Cave of the Dark Elf, Part III
Posted by Mike Blitz on August 19th, 2007
Armed with a pile of high potions, boatloads of arrows, and more determination, we begin our third foray into the Cave of the Dark Elf. We now know the fastest routes through the place, and make great time. High potions are a big help, and we clear the save point with ample potions and arrows left.
After a bit more exploring, we come to the Dark Elf. It doesn’t take long for us to start mixing it up with him, but the fight unfortunately doesn’t last long at all. The Dark Elf wipes us out in two quick rounds. Argh.
But…tricky Final Fantasy IV! Just when I figured that I’d have to do some serious grinding to level up my party, we get a cut scene back to Edward at the castle in Troia. Somehow, he has sensed our predicament and gets out of bed to help. He goes over and plays his magical harp, which somehow connects with the grass thing he gave us when we visited him. This magical connection allows Edward’s music to fill the Dark Elf’s hall, and this breaks the spell that prevented us from using metal weapons! What a deal! Even better, we’re all alive again and at full strength.
Our party scrambles to equip themselves with their best armor and weapons, and once again we start fighting with the Dark Elf. This time things go much better. We hit for massive damage, and the Dark Elf’s spells only do a fraction of the damage they were doing before. Fairly quickly, the Dark Elf falls and the Earth Crystal is ours!
Rather than teleport out, we fight our way back out of the cave. Getting out is cake compared to getting in, as we can still use our best weapons. We rip through our enemies in short order, and start back for the castle in Troia.
Status: Killing Stuff with a Purpose
August 20th, 2007 at 3:18 am
Yay! Well done, the Magnetic Cave is no longer Magnetic. So now its just…Cave. Anyway, yeah, as you may have gathered, a battle were you cannot win is a classic FF thing (well its in other RPGs too, as you might have seen), and it happens alot in FFIV.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Chocobo,
The thing about this unwinnable Final Fantasy IV battle was that it started out like it might have been a winnable one. Usually, I don’t get fooled by them so easily, but this one I was convinced I’d need to go grind for a couple of hours before coming back.
August 21st, 2007 at 5:11 am
Yeah, sometimes I get that too. There was one in FFIX where that happened. Heh, sorry, its slightly unfair of me to talk about games to someone who hasn’t played them yet
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Chocobo Knight,
No problem. I’m getting close to FFIX every day! Soon…soon I’ll be there!