Let’s finish it just as soon as I find a way around that Ether Mirage boss in the Spring Palace. Healing almost 6000HP every 3 turns is just too unfair. This time I’m just going to turn the difficulty down to the lowest. Then I’m going to save-scum for the True Snipe artifact like the FAQs tell me to. Then I’m going to kill that stupid thing and finish this game, hurray!
Failing your first try against a boss is pretty normal in dungeon crawlers anyway. If anything it’s a testament to the relative ease of Demon Gaze that I’ve come this far with only two major roadblocks (Ether Mirage and Venus). And both were due to poor preparation. I don’t know what I was thinking going into a battle without my faithful old Chronos and a truckload of Demon Vases.
Once I finish off Ether Mirage, all that’s left is the final boss and the bonus Black Cage dungeon. Or so the game tells me. I haven’t even set foot in the Black Cage, so that’s something to look forward to depending on how I feel once the boss is down. Since I’m so close to the end I won’t bother writing too much today. Let’s finish this!
Update: Killed Ether Mirage, and I didn’t even have to lower the difficulty. The True Snipe artifact dropped easily in the Summer Palace, which helped a lot. I knew she was going to heal up at the start of the 4th turn, so I spent those four turns setting up my HIT buffs and concentrating with my attackers. Once she healed, I sent Mars into a Rage and let Ether Mirage have it with Jupiter Bane and Cyclone. She barely lasted two turns after that.
I then went on to fight the last boss. The boss himself is easy but those summoned monsters… And I kept having to take my Gazer out of the attacking queue so he can use Whistle, which slowed down my DPS a lot. I need the artifact that lets someone else mimic that skill, then I need to get my healer focused on using Whistle and Force Guard instead of Holy Shield. But right now my back hurts from too much playing so I’m taking a break for the rest of the weekend.
