Re: [WIP][Beta][Cool] \m/ -~={ DEMONSTEELE }=~- \m/

Ethril wrote:Having played the survival server for this for like IDK how many hours straight, I've found that Archviles are not really that big a deal (unless you have like 10 of them on you at once). They make an impressive display, but it's all for show (as long as you're not dangerously low on health, but at that point anything is a threat).
2 excellent methods for dealing with them:
1. Get all up in their grill; Smash them once or twice with the Omen, then dice them up with your sword. Vile Flames are simple enough to deal with just by spraying them down with the Sabbath or going wild with the Exodus (Try aiming at the ground below them). Actually, the Flames are pretty easy to kill with anything that is not a melee weapon.
2. Douse them and the surrounding area with grenades.
The Blackened (PE replacer) and its ghosts can be dealt with similarly, except you can't melee them so easily since they fly. They're slower, though, and not as tough, so it's not a big deal to gun them down. More annoying than actually threatening, although they're certainly far more of a threat than vanilla Pain Elementals.
They are both a problem when you don't get a preemptive strike. If they are somewhat alone and nearby, yeah, you will kill them no problem. But if they are far away and awake, you are going to have problems when you get to them. But they are heavily imbalanced currently for the top 3 difficulties, especially when starting fresh in random levels.