Depending on what I got, I usually end up doing the Elven stack last since I try to get level 5 from either the first or second stacks.
You know what the worst thing is?
It seems like you get the least amount of experience for the toughest stack! In my game, I got 50 for the Dwarves, I think 63 for the Humans and then only 47 for the Elves!
Those amounts are so small, I know, but still it is just a bit insulting that you get the least experience from the hardest stack!
By the way, I way able to take out the 3 basement stacks and the first Whitehill stack with the Ball of Lightning strategy so it is good.
You won't believe how long some of the basement fights went! I had one go over 200 rounds! I get a little bored once I get past about round 30 and really bored after round 50, but I was in a situation with 2 50+ Cave Spider stacks and I was able to get into a repeatable loop as I whittled them down with the 2 Bats before I could go into Vamp mode.
This is crazy to have to do this so early in the game for no loss.
I think I'm going to shift gears a bit and start checking out Bagyr's situation some more...
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