Re: CF: Scorn Improvment Wish List

[Christian Stieber <stieber@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>]

Scott D. Yelich (scott@spy.org) wrote:

> I'm now a level 5 char and I can't find anything to fight that
> (1) isn't so easy I can kill them without getting hurt (ie: 
...

So you are doing something wrong.

> I have like 21 spell points.  That's just over 3 burning hands, 
> which clears orc and hurts green guys and doesn't seem to 
> phase anything else (ie: ogres).  

That's okay. Use it to go up to level 4 or 5 in magic. Then get a
small/medium snowstorm or frostbolt, and take out wyverns.

For wisdom, do the same with holy word and enemies of your god (zombies,
usually --- you should be follower of Jehova). This can get you up
to level 6 or 7 with a little patience, at which point you can learn
the "call holy servant" spell, and later (level 10) "summon avatar".

You don't want to rely on phyiscal for the lower levels. In fact one
usually uses wisdom and magic for the first 20-30 levels, with phsiycal
being the least important. Physical gets more effective once you get
some decent equipment.

> The game just seems to get bogged down around level 5
> where you can't seem to get ahead.  Maybe because I always
> play alone and it just gets boring.

Playing alone is _bad_. Crossfire really isn't meant to be
a single user game.

> That's why docks are confusing.  Dragon transport hasn't seemed
> to ever work.

There is just one dragon --- it takes you to pupland.

> Where are the apartments?

In Scorn. If you are on the marketplace (the starting point), there are
two building in the upper left (below the way with the shops). The first
building is the old apartment house. Don't know where they put the new
apartments ---- I put them left of the old apartments.

> My server is security.spy.org/198.232.139.2 .... feel free to 
> look around.  

Seems like there is too much lag for me :-(

> Scott
> ps: maybe these are more newbie questions -- but I am confused.
> Are there quests for level 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 chars?

The maps don't really have levels --- it's a matter of your equipment,
level, and experience (real-life experience --- how good are you at
playing crossfire?). Also, "quests" are just ordinary maps, so I never
cared which maps are called "quests" and which ones are not.

Level 5 is definitely too low to achieve anything. I'd love to teach
you :-) --- maybe I can give some hints even with the lag.

Christian


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