Troll Invasion came out just yesterday. Monique and I did penguins, and didn't feel like figuring out something new so waited till today to try it. I'm not usually big on mini-games. But this one gives experience that you can put on any skill you want.
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| Get the trolls close enough, and your ranged support will help you. |
Turns out it's a good thing we waited a day. Apparently it was still a bit buggy, and a lot of players wound up not getting credit for this month's attempt. Yes, this months. You can play it as often as you like, but you only score the big exp on your first attempt of each calendar month. So brace yourself, get ready, and do your best straight out, because you'll have to wait a month to try again (for points, anyway)!!
There's two sides to it, you can just go and fight all the way through, or you can work defense to protect the keep. Monique took defense, and I took combat. She did well enough, scoring about 22k of xp. I was very happy with mine, finished all 20 waves and got 42k of xp, which went on my lvl 73 dungeoneering, raising me up one level.
Since we went together, I didn't get to watch Monique's part. It sounded like she did pretty good. But for me, the combat was pure fun. Lots of variety, good graphics and sounds, and the occasional bit of humor. This being a 'safe' minigame, there was no risk of losing anything by getting killed. Just the same, I'd rather not die. I've heard you get better points scored if you don't die.
If you enjoy combat, this is a blast. Jagex makes it pretty easy to survive. Not that you won't take damage, just that it's pretty easy to manage your resources, and you have plenty. I still brought my own, and definitely needed them near the end, but only because I let an explosive troll blow my resource table up. Not on purpose, I didn't even see it happen. But I went to heal up and my table was blown away!
The Troll magicians were cool, especially their ability to summon me to them. It was awesome to see me being dragged rapidly from wherever I was to fight with them. And welcome, since I really wanted to kill the magicians as a top priority. It was also pretty neat to see summoners conjuring creatures up.
Of course the big news was the big guy himself, Cliff. He was huge, and made my Steel Titan look tiny. Of course, the bigger they are... and wow, when he fell, he fell hard. It's a little bit like the fight cave and Jad. You go through waves to get to the boss, and he uses multiple styles of attack.
I've read that you should vary your protection prayers according to which attackers your facing. I tried that, but eventually realized it worked out just fine if I left my prayer on Deflect Melee and Turmoil (Ancient Curses) the whole time.
With this setup, it was pretty easy to just bull through. Didn't really need any finesse or skill, just kept prayer on and kept fighting.
All in all, this was a very fun diversion, and I loved getting 42k of exp for just a few minutes of play. I assume if I'd put it on a higher skill it would have been more, but 42k was great for the skill it went on. We only tried it the one time. Based on what I could see of Monique's part, I think the combat was more fun. I might even come back before the new month and try the harder combat, the one with only 7 (very intense) waves. Just to get a feel for it before trying it for real points. I'm sure it'll be more challenging than the easier 20 waves.
If you're thinking about trying it, I'd say give it a shot. It was enjoyable, and well worth the time spent!
4 comments:
u mad?
Lol... In what way? Some ways, definitely. Some ways, maybe... :^)
But still, I like them. Went back twice and tried the harder waves. Won once, got killed once. I only wish we could do them once a week for points!
I always do it in 7 waves. Not a big deal.
I salute you. I won my practice run, but got killed in the real deal with 7. I think I just let my attention wander too much. My own fault. I like it, but don't go back unless it's the new month and I can get exp for it.
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