Ten Ton Hammer - Taking MMO Gamers to the Next Level!

Are you in the mood for Crunchy Batwings?

Unlike before, Natali isn't a bad starting point this time. She's got a couple of dungeons in Snowhill she wants you to gather some items from and since you desperately need the experience, what have you got to lose? She wants you to drive off the Elder Deep Bats and Swarming Shriekers in the Bat Caves (no Robin in there) and kill of some Robgoblin Wizards in the Deep Mines. Sounds like fun, eh?

The Bat Caves can certainly be frustrating, but it's important to do this dungeon a couple of times. The bats (and ravens) in the game are the hardest creatures to successfully target with your mouse since they continually bob up and down a lot. This is the perfect dungeon to get you used to using your tab key to cycle between targets quickly. It's also great for perfecting your tactics when dealing with groups. Oh and one more thing? There are a *lot* of wanderers down here, so use this time to brush up on your pattern detection skills too. Just a few seconds of waiting for a bat to move on can make the difference between pulling 2 or 3 and pulling 12 or 15. Trust me; you do not want to pull the latter.

There are some fun boss fights in the Bat Caves that are worth the trip in there. Not only do you have a good chance at some decent loot (that also looks better), but you'll also get to fight the goofiest giant bat I've ever seen outside of a Looney Tunes cartoon.

After the excitement of the Bat Caves, it's time to delve into the Deep Mines for some Robgoblin Wizard butt kicking. The boss battles aren't as tough in this one, but you'll still need to keep an eye out for wandering Robgoblins that might drag their friends to a battle. The most important thing to practice in here is to choose your targets carefully. If you're fighting a group, leading off with Fireball and Zap, you can have very different results depending on which target you chose to fire at.

Shoot the Initiate with them, and you may have taken him out, but you're going to have a longer battle with the Wizard and his Brawler friend. Target the Wizard directly though and not only will you take out the Initiate in the initial attack, but that Wizard is going to go down a lot faster leaving you more health to deal with the Brawler. Play with different scenarios like this to see what works best for you. The skills you learn here will be invaluable later on.

Feel free to rinse and repeat these dungeons until you reach level 10 (going back to Natali after getting the required pieces each time for an experience boost). At level 10, you receive a new spell, Ice Nova, which will quite literally become your lifeline. It has a reasonably long cooldown timer, but it freezes all the enemies around you in a small radius. This spell is absolutely priceless and will save your hide more times than you can begin to imagine.