Picture this: I chose to embark my heroes on a mission, they were level 6, my top of the top, Hellion, Vestal, Crusader(Reynauld) and Plague Doctor. I chose the catacombs cause my Hellion is cracked plus bonus damage on Crusader. What could go wrong? Mission was tagged as long lvl 5 search 90% of rooms, and long(two camps), which means 40 minutes of wandering with no space in EQ for your loot while every group of enemies becomes much harder to defeat. I was catiously optimistic at start despite that, My team was strongest I've ever had, and I wanted Ancestral Pen for Reynauld(reward for this mission). Second fight was random Bloodsuckers and first attack done by Mosquito crits my Hellion and instantly gives them Crimson Curse. Yayyyyy..... Going next it's a bit of a chore, but It's going steady, no big problems. Plague doctor gets -40 sanity from reading a book which to my surprise was barely an inconvinience during entire run(Refracted), but besides that its no problem. Problems arrive at the end. First I've said that those missions can be 40 minutes long? Turns out that my Hellion went from getting Crimson Curse to nearly dying from it in a single run and I got no blood to give her. I was literally distressed every time she spoke something because I thought she was going to die. Turns out my fear was completely baseless, as next encounter we got 4 spiders, who dodging 2 rounds worth of my dps nuked my Vestal in one sequence of 3 crits. WHAT THE HELL??? She didnt even got to have her sanity tested, she just died, there goes my best healer in a roster. With four rooms left to explore I've decided I'll try to finish this run. I've defeated one encounter, but then got 3 times "party hungry" which nearly killed everyone so I had to retreat. This whole expedition was for nothing..... If you want to get this game be wary that such accidents are frequent in this game. It has it moments and I still like it, but really consider this when you want to buy it.
