 99 rounds from skeletons to take later)
2. go to the dungeon and activate the sphere
3. shoot one of the 1st skeletsons and jump back right below the steps (that way you hold off the other 3 with the corridor entrance)
4. kill 'em and take their trinkets
5. use the corridor entrances to your advantage when dealing with multiple skeletons and clean out the rest of the dungeon.

hope that helps ill try to make a video of it soon.
 
You know Ben, You can push the "H" button and your officers will stay put where you want them to. When you push "G" they will follow. By skillfully using these controls you can keep your officers from running off and getting themselves killed. Keep in mind these control buttons only work in GOF - Not vanilla.

I always take officers/fighters into the dungeons but I may keep them in a strategic spot to lure in the skelees so I can gang up on them in a choke point. I often leave my officers behind a little because I hate getting shot in the back by my own men. (Which is one of the worst NPC behaviors in the game I'd like to fix BTW)

Once you level up quite a bit and get a good weapon, the skelees aren't nearly so bad. So here's a couple of my vids I made a long time ago to illustrate my points. I play on high difficulty (Corsair or higher) so this is not on easy, my character is just that good. The first vid is from Era's in early development and the 2nd from GOF 1.1. MK


 
i didnt know u could do that, the g/h keys would do anything, when i take my officers w/me and i go into the sphere the first 4 come out, so we kill them and then they stay put, then ill run down the corridor a few feet into the next 4, shoot one then run back toward my officers, who in turn run toward the skeletons, and ill loose one (SMH). thanx for the help, ill try that next time :cheers:dance

BTW, what are the hot key's i cant find a list of them anywhere.
 
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