conflux ii - here comes a new challenger
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:43 am
Hi everyone.
At first I have been thinking to write this first message here to introduce myself and say how much i love Dungeon Master & CSB, but, nah... We're all the same, otherwise we won't still be playing a game released 20 years ago, at the prehistoric age of computers.
I have played some custom dungeons, some great (tower of chaos), some bugged (don't remember, but the author was not able to help me with its dungeon, so I gave up and got disgusted).
Conflux II, I have seen this name for ages before trying it ! I think it scared the hell out of me to see the number of messages here. Damn, this dungeon should be terribly difficult !
But finally I started it. And after being impressed by the custom graphics, and new tricks, and losing myself a thousand times, I decided to go deeper into it.
First, how to choose my champions ? God, that was a dilemma !!! The champion hall is a masterpiece !!! Congratulations, Zyx !
I finally chose 3 champions as a go (having a free slot, just in case), and beginning to map the dungeon. While I was thinking the creatures would be strong and in large crowd, finally they were very well balanced. Not too much generator (I hate this !) or too strong. That's why I decided to level up for a few weeks (yeah I played only a couple of hours a day). The start was a piece of cake (storage cellar with the screamer generator and water) - just what to have to level up in good conditions ! Then go to the level below the sewer to practice a little more (deeper, more experience points)
Three weeks ago, I began to enter deeper into the dungeon. "Deeper" ? Actually not, I just began to map the first level (the cellar). I got impressed, it is actually HUGE with tons of secrets ! And all the stairs and pits, they are many levels that are crossed together, again, this is a true masterpiece !
I remember still finding secrets in this very first level (the door with the rope, fountain and pit), a week ago !!!
Thank you Zyx for this GREAT dungeon. It very well deserves spending some time on it. Way more interesting than DM, and way less confusing that CSB. It is possible to map Conflux II, it is not that hard (and actually pleasant), unlike CSB (i gave up).
I am playing with version j (this is the last one, right ?)
So far I have solved 4 subquests. (I will send it to confluxii@yahoo.com).
This dungeon is HUGE ! There seems to be 15/16 levels that seem enormous ! I bought a A4 notebook, a pencil and rubber, it is a PLEASURE to find my way when walking through a stair or by a pit just by flipping a page of paper !
I discovered that, after a certain level, the rope got useless (i a good way), I love this kind of details, and the new spells are great. But I just got a flask, this was not too difficult afterall, but I have taken other ways, through different levels, so I spent way too much time without one, it is very useful, now I am ready to really enter the dungeon !
I have to say that so far, I did not use any key, or gem, or coin, I keep mapping until I have to !
Thank you again Zyx.
Anyway, Conflux III - will be a whole new dungeon, or the same one, with enhanced engine ?
About the "spiteful spittles", is there any interest in solving it ?
Even with the difficult "save the slave", I think the reward is not so great for solving it, but with the spittles I see nothing at all ?
At first I have been thinking to write this first message here to introduce myself and say how much i love Dungeon Master & CSB, but, nah... We're all the same, otherwise we won't still be playing a game released 20 years ago, at the prehistoric age of computers.
I have played some custom dungeons, some great (tower of chaos), some bugged (don't remember, but the author was not able to help me with its dungeon, so I gave up and got disgusted).
Conflux II, I have seen this name for ages before trying it ! I think it scared the hell out of me to see the number of messages here. Damn, this dungeon should be terribly difficult !
But finally I started it. And after being impressed by the custom graphics, and new tricks, and losing myself a thousand times, I decided to go deeper into it.
First, how to choose my champions ? God, that was a dilemma !!! The champion hall is a masterpiece !!! Congratulations, Zyx !
I finally chose 3 champions as a go (having a free slot, just in case), and beginning to map the dungeon. While I was thinking the creatures would be strong and in large crowd, finally they were very well balanced. Not too much generator (I hate this !) or too strong. That's why I decided to level up for a few weeks (yeah I played only a couple of hours a day). The start was a piece of cake (storage cellar with the screamer generator and water) - just what to have to level up in good conditions ! Then go to the level below the sewer to practice a little more (deeper, more experience points)
Three weeks ago, I began to enter deeper into the dungeon. "Deeper" ? Actually not, I just began to map the first level (the cellar). I got impressed, it is actually HUGE with tons of secrets ! And all the stairs and pits, they are many levels that are crossed together, again, this is a true masterpiece !
I remember still finding secrets in this very first level (the door with the rope, fountain and pit), a week ago !!!
Thank you Zyx for this GREAT dungeon. It very well deserves spending some time on it. Way more interesting than DM, and way less confusing that CSB. It is possible to map Conflux II, it is not that hard (and actually pleasant), unlike CSB (i gave up).
I am playing with version j (this is the last one, right ?)
So far I have solved 4 subquests. (I will send it to confluxii@yahoo.com).
This dungeon is HUGE ! There seems to be 15/16 levels that seem enormous ! I bought a A4 notebook, a pencil and rubber, it is a PLEASURE to find my way when walking through a stair or by a pit just by flipping a page of paper !
I discovered that, after a certain level, the rope got useless (i a good way), I love this kind of details, and the new spells are great. But I just got a flask, this was not too difficult afterall, but I have taken other ways, through different levels, so I spent way too much time without one, it is very useful, now I am ready to really enter the dungeon !
I have to say that so far, I did not use any key, or gem, or coin, I keep mapping until I have to !
Thank you again Zyx.
Anyway, Conflux III - will be a whole new dungeon, or the same one, with enhanced engine ?
About the "spiteful spittles", is there any interest in solving it ?
Even with the difficult "save the slave", I think the reward is not so great for solving it, but with the spittles I see nothing at all ?