how do you kill an ore golem?

Ah, so that's what it is. Good to know.

In my last game I went through the BMC mines at around 88 TA. It was utter bliss. One day I'll try for 100 TA just out of spite for those blasted ore golems.

 

For Me. I just killed the golem like this:

Well first I was a mage and knew summon gurdian ogre. So the rest is super easy. Guardian ogres are the best. THey can kill the golems without taking much dmg.

I first summon him and then tell him to attack the golem alone. So that the golem doesn't target my followers.

 

i just harm them to hell. it works but you have to wait a while for fatigue to rise again

 

Heck I just sit back and let my 7 followers get it done for me:

dog using his nose
sogg machined quantlets
gar machined quantlets
magnus his quantlets

the following just getting in the way distracting!

virgil balanced sword
dante balanced sword
jayna balanced sword

I just listen to all the clanging hehehehe

Parmanian

 

its just me (a witch with 75 MA), virgil and magnus against the ore critters. i use 3 Harms or 2 Lightning Bolts and they drop. my harms don't eat much of my fatigue, either, so it worked well. i actually thot the traps were tons worse than the ore golems this playthru.

in previous playthrus (as tekkies), i had followers bust their armor, go thru several weapons each and barely manage to straggle out. so i was very pleased at going thru as a witch this time.


V***V

 

vesselle, tech weapons have a low to 0 % chance to hit magical critters such as Ore Golems.* Use neutral or magical weapons. carry backup weapons & keep track of the hit points. Take out the fire dudes FAST, before they kill your armor.

Get Dog.

My last run through the BMC was with a mage, Vergil & dog. They hardly got to swing.

*At high TA, this is reversed. AT 100% TA, I believe there is an increased chance vs your base TH.

 

I have firearms mastery 20 PE and 15 IN but still am getting 0% to hit with the LGR. Why?

 

Maybe something is blocking the target from you?

 

If there are any symbols near the percent TH when you target something, you are suffering penalties. There's a list of what they mean in the manual.

 

If there are any symbols near the percent TH when you target something, you are suffering penalties. There's a list of what they mean in the manual.

 

What is your TA? I know that at 50% the TH% base is about zero. That said, the LGR should never get below 20% TH without other modifers. Lighting for one. A friend on another forum says that if a gunslinger only knows one spell, it should be Illuminate.

 

It says the target is blocked even when I am right next to it.

 

Now that is strange. No corner in the way? You are patched? I am out of ideas.

 

Sorry for necromancing this thread, but I did a little search and I have the same problem.

I have 17 Perception, am a point away from being a Master in Guns, am a Human @ LV18... but I only get a ~47% chance of hitting those damn Ore Golems with my fine revolver; indicates that they're behind cover or something. Any ideas?

My game has the latest patch; just started playing Arcanum a few days ago (after not having played a good CRPG, like Fallout 1/2 et cetera, for a while).

The only way I found to kill them was to put fast turn-based on, fire one shot at the Golem, and then use the rest of my points to run away (he wouldn't have enough points, himself, to catch up with me AND hit me, only the former)... while my two followers were hitting him in the back. Needless to say, that technique takes ages to kill them with.

Also, I had to unequip my guys' swords, because otherwise they break on Ore Golems, which I imagine isn't a bug, but is still annoying.

Thanks for any help.


P.S. Is Repair a skill of any worth? I'm playing a non-magic (at all) human do-gooder techy who only uses guns, just FYI.

I can't decide between Haggle, Persuasion, Lockpicks or Repair.

The only skill I've really raised so far is Guns (one point into Haggle, which feels like a waste so far).

 

Repair is in my oppinion an useless skill to learn, they are in arcanum more then enough capable repairman for a decent price. Money isn't a problem in arcanum, especially if you can create items from found objects

I personally would go for persuasion, as I usually go for the mage/good talker person. (no idea why I do this)

 

Hmmm, yes, I see your point. I'm starting to come across more & more money... and I can always get stuff repaired by others, for a cheap price.

 

I've never had that problem with the Ore Golems. The problem I DO have is that if I unequip my followers' weapons, they end up hurting themselves by hitting the golem.
How high is your perception, by the way?

 

Ore-golems? No problem! Leave all you followers behind, except the all-powerful "Worthless Mutt" of destruction. Have the Golem or other weapon damaging monster chase you and dog will start tearing them up. Stay out of contact with the monster by keeping just out of reach and dog will finish em off for you. If Virgil's nearby he'll heal dog ashe takes damage. Its a wimps way out, but I dont want to scratch my +20 Vorpal Sword of Cleavage.

 

Does Pyrotechnic Axe take damage?