Median XL 2012 v002 - Cave Snappers for Dummies

So alot of people whined that Cave Snappers were impossibly difficult. While this is true for the mxl 2012 beta where they could 1-hit you with a high-powered Poison Flash, the subsequent damage nerf made them rather tame. Sure, in the release version 2 Poison Flashes still means death but who's dumb enough to stick around and tank that right?

Now people are whining that their life regen is too strong and they're impossible to kill. I originally thought the reason for those QQs is because alot of long-time players always set the game to /players 8 from the start, making the Snapper's life AND regen unstoppable, but apparently people who have the game set to /players 1 also have problems with them. This video is the result of that particular QQ.

NOTE: video has been sped up 20% to fit the 2 soundtracks.

:::Test Details:::
Characters are at lv13 since that's the average level you'll be by the time you reach the Underground Passage playing the game at /players 1. Killing majority of the monsters in the Blood Moor, Den of Evil, Cold Plains, and Stony Field will get you to this level rather easily. lv12 is the bare minimum so you can access the 3rd skill in the skill trees. In that case, killspeed will be a bit slower than the video but not harder.

Weapons used are all shop-bought and give no stat/damage boosts other than the innate dex/str weapon damage bonus. The exception to this is Javazon who needs an El rune or any weapon with Enhanced Damage. I'm pretty sure out of the items you find in the first 4 maps one of them's gonna be either of these. None of the low-quality tier 1 item types you're likely to obtain in the first 4 maps of act 1 have a required str/dex above 27, so the stat distributions here (pure dex/str/energy/2 stat splits) won't lock you out of using early-game gear.

Some of these skill builds are indeed unoptimal for endgame, but that's what Akara's respec option is for. (and you get a total of 3 quest-related respecs) Remember, flat damage is better than %damage in the early game. If you don't have respec, upgrade to v1.13 already :P

I can't stress this enough: killing Cave Snappers is NOT REQUIRED. If you don't want to spend more than a mere 10 seconds trying to kill a single monster then by all means skip the darn thing. (their gold drops are huge and very helpful in the early game though) Median XL 2012 was designed to give players (both old and new) a challenge, so stop whining. =P

BGMs:
Active Pain (no vocals)
Sound of the Golden Witch track 13
from the Umineko no Naku Koro ni Game OST

Median XL 2012 by BrotherLaz: http://modsbylaz.hugelaser.com/

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[AbysmalBlade1]

I can roflstomp them on /players8 with a lvl 13 Javazon. I use ricochet to bounce off of some random and the cave snapper (multiple snappers if lucky) and I use fire elementals to hold them off.

[xarugas]

@AbysmalBlade1

you talking about v002 snappers or the significantly nerfed v003 and above ones? :)

[AbysmalBlade1]

@xarugas v002...

[xarugas]

@AbysmalBlade1

odd, v002 fire elementals at lv13 have piss-poor hp, while low level Ricochet wouldn't do much damage even with a mob, unless of course you have a source of passive poison to stop the snappers' life regen. (/p8 boosted hp + 20 life regen stat = near immortal) Well anyway, doesn't really matter now that in v004/5 snappers are paper-thin just like the rest of early game monsters

[AbysmalBlade1]

@xarugas On a side note, did Brother Laz ever publicly release v003? or am I thinking of Median XL Omega?

The thing with my Javazon is Median XL 2012 though. This, I know for certain.

[xarugas]

@AbysmalBlade1

nope v003 wasn't publicly released. As for the javazon, it's not unheard of to be able to kill the v002 snappers in /p8. It's just alot harder if you can't outdamage their high regen, (20regen compared to v004's 5regen) which scales with their max hp. Also, if you have any sort of poison passive (even just 1-3 dmg) from items, that stops their healing, and you can wittle away their hp with ricochet's high WDM especially if you get a group of them together. :)

[AbysmalBlade1]

@xarugas I should probably mention that I don't beat them with the shop bought gear you shown in this video. Once again though, I should mention the comparison between /players1 and /players8. Also, I should note that I always go risky on Hardcore with a dump to dexterity instead of vitality. My damage is actually quite high by the time I hit Underground Passage. It lies at a minimum of 130 damage. Couple that with the fact that it bounces to hit the snapper multiple times. It dies fast

[MedianLatino]

Leave snappers alone fagget ! NOW!

[xarugas]

@Khornedevotee

clearly you didn't play during the 2012 v001 beta. Cave Snappers' PF ticks your life to 1hp in 2-3 frames, then the melee attack finishes you off, hence OHKO. 2012 v003's snappers have next to no life regen so they're easy cash in earlygame now.

[Khornedevotee]

Huh, Cave Snappers don't one-hit you :P. But they sure are strong, especialy their Poison Flash, and they indeed have got very high regeneration rate, especialy when they're ''AFK''. Btw, what about the AFK issue? ;o Why is that in the game?!