On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, David Knadler wrote:

>
> I just got two HG's to duke it out yesterday as well (my first time). Got
> the EXP for both. I am level 30 with 104 Charisma. If I remember
> correctly, they only resisted once or twice. Needless to say, that was the
> quickest 54pp I've ever made.
>
> However...
>
> Feeling pretty macho, I went down to Rathe Mnts to do some serious Giant
> killing. For some reason, or another, the HG's there resist A LOT more than
> the the HG's in West Commons. I had one resist about 9 times in a row.
> Very disconcerting. In fact, I didn't even bother to finish the fight..

Unless there really is something different about the resists
of the hill giants in the Commonlands, you probably got lucky
the first time. The high number of resists makes this a
dangerous tactic. If you have to keep Accelerando going,
you're only getting in a charm attempt every other song or so.
Obviously if you have SoW or Jboots like the original claimant
did, then it's a lot easier as you can just mash the charm
button over and over while using the mouse to stay clear.
Trying to do it with Accelerando, one slipup and you're
bashed/stunned and down two bubbles before you have a chance
to even try to restart Accelerando.

--
John H. Kim
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