StinkyKitty on 29/3/2018 at 02:42
I was digging through my Thief notes the other day and found something I'd like to share with you all.
Several years ago, before NewDark, I played a variant of Thief Gold, which I titled Trap Master, where my goal was to kill as many AI as possible without dealing any damage (At least any damage that would show up in the info screen at the end.) Tricks used to kill enemies included:
Drowning: such as luring AI into water or running around a pool until they fell in, though I believe they are less likely to follow you into water in NewDark.
Friendly Fire: such as AI accidentally firing projectiles into their allies.
Warzone: luring enemy AI close to one another so they fight.
Traps: such as the fire traps in Bonehoard or magic missiles in Sword.
Flies: such as luring AI into fly clouds.
Sledge Hammer: This one was a bit of a cheat, because technically I am doing direct damage to an AI by chucking a hammer at them, but it didn't count as Damage Dealt so I used it when I couldn't get AI in any other way.
I'm glad I wrote these down, because some are quite spectacular.
All levels were played on difficulty Hard.
Lord Bafford's Manor Time: 49 min. 6 sec.
Drowned: 3 spiders, 12 sword guards
Friendly Fire (by Bow Guards): 2 sword guards
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 23 Healing Taken: 12
Bodies Discovered by Enemies: 1 Total Kills: 14
Cragscleft Time: 1hr. 47min. 44sec.
Drowning: 15 Hammerites, 1 Priest
Friendly Fire (From Priest): 1 Hammerite, 1 Novice
Warzone: 5 Zombies, 7 Hammerites, 9 Prisoners
Large spider managed to get stuck under the elevator, but I couldn't crush him with it.
A Hammerite fell down the elevator shaft, but survived. Was killed by Zombie instead.
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 24 Healing Taken: 16
Bodies Discovered by Enemies: 11 Total Kills: 39
Bonehoard Time: (forgot to write it down)
Fire Trap: 21 Zombies
Drowning: 3 Zombies, 3 Fire Shadows (or is it the same one?)
Warzone: 8 Burricks
Hammerite Crypt Pressure Pad Trap: 1 Fire Shadow
Sledge Hammer: 8 Burricks
(Flies helped out with 3 of the Sledge Hammer kills)
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 45 Healing Taken: 36
Bodies Discovered by Enemies: 3 Total Kills: 44
Assassins Time: 1hr. 31min. 57sec.
Drowning: 3 Sword Guards
Friendly Fire (by Bow Guards): 3 Sword Guards
Burrick Gas Chamber: 9 Sword Guards, 4 Assassins, Ramirez
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 18 Healing Taken: 12
Bodies Discovered: 5 Total Kills: 19
Guild Time: 1hr. 42min. 53 sec.
Honestly, Guild was probably the most fun because of just two AI who eliminated almost the entire Thieves Guild. One was the street guard at the beginning of the level. The other was the huge spider in the cage, whom I named Fido.
Warzone (killed by Street Guard): 13 Unarmed, 24 Sword Thieves, 7 Bow Thieves
Warzone (killed by Fido): 4 Unarmed, 9 Sword Thieves, 1 Bow Thief
Warzone: Sadly, the Street Guard and Fido didn't make it.
Friendly Fire (by Bow Thieves): 2 Unarmed, 2 Sword Thieves
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 54 Healing Taken: 48
Bodies Discovered: 11 Total Kills: 64
Sword Time: 1hr. 10min. 56sec.
Magic Missile: 7 Sword Guards
Fire Barrel Stack Explosion: 4 Sword Guards
Friendly Fire (by Bow Guards): 2 Sword Guards
Flies: 2 Sword Guards
Drowning: 5 Sword Guards
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 35 Healing Taken: 32
Bodies Discovered: 5 Total Kills: 21
Haunted Cathedral Time: 1hr 44min. 7sec.
Warzone: 2 Craymen, 2 Spiders, 8 Burricks
Drowning: 7 Zombies
Sledge Hammer: 3 Ghosts, 2 Hammer Haunts, 2 Spiders, 1 Fire Shadow
Old Active Mine: 3 Zombies
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 36 Healing Taken: 24
Bodies Discovered: 1 Total Kills: 30
Mage Towers Time: 3hr 39min 40sec
Drowning (from the Water Tower): 6 Sword Guards, 1 Bow Guard, 3 Fire Mages, 6 Air Mages, 1 Earth Mage, and get this, 3 Water Mages.
Friendly Fire (from Bow Guards): 1 Unarmed, 3 Sword Guards, 1 Bow Guard, 2 Fire Mages, 1 Air Mage,
Friendly Fire (by Water Mages): 2 Sword Guards
Friendly Fire (by Air Mages): 1 Sword Guard, 1 Bow Guard, 1 Fire Mage
Friendly Fire (by Fire Mages): 3 Unarmed, 5 Sword Guards, 7 Bow Guards, 6 Earth Mages,
Suicide: 2 Bow Guards (they shot themselves as I ran circles around them)
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 27 Healing Taken: 20
Bodies Discovered: 4 Total Kills: 56
Lost City Time: 1hr 44min 39sec
Drowning: 9 Spiders
Warzone: 10 Burricks, 3 Fire Elementals, 1 Earth Mage, 1 Air Mage
Friendly Fire (by Fire Mage): 1 Air Mage, 2 Water Mages
Friendly Fire (by Water Mage): 1 Air Mage, 1 Earth Mage
Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 27 Healing Taken: 20
Bodies Discovered: 4 Total Kills: 29
Caverns
Drowning: 1 Spider
Ignorance's Barbs: 1 Crayman
Friendly Fire: (by Bow Guards) 5 Unarmed, 10 Sword Guards
I remember stopping in the middle of Caverns for whatever reason. Maybe someday I'll go through the rest of the levels. I'm curious how this might work out in Thief II. True, there aren't many warzones in Thief II, but cannonballs flying everywhere might make for some rich entertainment. :D
Esme on 29/3/2018 at 12:00
Quote Posted by StinkyKitty
...A Hammerite fell down the elevator shaft, but survived. Was killed by Zombie instead....
He was definitely not having a good day :cheeky:
Chaos on 1/4/2018 at 13:52
Awesome post, this made me smile :cheeky::cheeky::cheeky::cheeky:
downwinder on 7/4/2018 at 02:27
when i first started thief 1 i was so noob i use to gather guard on baffords mission ,and run around pool till they all fell inm and if i was in any danger i would drop in pool and go to other side and repeat,was my first attempt to deal with guards
ofcourse now i can ghost run those missions now due to knowing where they all will be :)
nickie on 7/4/2018 at 18:10
Thanks for sharing, Stinky. Sounds great fun and would have been entertaining to watch, I expect.
