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So I reached the Gorgons just now, I'm level 22. But I encountered a rather serious problem. I can't kill them fast enough, they heal each other too quickly! :(

I suppose I'm going to have to kite off the ones that neither heal nor petrifying first, but after that I'm not sure. My DPS is around 105 without any temporary buffs, and being a Conqueror I don't have pets or AOE spells, besides War Horn at level 1 for brief stun, and War wind also at level 1.

Update: Never mind. I killed them all, without dying (still 2 deaths). I'm now Level 23, at the Fountain just after Pythian Caves. Although my game kept CTD before I could get to the fountain after Gorgons, whilst I was looting and selling the loot to traders, so I've actually ended up killing the Gorgons THREE times.

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There seems to be an exploit that was added in with AE. Pressing K on the keyboard resets the player, teleporting you back to the last fountain that you activated. In other words, when close to death, just press K and you'll be fine? Doesn't this make no deaths very easy?

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Another update. I know I'm not in the challenge (and never was technically), but I'm now Level 20 in Delphi, and.... I now have 2 deaths. The 2nd wasn't my fault, unlike the 1st, I encountered a group of Satyrs, Boarmen, Mages, etc. A few Hero Monsters as well. I have no idea what happened, but my health went from full (around 1500 or 1600) to empty in seconds. Possibly a combination of some Life Leech or Elemental damage? I don't think there were any Centaurs, and there were no Green or Blue items when I eventually looted their corpses.

I also nearly had a death before the 2nd, when again, a group of Centaur stunned me with Doom Horn, and Ensnared me, plus they used Battle Standard and probably Study Prey mixed with Call of the Hunt (or whatever it is called). Fortunately, I quickly paused, gathered my thoughts, and used Stone Form (from the Bracers of Atlas that I found a while ago), then a potion, and ran.

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It was entirely avoidable. I could have just gone to Ambrossos, got to the fountain, and quit out the game. I didn't have to kill those centaurs other than for the gold, items, and XP.

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So an update. I'm currently Level 18, nearly Level 19, sitting in Ambrossos Village. Polyphemus did spawn in this time, and I went from the fountain near Boetia, passed the Halcyon Coast, and back towards Megara to defeat him. All 3 of them were killed. It was a tough battle, I had to kite each one individually, and their stuns and roar attacks meant I could only fight each in melee, not ranged with Thrown Weapons. However, kiting each one individually, and in melee, his attacks weren't too strong, and thus the fights not too difficult. He doesn't seem to use special abilities as much in melee (like roar or stuns). So yeah, that's the good news.

The bad news is that I died. I was stupid, and ran headfirst in to a group of Centaurs, got Ensnared, Study Prey, and possibly Doom Horn or Battle Standard. I was dead before I even really realised my own stupidity.

I'm frustrated, but I guess it is better to die here, rather than at, (for example), Legendary Hades. Still, I'd clocked almost 17 hours in to this save at the time. I didn't expect to beat Xmax Hardcore. I never have, and melee would always be harder than ranged or mage builds, and I have also zero experience with Atlantis, Ragnarok, or Eternal Embers. Any way, RIP Achilles. :(

I'll still keep playing with him, in Xmax of course, just not Hardcore.

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In that case, I'll see if going to Megara and then to Polyphemus' spawn will make him appear next time. This is the version of Xmax that I'm using, it seems to be the proper version so I'm confused as to why I encountered this bug?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=755731339&searchtext=xmax

And yeah, I've had random horses and sheep in the wilderness, or random chests with a broken cart, or people crying, NPC soldiers standing around etc. Pretty cool new feature.

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I'm now up to Level 18, at the first fountain after Polyphemus, next region is Boetia, I've just passed the Halcyon Coast and completed all Side Quests up to this point. Except a few very things happened, unless this is normal for Anniversary Edition?

Firstly, I cleared out the Kerata Forest (I'd already done Old Eleusis earlier today, but then quit out the game and cleared the Forest again later), and then teleported to Megara, sold my loot, teleported back to my portal near the bridge out of the Forest, and noticed on my map a Trader? He was literally called "Trader", no actual name? In any case, he sold both Weapons and Magical equipment, nothing brilliant although I got an Amulet giving an extra point of Strength than my previous one. Definitely worth the investment!

The second weird thing, although probably not actually considered "weird", was that in the Megara Outskirts, instead of getting Maenads like I did first time round, I got Dark Satyrs. Except, I got loads of them. I must have gotten around 6 Heroes in just the fields in the Outskirts, Boar Rider Heroes, Brute Heroes, Shaman Heroes, etc. A few scary moments were had there! Also, teleporting to Megara, then walk (not teleport) back again, only to find more monsters in areas I'd already cleared, though I know this is a feature of Xmax and not a bug as such.

