More Puzzle Quest-ing.

My Druid, “Flaunty Elvesb-” … wait, sorry, that should be “Gobi”, is now at level 18.

I had one hell of a problem with my first boss, the two-headed Ogre, Dugog. I first encountered the level 18 foe when my Druid was at level 14 and was quickly humbled.

He’s got various abilities and items that enable him to take multiple turns in succession — I’ve seen him take six turns in a row on several occasions — and if that wasn’t bad enough, he also carries a club which randomly dishes out huge amounts of additional damage whenever he matches skulls.

I’m not entirely sure about this but I do suspect “Dugog” is an ancient Ogre word meaning “he who copulates with his own mother” because that’s what he is more or less.

It’s been suggested the AI cheats but I don’t think that’s the case. The AI is just better at noticing combos and potential follow-up combos, I think. For what it’s worth, Steve Fawkner insists the AI makes legitimate moves.

I finally beat the two-faced mother- … -lover in an epic battle on my 15th try. Yeah, I know, an epic Bejeweled-clone boss battle sounds rather silly but believe me, that’s exactly what it was. Even when I had the advantage, I kept expecting Dugog to go on one of his insane runs and whittle down my health until that dreaded “You have suffered defeat” message sounded again but I hung on for victory.

I think part of the reason I had so much trouble with the boss is I was a bit too casual when I distributed points for my character’s attributes after levelling up. I may have spread myself too thin.