09-22-2003, 07:32 AM
MALDAR: ACT IV, THE CHAOS SANCTUARY, Part III
![[Image: Maldar4_csb1.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar4_csb1.jpg)
And what I found when I entered more deeply into the sanctuary proper was a boss pack of venom lords. No problem. I led the boss back to the usual parking place. However, having a boss down there did complicate things a little bit, because I would have to watchful of that boss while I parked other monsters from that point on.
One would think that by this point, I would've started to park monsters in the sanctuary entrance rather than way down below the River of Flame waypoint -- especially since by this time it was around two in the morning (partly because of some television breaks I took -- I wasn't going to miss Enterprise). However, while it may sound strange, parking monsters below the River of Flame waypoint got addictive. I'd bring monsters from the sanctuary proper down to the sanctuary's entrance and think to myself, "You know, I could park these guys below the waypoint and never worry about them again. This will be the last group, I promise!" Then, I'd get the next group and like an addict, I'd say the same thing. You'd think that I would've gotten so sleepy that I'd stop, but in the back of my mind, I kept thinking, "Yeah, it might take more time this way, but better to play it safe and do it right the first time than play it dangerously and have to start over -- or worse, die." Also, I may have been suffering from sleep-deprived giddiness.
So I kept going and parked more and more monsters from the sanctuary proper below the waypoint. I was just about to stop doing that (really!) when as I was making my way along the Grand Vizier's wing, a green aura appeared under my feet.
![[Image: Maldar4_csb2.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar4_csb2.jpg)
There was no way in the world that I was going to allow a conviction aura enchanted boss to remain anywhere near the Chaos Sanctuary with all those oblivion knights around.
![[Image: Maldar4_csb3.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar4_csb3.jpg)
So I led the boss toward the Chaos Sanctuary entrance. This screenshot is a good illustration of a common occurrence I had with normal monsters as well. Doom knights, venom lords, and doom casters often got distracted by the bone prisons around the oblivion knights, so I frequently had to wait for the prisons to fall before continuing the journey down to the River of Flame. "Come on, stop attacking the bone prison. Come chase me. That's a good monster!"
![[Image: Maldar4_csb4.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar4_csb4.jpg)
I parked the conviction enchanted boss below the waypoint and made two more parking trips to finish clearing the Grand Vizier's wing of all monsters except oblivion knights. All future monsters would be parked inside the sanctuary itself. It was time to do what I could to deal with the oblivion knights and then pop the Grand Vizier's seal.
And what I found when I entered more deeply into the sanctuary proper was a boss pack of venom lords. No problem. I led the boss back to the usual parking place. However, having a boss down there did complicate things a little bit, because I would have to watchful of that boss while I parked other monsters from that point on.
One would think that by this point, I would've started to park monsters in the sanctuary entrance rather than way down below the River of Flame waypoint -- especially since by this time it was around two in the morning (partly because of some television breaks I took -- I wasn't going to miss Enterprise). However, while it may sound strange, parking monsters below the River of Flame waypoint got addictive. I'd bring monsters from the sanctuary proper down to the sanctuary's entrance and think to myself, "You know, I could park these guys below the waypoint and never worry about them again. This will be the last group, I promise!" Then, I'd get the next group and like an addict, I'd say the same thing. You'd think that I would've gotten so sleepy that I'd stop, but in the back of my mind, I kept thinking, "Yeah, it might take more time this way, but better to play it safe and do it right the first time than play it dangerously and have to start over -- or worse, die." Also, I may have been suffering from sleep-deprived giddiness.
So I kept going and parked more and more monsters from the sanctuary proper below the waypoint. I was just about to stop doing that (really!) when as I was making my way along the Grand Vizier's wing, a green aura appeared under my feet.
There was no way in the world that I was going to allow a conviction aura enchanted boss to remain anywhere near the Chaos Sanctuary with all those oblivion knights around.
So I led the boss toward the Chaos Sanctuary entrance. This screenshot is a good illustration of a common occurrence I had with normal monsters as well. Doom knights, venom lords, and doom casters often got distracted by the bone prisons around the oblivion knights, so I frequently had to wait for the prisons to fall before continuing the journey down to the River of Flame. "Come on, stop attacking the bone prison. Come chase me. That's a good monster!"
I parked the conviction enchanted boss below the waypoint and made two more parking trips to finish clearing the Grand Vizier's wing of all monsters except oblivion knights. All future monsters would be parked inside the sanctuary itself. It was time to do what I could to deal with the oblivion knights and then pop the Grand Vizier's seal.