Last night I was on my way to Despise when several headhunters along the mountains ambushed me to the north of Brit. Dispatched several when I ran into a Chieftain. He almost killed me a couple of times and killed one of my henchies before I could say run.
Took her down in about 3 or 4 hits to give you some idea how hard they hit. We on the other hand barely scratched him. I then ran to the Brit bank and got some help from Skeeter and Herakles. We proceeded to defeat the rest of the headhunters when Herakles found a note on one of them reading:
Begin to gather the troops. For the time to gather grows near.
The Noble Sir Timothy
Herakles also died one time as well as another of my henchies after that. The Chieftains are very fast and persistent. You can run several screens away to try to heal up the next thing you know they are still chasing you.
My tactical suggestion for those of you who run across some of these buggers is:
1. Take down what you can (keep an eye on your life line of course)
2. If you see a Chieftain – RUN! (Unless of course you are a good player or at least better than me
)
3. If you are a tank, get a support mage to keep you alive while you whack away at them.
4. When this quest comes to past I would recommend the Tank – Support mage combination to defeat them.
5. Also make sure everyone has poison protection. They seem to love to use that on you.