I did notice the swords on the reflect (boss fight, town 2). However, AEs, Single target spells, and even Auras and single target melee attacks get reflected by fractal mirror. So one guy hits, but if he hits AFTER 2 or 3 mirror targets hit, he is dead when he hits. My other guy has to do nothing but heal constantly. I slowly whittled him down to 4k, and then finally was overcome with a bad round where he fractal'd then all 3 attacked before I could heal twice.
Again, stupid fight. Mirror images should NOT reflect, AE's should stop the images with only a single 800 damage reflect. Again, no real way to stop this, other than take 800 and hit the right one, then he hits, you have to heal, then he fractals again.
Dumb, dumb encounter. If its that stupid that early on, I will not bother.
2nd towns boss is really, really stupid. Fractal mirror is a crazy skill, bad game design in my opinion. My 2 classes I chose had nothing to defeat this, he simply cast it over and over and over while 1 of my guys hit and the other healed (both were maxed equipment wise, lama win item and level 8s). Eventually I was overcome, after a 20 minute fight.
Not going to bother with the rest. Fun game until that point but that frustrating, slow, stupid fight spoiled the rest. One star and moving on.
DO NOT PICK UNDEAD. They are weak, and unlike the tip tells you later, they do flee and rout. Terrible faction early on, easy to get frustrated and stuck. Fix this please
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Check the boss guide on the book of chaos it would help you ! :P