by LichLord » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:53 pm
After trying out the others in order to share my thoughts with you guys for the matter, I do agree that fire achilles indeed is pretty easy mode, he does start out stronger than perseus, however not having the slowing ability that perseus has in the long run perseus has more potential of clearing the levels with all 3 bonuses easily, also tried the others for fun to check them out.
So imo:
1. Poison Arrow Perseus - again, might be completely personal preference but huge aoe both airborn and to ground, with a mass slowing effect and nasty damage? Count me in!
2. Fire Spear Achilles - Nice starting damage, and the damage just gets better, and a close to permanent staying burn damage to ground enemies with an even better ground aoe, lack of airborn aoe though, the damage to those near the shot's range is a little bonus to make up for it I guess, all around awesome damage with no extra effects.
3/4. Lighting Spear Achilles / Bouncing Throw Hercules (in my opinion they both have the potential to beat the game with more or less the same ease, I'd say between these 2 the difference is personal preferance. However the 2 above them are way better, I'd say its normal mode gameplay.
5/6. Multishot Magic Arrows Perseus / Piercing Throw Hercules - Both have the problems of having their throws very limited, for example with Hercules you won't always be having a straight line of enemies to benefit from the piercing throw, maximum strenght can help this but its still not that good. Likewise its even harder to be able to shoot Perseus multishot/magic arrows in a way to maximize damage potential by making all of them hit foes, and you cant really make them all hit a single foe when you need it either. Definately these 2 are hardmode gameplay for those looking for a challenge.
Please give
Yin,
Yang,
Blaze,
Frost, and
Crystal a visit, they will enjoy the company!