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>You cannot defeat this monster right now. Please try again later...

>> No.9961492
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One of several reasons Hexen II is better.

>> No.9961521

>>9961487
*laughs in Cleric's flechette gas-cloud*

>> No.9961525

>>9961521
Mhmm now let's see... 25 max flechette inventory.. game contains roughly... 1,498,186,742 centaurs

>> No.9961553

>>9961487
Skill issue

>> No.9961607

>>9961487
What about the ones that use the same frame of animation but they aren't blocking, they're about to send a projectile at you?

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>>9961487
>plays best class
east shit centaur

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>>9961487
Annoying enemy but they aren't that fucking bad.

>> No.9962018

>>9961487
Funny I was just playing this. Run in a circle and hit it with your melee nigga

>> No.9962026

>>9962018
Enemies in the doom engine have a back?
>>9961607
I can deal with blocking attack but that shit I actually hate.

>> No.9962038

>>9961980
>Annoying enemy but they aren't that fucking bad.
Not until you play the Dark Citadel expansion, that is.

>> No.9962094

>>9962038
To be fair, almost everything becomes more of a pain in the ass in Dark Citadel.

>> No.9962258

>>9961980
I never thought they were that bad at all. Hexen should have had at least a couple more enemy types to fight though. And no zombie enemies either is pretty lame tbqh. They should have been included as fodder enemy types.

>> No.9962259

>>9962094
>>9962038
But I absolutely adore Dark Citadel, always the most fun I have when I replay Hexen. I always replay it three times, with each class. It's just that good.

>> No.9962632

>>9961487
Generally, a monster which interrupts the flow and forces you to change your tactics to deal with him can be very good, Doom 2 has some great examples of that, but the Centaur motherfucker is one of the most common enemies in the game and his gimmick is that he cockblocks your attacks hard, which adds up to making him unbelievably tedious and unfun.

You can still have an enemy with that kind of behavior, but he shouldn't be common low tier fodder, instead he should be less common and a much higher threat. Make him less numerous and less common, but also make him fast and vicious, I should be thinking "Oh shit, here we fucking go!" instead of sighing wearily.

>>9962026
They have a front, so they also have a back.

>> No.9963230

>>9961715
Wouldn't Frost Shards just straight up freeze them in melee no matter what? I don't remember because I usually get the fuckers lined up in a corridor and kill them with the Sapphire Wand.

>> No.9963297

>>9961487
I'm about to give Hexen another go and try to beat it. It's been a while since I've played it and it kind of filtered me a while back with the switch hunting. I hope i end up progressing much further this time.

>> No.9963325

>>9963230
frost shards are crap, lightning blows right through their defenses sapphire wand is really weak per shot and any damage procs their shield so it's probably the worst choice against them.

>> No.9963346

>>9963325
>sapphire wand is really weak per shot and any damage procs their shield so it's probably the worst choice against them.
Lol no. It has "ripper" property so it not only goes straight through their shield, but also damages everyone else behind them. Sapphire Wand is THE crowd control weapon for narrow corridors and it's excellent for pain-locking most enemies.

>> No.9963724

>>9963346
I thought they could stop the damage with their shield when it's raised but just not reflect the hitscan?