The final thing, and weirdest of all. Did Polyphemus the Cyclops get moved to Epic and/or Legendary only? I was getting prepared to kill him (and I was very scared, he's a tough boss), and... he wasn't there? I could open the Majestic Chest near his cave (there was only one, not 3, is that normal?) and it wasn't boss locked? Also, the Spartan Soldiers that spawn near him were all alive, although there was a dead guy on the ground, but I think he is supposed to be there, even before the soldiers charge in and ultimately get killed. I even checked the cave called "Cyclops Lair", and it was full of demons, but no Cyclops. So yeah, I'm just arriving at Boetia, but haven't killed Polyphemus?

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Achilles (unoriginal name, I know) the Conqueror is currently Level 15 and sitting in Megara. I have around 100k Gold or so, I spent quite a bit buying some slightly better rings and Amulets from the Megara Merchants. I feel I've been pretty lucky with drops, I've got an Epic Club and Epic Shield, and an Outrider's Cuirass with a full enchantment, Atlas' Bracers, and then Yellow Legs, Head, and Jewellery. But I've also got a few extra Epics and Greens in storage.

Speaking of storage, does TQCaravan work? My inventory and the in-game Caravan are okay *for now*, but I might struggle for storage space very soon.

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Yes and also I think there's a cloud saving box in the game's Options menu you need to untick as well.
I can't find anything about that, unless I'm looking in the wrong place.

On the subject of Options though, when pressing Z, X, or Alt to view dropped items, is there a way to make that only apply whilst the Key itself is pressed? right now I'm pressing a key, and items stay visible until I press the key again. I'd rather hold down the key and release to stop viewing item names.

Also, when switching weapons, the character seems to temporarily stop attacking, and does this whether I use Attack or Shift+Attack? Maybe that's normal, but it feels kinda clunky to me?

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I'm not necessarily entering the challenge, but I started playing TQAE on Steam today. After 2 hours, my character is a Level 6 Warrior (I'm going to go for Mace wielding Conqueror), at the first fountain after Helos. I've rescued the Shepherd and killed the 3 Satyr Shamans. Also used quite a few potions. I'm also aware that Conqueror Hardcore is pretty difficult, compared to a ranged class like Ranger etc, and I've also never actually beaten Hardcore Xmax, ever.

Good luck TheBonobo4.  Also make sure to turn off cloud saving with this game.  TQ doesn't like it at all.  Use local saves instead.
Thank you. :)

I'm not sure exactly how to turn off Cloud Saves in Steam, nor do I know how to use Local Saves, but in any case I used the Save Game button in the menu whilst playing. Though, in original TQIT, that button did nothing from memory. But my game should be saved in any case.

EDIT: I've turned this off. I'm guessing this is what you mean?

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I'm not necessarily entering the challenge, but I started playing TQAE on Steam today. After 2 hours, my character is a Level 6 Warrior (I'm going to go for Mace wielding Conqueror), at the first fountain after Helos. I've rescued the Shepherd and killed the 3 Satyr Shamans. Also used quite a few potions. I'm also aware that Conqueror Hardcore is pretty difficult, compared to a ranged class like Ranger etc, and I've also never actually beaten Hardcore Xmax, ever.

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Okay I've bought the game bundle of TQAE, Ragnarok, Atlantis, and Eternal Embers, from Steam. I see you said Xmax is available from the Workshop, I'm guessing it is the version by Lean? That seems to be the correct one, I just want to make sure.

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The bundle is currently on Steam and contains Titan Quest Anniversary Edition, with Ragnarok, Atlantis, and Eternal Embers all included. It's currently on sale for £21, normal price £68. I'm tempted to buy it.

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Hey everybody, been ages since I last visited here or even played Titan Quest! I've got a new laptop running Windows 10, and had a recent desire to start playing the game again with the Steam version. Just a few questions though.

1. If I download the Anniversary Edition from Steam, it comes with Ragnarok, Atlantis, and something else that I've never heard of. Does all of this work on all difficulties, or are some sections or Acts only on Legendary or Epic difficulties?
2. Does Xmax work with everything? I know in the past, Xmax didn't work with certain boses, I can think of one in Act 2 Egypt that definitely didn't work properly with Xmax.
3. If Xmax does work, do I need to download it separately, or is it pre-installed with Steam TQAE?
4. Do I need to download any bug fixes, or things like TQ Vault or the Editor (whose name I cannot remember, but it was made by SoulSeeker if I remember correctly, it allowed you to turn on mods like turn off night, infinite potion stacking etc).
5. Not very important, but I see there are 2 new masteries, and with the extra quests involved, what is the new max level? It was 75 in TQIT, but I feel it got changed to 85 at some point? And are all the masteries in TQIT the same, or have they been changed slightly?

I think that's it for now. But if I think of anything else I'll ask. :)

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I last played the game about 2 years ago, on windows 7. I'm getting by without a laptop though, and it's a big expense for just a few games.

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