I haven't lately found any side quests, but I finally acquired enough of one set of armor to see that it really does give you a bonus. I have 3 of 6 pieces of the Seraphrim Lightning of the Seriesh (well, spelling is close ) With that 3rd piece, I gain a 30% damage bonus. I must say that there are too many armor sets though. She has 2 of another (Ariel's Faith) and one piece of each of two other sets. Since the pieces are random drops from the mini boss or boss monsters, having at least 4 sets with 4 or more pieces makes it too difficult to collect them.

The side quests appear if you get lost and wander around. You'll find a few lone folks in dead ends. I'm sure I missed a lot because the battles were so brutal that unless I got lost I did not wander around intentionally. No good rewards for the quests as in Ancaria. I found that most of the time the rewards were for a Dwarf some other character that I could not use.

I collected only the pieces that boosted my stats. I ended up with a good set of armour comprised of two different sets.

Are you still on one of the pirate islands?

Ana

I've finished the dryad quest and need to fight my way through to Shadar's Tower. I am so not looking forward to this.

Go Pib!

You can do it!

Ana

thanks ana

From here it's back to DD. Morrowind would defintely feel way to slow after this.

Whew, last night, I fought my way up and back the mountain trail and finally arrived at the tower. There are a lot of monsters on that trail, some of them insist on dying in packs.

You are getting close Pib, did you find the teleporter so you can get to town if you need potions? They really do increase in number don't they? I used to try and run only to discover they follow you and you end up getting attacked by more.

Ana

Not yet. I plan on making good use of the three guys situated by the tower and I've traded in a bunch of the tokens for other classes to buy some for my class and sold a bunch of equipment I don't need. I also found a magic storage chest so I'm going to take out the more useless stuff I stashed there and sell it as well. Only going to keep spare potions and set items that I don't have enough of the set yet to use in those magic chests now.

ok, done the tower, found a teleporter (drat, I had seen others of those but since they don't look like the teleporters from the first campaign, I didn't step on them). Now back around this stupid mountain path. Step, fight, step, fight, rinse lather repeat.

The end movie better be worth it...

It actually goes fairly quickly from here on in, especially if you don't wander and do side quests. I thought the ending was really good compared to others so I thought it was worth it.

You can do it Pib, just bring a whole big stash of health potions and keep on hacking away.

Ana

Side quests? And fight through even more hordes of monsters for a tiny reward? I don't think so.

Had to reload cause I made the mistake of exploring down toward the south of the mountain, and getting bored with monsters I tried going north. The Seraphrim *used* to be able to outrun monsters. Alas, this is no longer true. One Seraphrim vs 20 monsters == one dead Seraphrim.

Running doesn't help, I found that out too. They just follow and catch you and then you have more to contend with. Did you make it to the next location?

Ana

Found Hell's Blacksmith and so, of course, I have another quest to complete before he'll hand over the gem I need.

I also found piece 4 of 6 of the Lightning of the Seriesh outfit. It's pretty spiffy, hope I get lucky and get the other 2.

Rooting for you Pib! Just remember, you'll get the last hack n'slash when it's all done.

Ana

The end wasn't even that bad, as long as I stayed well away from those tentacled beasties! The jewelery embedded in my armor gave back health for every successful hit. And other jewels gave back health in exchange for a bit of gold. Still took a couple of health potions but I have plenty left.

Still, somehow, playing the game again straight away definitely doesn't appeal.

WooHoo!! Congrats Pib! That's great. Doesn't it feel good to finish?

Ana

good going Pib..

I bow to your patinece and endurance..both of you


Is Underworld a replayable game, you think?

Ingie

You can actually continue on after you've finished Ingie. I left mine installed in case I feel like getting beat up some more one night. I was able to head back to an unfinished quest but I haven't yet made it all the way to see if it actually tracks it in the log book. If that's the case you could play for quite some time with no pressure.

Ana

Actually, I was thinking that if I did the original campaign again at silver, and acquired even better equipment than I currently have, playing Underworld again would be interesting. Mostly because as I built up the Lightning of the Sereish outfit, the fights were becoming easier. Easier monsters, such as the green guys you meet toward the end (Hell golems??), I could actually end a fight healthier then when I started. The tentacle monsters would cost a fair amount of health to fight though. Nasty buggers.

Well, all I know is this game has more respawns in it than any I've ever played...I just lost interest.
Who knows one day when I'm tired of watching my toenails grow, I just might play it...NOT
Once again my congrats

Ingie

Actually, I found that it was the original stocking rate of monsters that was the problem. The respawn is no worse then the original, 10 minutes after you are through, monsters are back to original numbers. Or that's how it seemed to me.

The rate at which areas have monsters is completely ridiculous though. Especially a mountain path which has tough monsters and you *must* traverse a large segment of twice to finish.

I agree, there are a whole bunch out there, but although I like slash and hack games..this one was more thank I could handle...perhaps at another time.
I did love the 2 new characters though and when I play again, I will chose one of them..I started, just couldn't finish.

Ingie