I've been doing Dungeoneering, Dungeoneering and more Dungeoneering lately. Mostly solo. There is no doubt, I like the skill (or as some say "a mega minigame"). And here is why:
- I love the exploration aspect of it. Maybe the novelty will wear off over time, but it hasn't yet. I am level 52, but still enjoy exploring the map and unlocking the rooms.
- I like how I can raise my other skills while dungeoneering. Especially the skills I don't usually train, like fishing, mining and woodcutting. I am gaining levels in all those skills without actually training them!
- Boss fights are fun!
Speaking about bosses, here is a "sweet, short and straight to the point" list of Dungeoneering bosses and ways to kill them.
All the smart strategies are there, yet I personally use simplified approach called "wear the best melee armor I could make and bash the boss over the head with Gorgonite two-handed sword whenever possible". It works too, almost every time :-)
So here is my "simplified list":
- Gluttonous behemoth - deprive the poor animal from its food pool, pray something and hit it over head with the two-handed sword
- Astea Frostweb - bring a good bow and some arrows, pray magic, when frozen use ranged, but as soon as you are free run toward her and bash her over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Icy Bones - stay put, pray magic and bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Luminiscent Icefiend - try to avoid icicles, pray magic, eat profusely and bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Plane-freezer Lakhrahnaz - bring a good bow and some arrows, pray magic, range when far away, but try to get close and then bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- To'Kash the Bloodchiller - stay put, pray magic and bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Skeletal Horde - pray ranged (or magic if surrounded by mages only), hit every moving target with the two-handed sword, eat profusely and close tunnels when told so.
- Hobgoblin Geomancer - bring a good bow and some arrows, pray magic, when snared use ranged, but as soon as you are free run toward him and bash him over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Bulwark Beast - chip away the armor, pray something and then bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Unholy Cursebearer - pray magic, restore your stats when needed and bash him over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Rammernaut - pray something, try to put him against the wall, but in general simply eat profusely and bash him over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Stomp - pray magic, activate lodestones when possible and bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Har'Lakk the Riftsplitter - pray magic, avoid "open portal" attacks, eat profusely and bash it over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Lexicus Runewright - bring a good bow and some arrows, pray magic, avoid books barrage, use ranged occasionally, but normally simply run toward him and bash him over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Sagittare - pray magic, avoid the rain of arrows attack, run around a lot and bash him over the head with the two-handed sword.
- Night-gazer Khighorahk - light beacons, avoid splash attacks, bash him over the head with the two-handed sword until at least one beacon is lit, then repeat.
With this simplified approach only one boss causes me occasional deaths: Har'Lakk the Riftsplitter. The rest of them are quite amiable to bashing over the head :-)
