[Adra Dragon [Spoiler Warning]]

It's one of the easier bossfights in PoE. Maybe you were underleveled?

 

The really annoying thing in that fight are the Andragans. The rest is pretty easy if you know the game a bit and doable if you're not an expert. There are lots of solo players who kill this dragon on PotD difficulty on first try (including me) - because they have to (see Trial of Iron).

 

Just because you can't do it doesn't mean that a) all the advice is bad and b) that the fight is too difficult.

 

Strolling into the forum an yelling around that all advice (that was given freely and with good intentions) is kind of ungrateful and puffy.

 

I wouldn't say 'easier' bossfights. This was the only fight that I ended up completely avoiding because I just got pissed off. Doing the quest instead felt better anyway. None of the other fights (dragon or else) gave me this much trouble. Then again, I did not have a cipher in the party, and it looks like it's very much required for this encounter.

[Adra Dragon [Spoiler Warning]]

 

 

Yes, but you don't get her scales...

 

 

 

Also you'll forever be haunted by the knowledge that you took the easy way out.

 

OR: if you're a role-playing type like myself, you might be haunted by the fact that you essentially stole someone's body for the Adra dragon to escape with, and that by all accounts the Adra dragon was a fairly unpleasant individual to release upon the world (assuming you are role-playing a relatively good character).

I disagree, both as a role-player and as a "user". The Endless Paths of Od Nua are designed with character levels 5-9 in mind. Except for the Adra Dragon, everything goes down smoothly. This, plus the fact that the dragon's quest gives you significantly more XP than just killing her makes me fairly certain that this 'easy way out' was the "recommended" way to finish the Paths. The adra scales are cool, but you get countless Superb quality equipment throughout the game, so its really nothing groundbreaking - no offense.

 

As for the role-player part: The adra dragon doesn't seem evil. She tells the player outright why she doesn't want them to leave. She also tells the player about her life and how she holds everything she saw dear to her. She also doesn't seem to have any evil intentions once she is in a mortal, human body. And I'm saying this as a very Benevolent player. It's also cool as hell to have a dragon be indebted to you.

[Adra Dragon [Spoiler Warning]]

Just in case people can't win the fight or want much, much greater XP rewards:

 

You can help the dragon instead of fighting her. The quest you get is way, way, way easier than fighting and earns you over double the XP. Afterwards, you can still go back and loot the treasure room. Did it at Level 9 without problems.

 

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