It's not like Mechwarrior or something where you will get hit even if you do everything perfectly and are the luckiest of men. But you can, theoretically, go throughout the game as a melee fighter without being hit if your reflexes are good enough (assuming you never made a mistake). Backpedalling simply won't do if you try that it will be a blow trading slugfest. What you must do is turn around quickly and run away from them right before they strike. If you choose warrior, know that there is some skill involved with the swordplay, though it is annoying and not nearly as natural as Thief's. You simply cannot win the game as a pure Thief, as you are forced to fight things (forced as in trapped in small rooms with them) which will mop the floor without if you do not have very high levels of either melee or magic. My first three or four times through the game, I used a combination of warrior and mage, but lately I've been using a near-total warrior. There are text indicators when you get double damage, but when you deal no damage you must look for the spark visual.Īs for the best class to play, it is mage. What probably happened to you is that you randomly got six very low damage hits with your dagger, but two very high damage hits with your fist. I know that punching does the least damage in melee. Any help on the above will be appreciated.Ībout the damage, there is a large random factor. Otherwise the game looks promising, though I wish there were more head varieties, and the guy didn't look so anorexic in the beginning. Yah.that's all that comes to mind right now. Does this tell me how well I am hiding? Is seeing it better than not, or vice versa?ĥ) Is magic always going to be a pain? It takes me about five or six trys to get the second rune of the ignite spell to work, even though it seems easy.Ħ) Is there a way to block attacks before you get a shield(or even afterwards)? Sorry if they sound stupid, never got the manual.ġ)I know i need to install the texture zip file in the forums to get rid of the 'white' look, but I examined my Arx Fatalis directory and there is no Graph directory within it, just misc and save.Ģ)What is the best character for a beginner? mage,thief, or fighter? Do I miss out on much by choosing one and not another?ģ)why does punching seem to do more damage then dagger(2 punched kill a rat, 6 dagger strikes to kill a rat)? Does one charge faster than the others?Ĥ)I noticed when crouch is toggles, a white icon in the bottom left of the screen fades in and out.

Ran through a little bit of the beginning tutorial and a few question come to mind. Alright, so I recently found Arx Fatalis and got it.

Arx fatalis rune locations