Attack on Heaven **spoiler alert**
FredN
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.....OK, not sure how much about this quest is general knoweldge, hence my spoiler alert label. A lot of players probably do good/neutral runs, and hemce this NPC quest line never arises for them. But I am doing a run with a particularly vile crew. Myself (half-Orc berserker), Dorn, Viconia, Hexxat, Edwin and Sarevok. We have some impressive gear, and awesome mgical skills. Unfortunately, Dorn has done such AWFUL things ... with my cooperation ... that the good Gods have taken offense and put us on their fecal roster. I.E., good aligned Planetars, paladins and other such trash gate in periodically and harass us. How petty!
.....But we can do something about this. We can storm Heaven ... err I mean ELysium ... and erase our names from the scroll of FA & FO, aka the scroll of Retribution. Unfortunately the rules of this quest are ridiculously strict, and any attempt to stealth through it is met with instant failure. Any lie you try is instantly detected, you cannot save the game anywhere, you cannot rest, you cannot go to the pocket plane to recharge, and everyone you meet pretty much will atttack you on sight. While I understand that this quest is meant to be a challenge, being unable to save the game EVER means that I have to play it continuously, regardless of what happens in RL. The best I can do is pause the game and shrink the game screen down so I can attend to other business. Like eating! And sleeping! And doing on-line business transactions. Bah! A serious PITA, which the designers apparently never considered.
.....Ok so I finally get ink and sand and erase our names from the Scroll of Screw You, and being the petty sort, I substitute the names of Noober and Saemon Haverian as new victims of Heaven's Ire. This totally raises the alarm, and we start running like heck back to the exit portal. At which point we ran into not one but TWO silver dragons. Not only that but they were in an enclosed room where we had already been earlier. We killed a Planetar and a number of Paladins there, leaving the room empty. Where the heck did they come from? OK fine, let's suppose the Gods gated them in.
.....We tried to superior haste everyone and just blow past them, but they weren't having any of it. Edwin was the first to go down. Now I have the rod of resurresction, but I couldn't raise him from the dead because ... his body was gone?? His portrait had totally disappeared from the screen character roster. Apparently they voporized him. That was the last straw and I rage quit. Not a well deisgned scenario, IMO.
.....But we can do something about this. We can storm Heaven ... err I mean ELysium ... and erase our names from the scroll of FA & FO, aka the scroll of Retribution. Unfortunately the rules of this quest are ridiculously strict, and any attempt to stealth through it is met with instant failure. Any lie you try is instantly detected, you cannot save the game anywhere, you cannot rest, you cannot go to the pocket plane to recharge, and everyone you meet pretty much will atttack you on sight. While I understand that this quest is meant to be a challenge, being unable to save the game EVER means that I have to play it continuously, regardless of what happens in RL. The best I can do is pause the game and shrink the game screen down so I can attend to other business. Like eating! And sleeping! And doing on-line business transactions. Bah! A serious PITA, which the designers apparently never considered.
.....Ok so I finally get ink and sand and erase our names from the Scroll of Screw You, and being the petty sort, I substitute the names of Noober and Saemon Haverian as new victims of Heaven's Ire. This totally raises the alarm, and we start running like heck back to the exit portal. At which point we ran into not one but TWO silver dragons. Not only that but they were in an enclosed room where we had already been earlier. We killed a Planetar and a number of Paladins there, leaving the room empty. Where the heck did they come from? OK fine, let's suppose the Gods gated them in.
.....We tried to superior haste everyone and just blow past them, but they weren't having any of it. Edwin was the first to go down. Now I have the rod of resurresction, but I couldn't raise him from the dead because ... his body was gone?? His portrait had totally disappeared from the screen character roster. Apparently they voporized him. That was the last straw and I rage quit. Not a well deisgned scenario, IMO.
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So, prepare some cold resistance spells and cast them before the fight.