TACTICS AND TUTORIAL VIDEOS ARE COMING!!!!
1. Mana is important. Life, however,
is much more important. DON'T trade shots, don't "tank", don't run like crazy.
2. Battle supplies are there to do just that: battle. Every item, yes, EVERY
item has its place in a fight.
Make sure you understand how and when to use ALL ITEMS - and that you do use
them, instead of hoarding.
3. Plan ahead. Always have more than 1 solution on what to do in any battle
scenario. And there always is!
That's the way the game is designed!
4. If you CAN go somewhere, - it doesn't mean you should. Or at least not
yet...I think many games have this concept
covered, but - now this Hexen tribute has joined the band. Perhaps some
places are attacked better when you are more
powerful? Or better eqipped...or have a certain item or two?
5. Manage your armor. While there are armor items scattered in the levels - it
is not enough, but the magical armor is
way more common. Find all of them, and use it to maintain high armor class in
harder episodes. More often than not,
it will save your life, especially for the Mage-class characters.
6. You must learn to use environment to your advantage. Legend Farewell Edition
8.33 - has plenty of ways to kill your
enemies using the environment. Traps, bars, heights, natural hazards...and more
traps. And of course, the environment-based
switch-attacks that the Fighter-class characters are capable of.
7. Think about escaping ambushes by magic, and then returning later to decimate
the opposition on your terms. Or bring the
creatures to the place that you like more and finish them there. At least, if
they seem to have the territorial advantage -
consider moving them away.
8. Look for secrets. Heretic, Doom, witchaven and especialy Wolfenstein-3D - all
say hello here. If you played those - then
you'll be just fine. Most of those secret stashes have clues, (especially in the
version8.33) and are often built the way
they used to be made back in the classic age.
9. Learn to use, and use COVER for melee attacks. Having that said, melee
attacks with the free weapons - is the most common attack
method in the game. You must have a complete control over that.
10. While all weapons inflict damage and kill monsters, yet some
are better used in specific situations. Attacking in a less tactical way - will
usually result in a lot of wasted resources.
11. Defense is paramount. Learn to use Repulsion Discs
with precision. Learn to defend AND to counterattack
using them. Always keep one trigger
finger on the attack button, another on the defense, and a third on item
hotkeys. Yep, no button mashing.
12.
Save game often! This cannot be stressed enough. There are creatures who can
insta-kill you.
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13.
Brute force is never the way: fight tactically. Use items, use the
environment use magic. Only very late in the game confrontations that are
best addressed by brute force begin to appear. And even then, those still
are best fought with reason.
14. There are more ranged enemies than there is mana. So do learn to use your free weapons. Specifically - take advantage of the melee attacks from cover. Trees, fire braziers, statues - will work wonderfully. 15. Learn and take advantage of specific weapons' strengths and maximize them. For example, Wraithverge works best at close range. So don't use it to attack at long distance. Dragonstaff is much more destructive with its delayed explosions...how about chaining a few shots together to create a true death-zone? 16. Alternative (and secret) routes may be found to overcome some deadly places. 17. If you fall into a well, and can't jump or fly out - there usually are other options.... 18. Certain traps in the game are designed in a way that they cannot be reasonably managed from within...that, however, - does not mean that they can not be successfully tackled from without. 19. Almost all starting weapons receive a power boost, if you have blue mana in your inventory 20. Don't treat this game like the vanilla Hexen! It has its own playstyle, its own learning curve and it's own tricks.
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