Nerf Countess and Mephisto on lower difficulties

Yes, I had a follower and yes I had 75 resist all (That is max minus gems that add to max resistance higher then 75. I didn't have those) and I died right away. I was also playing on the first difficulty with the character. There wasn't time to move out of the way. I only wanted to battle her the one time to get the quest out of the way. Like I said, I killed all the enemies in 1 shot. There shouldn't have been any time for them to cast anything.

When it comes to Mephisto, I killed all enemies before battling him (Minus the ones behind him, didn't want to agro him right away). "Mythal" and "Countdown", huh? That is lame..

Deathstrike is an on-death proc. That means it triggers on death. I screwed up before, they're called Dark Stalkers.

Heres a video just in case I wasn't clear enough.

how is meph lame? just don't stand in the mythal and you'll be fine

the countess is an optional quest so just skip her if you don't have the reflexes to dodge deathstrike on death from her minions

Im on the weird part of median again. I'll show myself out.

Stealthmaster wrote:Mephisto cheated? Ban him.

Exactly gg

Sooo....pretty much don't use skills that requires you to stand still...-Crosses out "Apocalypse"-. I still believe both Countess and Mephisto should be nerfed. As for me doing a quest I don't need to be doing (Countess) I am still a little use to just doing all the quests as if this was still Vanilla Diablo 2....I guess it is a bad habit.

I have played this mod for a long time but never looked towards getting help.....or I ended up studying old specs on youtube. For a while I have been using a old Median XL it seems..

For everyone's information, I am ignoring those who are negative to me. So go fuck yourselves and have a nice day =).

For those being positive, Thank you, I do appreciate your help.

It was your choice to level an Apocalypse paladin who really has to stand still for some time in order to damage enemies. You are asking for nerf, probably not even knowing about Superbeast morph that greatly increases the number of attacks per frame (Faster Cast Rate -> monsters die faster, so you won't have to stand still for too long).

Point 1: All you had to do is wait for your uberskills because some chars are harder to level up than others.

Oh, yes, Countess and her minions have a specific spell that can quickly kill you unless you use your brain and use your character's legs to do a little dodge. Can you imagine how many bosses with similar mechanics are waiting for you ahead?

Points 2: If you were thinking that you can just stand still and watch the whole screen wiped out of monsters by constantly spamming one skill without moving, you were terribly wrong.

The mod requires you to use different tactics for different situations, so, please, adapt or stop asking for mindless nerf.

Point 3: If you had created a topic named 'help with Countess and Mephisto', instead of 'nerf' there wouldn't be such mixed feedback to your side.

P.S. I hope you already have defeated those monsters or did them with a different character and recognised that your suggestion was wrong.

No, I am right cause I DO use my brain and don't just stand still and spam 1 skill. I do move around, however maybe a Apocalypse Paladin wasn't the greatest idea. Live and learn. This is all you assuming that I play like a idiot. Yes, I know of "Super Beast" however I cannot get the skill yet.

hi ave, apo the skill is actually pretty damn good for aoe mobbing, nothing wrong with the skill.

just that due to its aoe nature its not so great for boss fights, you can try roll a rare amulet for the skill hailstorm, or just focus with mindflay.

PS: median mod is designed and meant to be tough, to the point that people refuses to write a trainer for it to enjoy the fullest of the mod,

if you reach far enough youll noticed that not just bosses, even elite mobs can crush you in seconds if youre not paying enough attention, observe enough and youll be fine.

Since we're all throwing out suggestions, I'll offer one of mine too.

Don't play on /players8 when leveling. Stick to /players1.

Now you might be thinking "But /players1 is EZ and for NOOBS. I want to be a PRO and do things the hard way!" But it's a matter of how to invest your time to get the highest difficulty. Instead of slowly leveling through the easy parts of MXL and applying a minor modifier, stay on /players 1 and get to Destruction Ubers as fast as you can. Then you can spend more time on the real meat of the game and truly challenge your skills.

That's not to say I'm saying leveling isn't part of the game and you should just get your buddies to rush you through it . Hell, I spend most of my MXL play time leveling new characters. But trust me, it's much better to stick to /p1 so you can experience more content in the same time.

Now if your argument is "I like /players8 because it gives me so much more loot!" then that's definitely wrong. When leveling you don't need to rely on random drops from monsters, and those are the only things /p8 boosts. It is much easier to farm Act Bosses on /p1 for the guaranteed uniques they drop, or Cave Snappers/Grubbers for the guaranteed gold they drop to buy Honorific reagents and Mystic Orbs, or do Terror Griswold runs for Special Box drops to get runes. The time you spend on /p8 is more than enough to do multiple such runs and get all the items any build will ever need to get to 120.